Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life. (IDI)

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In fact, Mayo Clinic's mission to "inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research" is echoed by providing facilities and services in Second Life. How has Second Life enhanced your programs?

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AFP Blog

JULY 30, 2007

Not What You Think: Second Life Wiimote Training - Kotaku: "Take the innumerable possibilities present in the world of Second Life and combine them with the motion-sensing capabilities of the Nintendo Wiimote, and what do you get? If you're MIT research fellow David E.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. What will the nonprofit office of the future look like? Probably like your own home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

Back in December after Clay Shirky's piece on Second Life, Stan who writes the PacificRim Exchange Blog took out his " I'm Sticking With DOS " buttons from the attic to make some points -- maybe something about keeping an eye on the future horizon. Now this should set the stage for an interesting debate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. another transcript here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2007

I was attempting to summarize a three-way dialogue about Second Life from three brilliant thinkers with differing views about the value of SL. We also must remember that there is no such thing as second hand learning -- second life learning is first person learning. Henry Jenkins [link]. Clay Shirky [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2007

One form of online learning that Second Life and virtual worlds platforms are particularly well suited for is simulations. The Whose on Second Podcast has an interview with Ramesh Ramloll who is technical director and Neill Piland the overall director of the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program, IBAPP for short.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

A good resource mentioned was the Guardian's recent list of 100 most useful websites Steve Bridger's posts: Blogs Bertie, Blogs and Breast Cancer Care Second Life The Yak Shack GoogleMaps (Not that I've done that yet) Steve Dowding points to suggests following the. the documentary on youtube for possibly useful example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

An accomplished web researcher, Tenby notes, "not everyone could search the Web in 1999. I was also in a graduate program in Literature and so they trusted that I could research and write from my experience with my Master???s She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I recently attention a press briefing for the MacArthur Foundation in Second Life on digital learning and media. " I also learned that there is research going on in the education sector about how young people are using it to consume media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. because the session will take place in Second Life and will also be webcasted. Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater). and Elisabeth A.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

14 Tips for Nonprofit Storytelling In a study by researchers Dan and Chip Heath, only 5% of people could recall statistics from a presentation they’d just heard. But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Rik Riel writes about the first professional orchestra to perform in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The Horizon Report , a research-oriented effort to identify emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

It's time to strike up a conversation backed by sound research, philosophy and experience. A podcast interview with TechSoup's Susan Tenby and Salvador Luna about TechSoup's Mixed Reality Event last month on Second Life. There is also a podcast interview with Jeska Linden from Linden Labs, creators of Second Life.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

I stumbled upon the term "pivot browsing" while researching a workshop I gave about tagging. A Second Life for the Archivist. It is another excellent example of "pivot" browsing, similar to del.icio.us where you navigate by tags, most views, or slide shares by users and events. Bottom-Up Tagging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I also search through their networks if I need to find a contact or source for a blog post, research, or other task I'm doing on for a project. I recently did an interview with a HBS student who was researching MySpace and Second Life (looking at Second Life from the standpoint of social networking).

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. 2 Comments | by Share Article in Care2 News , Marketing Research , Misc. 60) Search « Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar | Main | MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Its good to think about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

we should add some questions to our NpTech Tag research about how people are aggregating and republishing content tagged with the NpTech Tag. Unplugged Research an action research project which will explore the question: How do telecentres make 'web 2.0' See this one-page parody of Second Life. " Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. We need to establish a presence for our organization in Second Life,??? Some sort of research ??? Take for example her write up on Games for Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Lucy Bernholz summarizes what NY Times Columnist, David Pogue has shared about his experience in Second Life and suggests his comments are revealing regarding the development of an independent sector in the virtual world. A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Heather at Aspiration is doing some research on blogging and professional development. Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. Does this resonate for you? Why not take a few minutes to answer her survey.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking. In the case of Delicious, you can make your tagged content public, so that it can serve as a resource to others, or private, perhaps to remind yourself to come back to something later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Three out of four of these were on Second Life. We created an Island in Second Life to forward this agenda. We do research in non-violent struggles - strikes, protests, etc. We put out a call and got a number of responses from game programmers. We identified four finalists. Peacemaker was the first place winner.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life. 2 Comments | by Share Article in Care2 News , Marketing Research , Misc. 60) Search « Notes from Care2/OneWorld/Interaction Fundraising Seminar | Main | MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Its good to think about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The HSUS newest campaign is geared towards helping the 1,300 chimps still condemned to life in research labs across the country. A screencapture from a recent weekly meeting for TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons project in Second Life. Want to get started in Second Life, check out. blog thought it was cool too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Researcher working with kids disabilities. defining/refining research agenda - What constitues a good social change practice? Questions Teacher's College - Course on Social Change - research available. A commitment to creating access - if we want to change game design. We have to change access. How can we facilitate change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Researcher have found support for the 1:9:90 rule in many different contexts. Gaurav Mishra is the CEO of social media research & strategy company 20:20 WebTech ([link] and co-founder of election monitoring platform Vote Report India ([link]. Do share your thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Foundations and other funders often develop long long-term strategies beyond specific games or programs; what can we learn from their research? The research is to find out. Created an island in Second Life - to share the meaning of digital media in their lives. That's the type of research helps build the evidence base.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Recently, there's been some research of adoption of these tools in the corporate sector ( here and here ) And, if you're looking for a hands-on activity to introduce blogging to staff members, check this out. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. isn't " from Kathy Sierra.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities | Main | NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award » Monday Aug 27 2007 Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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