Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Looking for an innovative and compelling way to tell your organization's story? Enter the Challenge by creating a story, and be in the running to win fabulous prizes including: a flip video camera, adobe software, mp3 players and more! Engage with the experts in the TechSoup Forums. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2007

Second Life, the on-line parallel universe, is a controversial topic. I was wandering by Second Life interviews onsite at Davos. But, hearing something like the following story makes me feel good about Linden Labs, the folks that operated Second Life.

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MAY 14, 2013

Pacific time at PARISOMA — and join us in celebration of the many powerful digital story submissions that came to us from all over the world! Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Watch a step-by-step guide for how to participate in Second Life.).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

This free event will take place across three separate platforms: webinars, forums, and the virtual world of Second Life. Your organization has a story to tell. Even with limited resources, time, or skills, your nonprofit can tell a compelling story that captures the importance and impact of your cause.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

There was an overwhelming amount of talent and stories shared through the contest! You’ll get to meet some of our local judges, see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. WHERE: San Francisco – TechSoup Headquarters; Online – Live-stream on Facebook and in Second Life.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2010

TechSoup Global has an upcoming Digital Story Telling contest, getting orgs to put together 60 second vid’s about what they do/who they are. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF. You can look at #sfaddis to see what they did recently from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2008

TechSoup's Susan Tenby , Senor Manager--Online Community Development , gave a prepared testimony before the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce' s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on April 1st about the potential of Second Life. for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

We were overwhelmed with the talent and stories you all shared with us! You’ll get to meet some of our local judges , see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It also features stories of the real world impact of our Second Life members who participate in the Nonprofit Commons. Here are TechSoup members from HollabackDC talking about Flip Video cameras that they received from a donation through TechSoup (a new Flip bundle will be coming soon). read more.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

TechSoup asked for digital stories and you delivered more than 200 stories! Digital stories came in from all over the globe from all types of social benefit organizations throughout the month of February. The Audience Choice Award is your chance to pick the digital story you feel made the biggest impact.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine ran a story on churches using Twitter during their regular services. And picking up on the Second Life media blitz a couple of years ago, NBC did a story on religion in Second Life.(BTW, Fortunately there are some murmurings.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We received over 100 submissions from nonprofits and libraries around the country (and world) who've shared their digital stories in video , photo , and GoldMail formats for the Digital Storytelling Challenge! These stories are being carefully reviewed by our esteemed panel of expert judges. If you're in the Bay Area, join us at 7 p.m.

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2006

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. If you haven't yet checked out Seond Life and want to experience a "serious" activity, there are celebration events taking place throughout the week on Information Island. Got that?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons. Giving Anonymously facilitates person to person philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

Ordyslexie is not just a electronic school bag or tablet PC, but a socially innovative project that can change the lives of dyslexic children while giving a second life to tablet PCs. Video: Microsoft Ideas.

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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. Global NpTech: African Civil Society to Colombia Saidia.Org Blog is gathering stories about Web2.0 Follow her trail here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

" (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. The essay has nothing to do with virtual worlds or interface design. " Jason is spot on.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2006

"But look at 2006 through a different lens and you'll see another story, one that isn't about conflict or great men. It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. But rather than the person of the year being the you in user, isn't it the us in users?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Maura interviewed me for a story on Women and Blogging over the summer. 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). She had set as a New Year's Resolution to complete her LinkedIn profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. You could hear crackberry addicts screaming from miles away.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

As both a lesson and as a metric, failure is potentially productive at every level of socialmarkets - from the repeated return of one homeless person to shelter, to the repeated attempts to attach a value like SROI to such a story." Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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. Can you share some stories about a few of your recent fundraising with social media projects to help nonprofits in Austin, TX?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us Katya Andresen points us to " Story Telling As Best Practice " online free training with Andy Goodman.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! There is some irony to this story. So I complained in flickr , my blog and left a comment on the Tech Chronicles Blog. (I I also asked this guy. A journalist stopped by flickr and directed me to a writer and editor over at the SF Chronicle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Telling the Story of What Drives You offers some great advice from Susan Finkelpearl from Free Range Studios. TechSoup hosted an online event about digital story telling. where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. There's also dogooder.tv

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2009

I think the most interesting take away for me was to see the same issues, hardships and roadblocks currently being experienced in both the corporate and nonprofit realms, and that despite size budget and location, almost all organizations and businesses are telling a similar story. People internally who continue to seek "control".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Kids can go online an build stories. Youth Connection, Part II: Reaching New Audiences and Distribution Channels around the K-12 Education System Andreas Ua'Siaghail (Pax Warrior/23 YYzee), Barry Joseph (Global Kids) Barry gave an engaging presentation on two game programs where kids are designing games and Global Kids Island on Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? He notes with a trace of sarcasm, "???With Another option might be to use a shared google calendar.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Destroy TV is, among other things, an application that allows people who have the web but can't access Second Life (a 3D virtual world application), to operate a live camera in Second Life and chat with avatars in the world. While that's true, the best sharing requires some thought as to the structure of that sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. Scott knows his team’s strength is in telling the story and making it easy for others to raise the money. Wait a minute! Isn’t that scandalous?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

I found myself at the sfgate site and this story about Marc Canter. who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! That's a photo I took of Marc Canter at the first Blogher Conference in July, 2005 I put it in flickr with an "All Rights Reserved" license which is the flickr default.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Bill Strathmann Opened with his personal story about he got started with Networked For Good. Told story about doing a workshop and someone said the product didn't work. Why it works: conversation, authentic, story, translates into action -- how do I let go and let my supporters take hole of my messaging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

David Eckoff shared a story about his email addiction and how he kicked the habit and got his life under control. Joyce Bettencourt is a talented print and digital designer who also is doing some incredible work in Second Life. Chris reminded me of wisdom of Covey that I've forgotten and need to revisit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I was so inspired by this story that I started looking into the rational for our intellectual property system, and found that it is centuries out of date, and heavily crafted by drug companies and Hollywood. The Brazilian government distributed this drug to each of their 203,000 AIDS patients free of charge.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

This seems like an appropriate time to share the story. My story is more a case of "Getting Hired: It's What You Want, How Aggressive You Are, and What Ideas You Can Offer." I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. It's a long post, and you might not be interested.

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