Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

What : An important part of your social media strategy should be listening for people and organizations who are talking about the issues you want to discuss.How do you know which networks will be most effective to reach your goals? Not about follower numbers, but about engagement and content. Multi-channel conversations.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

My friends at TechSoup asked me to pass along info about their upcoming digital storytelling event. We will help you learn how to maximize the impact of your organization's message with online audio, video, and images. Attend the Challenge Screening and Awards party at TechSoup Headquarters in San Francisco or from Second Life.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Ethical storytelling for nonprofits produces stories that not only help nonprofits share their work and inspire donors but also honor the dignity of those the story is about. Stories are powerful. What is Nonprofit Storytelling?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whos on Second Life?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 18, 2007

When people talk about museum projects in Second Life and other virtual worlds, I'm often disappointed by the short-sightedness of the vision. VAN GOGH GOES EXPERIENTIAL The video below is a gorgeous example of the possibility of substantive, emotional experiences with museum content via virtual world representations.

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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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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. There was yet a second post today about 3d web. If we do not develop alternatives to second life, we will have to use second life.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Presenting the $400 Best Buy gift certificate for the community-choice award for best video is Toan Lam, founder of GoInspireGo. " His GIG team scours the globe for "street corner"-style heroes, producing authentic stories about them while leveraging social media to create community and raise visibility and support for them.

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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. Video is such an inclusive medium. About the Community Builder Chat. It works really well.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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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. But it doesn’t have to be a bland, corporate-sounding video or canned sound bite. Register to receive email announcements about the event. TechSoup is going to show you how during this Event !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

more about it here. A key point about how difficult it is for most non-profits to shift from message delivery to conversation and advice about being patience. Deborah Finn isn't crazy about Facebook, although she likes giving virtual gifts and especially using the applications of her clients, like Changing the Present.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. YouTube tutorials — YouTube offers special features just for nonprofits , including the ability to add fundraising links to your videos.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

FaceTime allows two iPhone -- and soon, next-generation iPad and iPod Touch -- users to have a streaming video and audio conversation while both are connected to a wireless network. Look for mobile providers to combine these ideas to enable a virtual meeting environment with video, audio, whiteboard, and presentations from multiple attendees.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Each member of the team spoke about their role and some of the issues they deal with in their work. Tenby spoke about a method they developed by which to deputize and hand over some control to forums' super users to maintain a productive and harmonious online forum community.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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). It also features stories of the real world impact of our Second Life members who participate in the Nonprofit Commons. read more.

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Video-Based Training: Video streaming has been around for quite some time, however, the new millennium has seen a sudden upsurge in the online streaming space, with YouTube becoming the second popular search engine after Google. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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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. What will be different about nonprofits? Aside from the Jetson metaphors, I have to start to thinking about content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

You could also watch a video cast on the web as well as in Second Life. So, I attended via Second Life where Rebecca Nesson was the in-world moderator and she was also at the real life event. In Second Life, the chat was very rich and made us wonder how much the RL participants were missing.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

According to a 2010 statistic, people around the world spend three billion hours a week playing video games. TechSoup Taiwan discussed a few organizations that are using gaming to raise awareness about certain issues. One example of gaming for good is the PETA Pokemon game, which seeks to raise awareness about lab animal testing.

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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. They hope to reach out to residents and spark conversations about philanthropic work and to give advice and assistance to residents who want to advance charitable causes. What's your advice?"

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I provide about half dozen examples of nonprofits using community tagging and publishing, flickr and video. My article, Using Participatory Media Tools in Nonprofit Campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. And, I got an instant response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2006

People were also meeting up in Second Life at the Creative Commons sim. In the world, you could see a streaming video of the party in real life. In Second Life, Larry Lessig, Joi Ito, and Jimmy Wales announced some Creative Commons news -- passing the chairmenship torch and they mingled with the other in-world supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

danah boyd has a post called " On Being Virtual " (be sure to read the comments) As Kevin Gamble on the SLED list notes, what she seems to be saying is that if you look at the rise of social tech amongst young people, it's not about divorcing the physical social structures to live virtually. text, graphics and video?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

You may have heard about TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Online Event that's been going on all month. 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!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. Blogger Rik Riel writes about his harrowing experience as a virtual prisoner there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Deborah Finn's thoughts about limiting the membership to nonprofit tech workers whose e-mail addresses are originating from a.org and whose organization is a 501c3. Robb Cottingham tells us about a brew-haha brewing in the nonprofit social change space in Canada. And overheard at the TechSoup Second Life meeting this week.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

is this what JP is talking about?). I learned about the Second Life Camera Controls Tutorial and now playing with the camera in SL during meetings is my new form of 3D doodling. Some takeaways for me: I learned how to spell and pronounce this new genre of filmmaking. Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah). A great FAQ is here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission. The more you learn about disaster preparedness, the more badges and points you can earn to become the ultimate San Francisco hero. Read about our first hackathon and stay in the loop about future events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

(Please visit the site to view this video). What is so special about Ordyslexie? 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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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Why or why not?

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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. You must read this post about blogging and low-cost nonprofit professional development. and Katya A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in Second Life and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Adding tags to content, whether blog post; video; photo; and so on, helps content creators organize content and, more importantly, helps your intended audience find it on the Internet. Blogs, photos, video, and bookmarks can benefit from the use of many tags when they are uploaded. A Taxonomic Tree of Philanthropy.

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