NTEN

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

With all the buzz about Twitter and Facebook Causes over the last year, I feel like the focus on Second Life for nonprofit organizations and causes has diminished a bit. We're sending you Second Life for Dummies , by Sarah Robbins and Mark Bell, courtesy of Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

With more than 5,000 Facebook fans, 12,000 Twitter followers, and 30,000 views on YouTube , TechSoup is doing well on social media. For the Online Community Team, blogging takes place both live, via Twitter, and after events to accommodate those who cannot participate because of distance or time constraints.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

about the shelf life or how long a link stays alive before people stop engaging with it. It offers an estimate as follows: 2.8 hours on Twitter. According to the post, it suggests that what’s most important for content shelf life is the quality of the content shared, not where it is shared. hours on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Alexandra Samuel of Social Signal has an excellent post about of how to use your Twitter and Facebook status messages to change the world, one tweet at a time. She suggests that we post these micro victories to our Facebook or Twitter status. I read her blog and follow on her Twitter. tools for nonprofits. And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The team at TechSoup has brewed up a select menu of tools and strategies to provide a social media curriculum to conference attendees on how to explore Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and applications for engaging volunteers and supporters around the world. Get in Touch Via Twitter. Will you be at the NCVS?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2008

I actually didn't know, so I asked my Twitter network. Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking tool. amoration of AMO: The Root of Love also suggested Moodle, and Sloodle which integrates Moodle and the virtual world of Second Life. Thanks Twitter pals! You can also be a follower of other people's tweets.

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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. Follow the action on Twitter #tsdigs. Attend the Challenge Screening and Awards party at TechSoup Headquarters in San Francisco or from Second Life. 10/1: Digital Storytelling Challenge kickoff.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

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.). Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag #TSDIGS. You can also watch the awards ceremony live streamed on uSTREAM online for our global audience.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The first tip is to make presentations social; a useful means of doing this is to use Twitter for live communications with your audience as is increasingly popular during presentations. Presenters who are interested in embedding a live Twitter stream into their slides can do so with SlideRocket. Presentations for Webinars.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. You can't break bread on Twitter. We are committed to providing you with relevant, timely content in addition to helping you get the most out of all that TechSoup Global has to offer. Please be sure to connect with us in the following venues: Facebook. LinkedIn Group. TechSoup Blog.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2010

Susan was asked about her role as the community director of TechSoup and the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and she discussed how the networks are connected to each other.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. Bring your questions for this one-hour interactive event hosted online at TechSoup.org, and use #NPLive to connect on Twitter.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Anyone who uses the designated tag on Twitter automatically becomes a part of the ongoing global conversation on that topic of interest. Twitter — The @TechSoup online team tweets using CoTweet and many mobile applications to share quick updates or live-tweet events. We think Watchitoo. Connect with us at NCVS or online.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e. You can follow Grant on Twitter: @geekbyte.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

Beyond managing social media channels, such as Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn , the community team also produces regular events on nptech topics including the monthly Online Community Meetup and the annual Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2010

You can discuss this webinar on Twitter with the hashtag #techsoup or join us for a live-stream of the event in Second Life. This webinar is best for people brand new to TechSoup or whose organization or library may be registered but are just not sure how to get started.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious. Twitter, however, is distinctive in that it reserves its own name for its tagging system; "hashtags. 400+ Twitter Chat Schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2009

Submitted by Susan Tenby, publisher of Online Communities for Social Change Today I had several discovery moments of serendipitous learning via Twitter. I am noticing lately, that I am hearing all my news before it even hits the web, let alone TV, via Twitter. suzboop on Twitter.

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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,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2011

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. Bring your questions for this one-hour interactive event hosted online at TechSoup.org, and use #NPLive to connect on Twitter.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 25, 2011

ROI of social media can be an intangible- The NonProfit Times March 15, 2011: "here's Facebook, Second Life, Myspace, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and now Jumo. What's It Cost? There are many smaller social networking platforms.

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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. This might help some of the limitations of Twitter, particularly the problem of retrieval.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I follow Vicky Davis's blog, CoolCat Teacher Blog (one of my favorites, in fact her feed is in my "Circle of the Wise" folder) and she is also a twitter contact I follow. Lately, almost all her twittering is about her new obsession, the Horizon Project as well as a few blog posts.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

OK, no, I’m still not convinced, but here’s an interesting take on Second Life from Frogloop. I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy ! I’d love to chat sometime.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In addition to NPLive and tweet chats, the Online Community Team reaches out to the TechSoup Global community through the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , social media , and an externally-facing wiki. The most important ingredient, however, that enables this collaboration is regular communication through weekly conference calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. We're hearing some early tweets about Netsquared on twitter. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World."

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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. Through Twitter, I became aware of your work with social causes. A tweetup is a meetup of friends on the microblogging service Twitter.) Connie Reece.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Alexandra Samuel has a great idea for using twitter - provide updates on how you've changed the world! Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters. And now for a chuckle from LOLnptech about twitter. Unfortunately, not the best thing for global nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? from friends telling friends telling friends.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Leslie Poston also known as "geechy_girl" on Twitter writes about social media and is a trainer. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

The Top Five Ways smart people are using twitter. 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. Social bookmarking in plain English! Lee Leefever does it again! I'd add fundraising with a ton of caveats).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

But how about using Twitter as a feedback tool ? Some things I learned: Twitter is loved by google - updated rapidly. Not a bad idea to put a link in your twitter stream. Joyce Bettencourt is a talented print and digital designer who also is doing some incredible work in Second Life. I met her through Jane.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Sure, you wanted to be ahead of the game, but you got tied up rockin out on Monkey Island in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

" And finally, are cat lovers only to be found in Second Life ? Alerted by "Tweet" (post on Twitter) from Andy Carvin, Michael Stein (East Coast) points to some privacy issues related to color printers. It didn't take too long before we dogs (a lab no less) has appeared on a nonprofit app called Managing News.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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