Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2007

Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues. Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive. Possible evaluation criteria for virtual worlds.

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Virtual Education API Second Life 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. He points over to a post from Mean Lux in Cambodia and his flickr set.

Burma 50

Burma Life Cambodia Online 50

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. is the managing editor for Global Voices. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site. Rachel Weidinger. Social Change Activists. Georgia Popplewell.

Technology 75

Technology Companies Georgia Netsquared 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. If you can't to Naples and you're want to attend the Plone Conference, it is streaming into Second Life this week.

Nptech 50

Nptech Tag Facebook Wiki 50

Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

On June 4, we opened The Tech Virtual Test Zone , a new 2000 sq ft gallery at The Tech Museum of Innovation featuring exhibits on the theme of art, film, and music that were originally developed in Second Life by a community of creative amateurs. In Second Life, I am not an expert--but many of our virtual exhibit designers are.

Virtual 21

Virtual Tech Lesson Develop 21

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. If you think your organization needs a more personal voice, or if you need more people to provide content - both of these reasons are good ones for having an organizational blog. Does the post relate to the blog's goal, voice, and conversational voice.

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Australia Conference Guidelines Comment 56

Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Community sites often maintain this back-channel discussion with users after launch, letting them know about scheduled outages and ways they are addressing community concerns (for example, the Second Life blog and community meetings). And then there's the value of primary voices for interestingness. Be personal.

Participatory 20

Participatory Museum Teen Voice 20

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. My colleague, NMC's VP Alan Levine (aka Cogdog Blog ) invited to give one of the keynotes in their 3D virtual space. .

Virtual 84

Virtual Brain Nonprofit Global 84

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. It took blogging and developing a specific interest for me to gain the confidence and voice to know what I wanted to ask. There is lots of room for new voices online. I hope this is helpful for someone.

Museum 52

Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

the Exploratorium did something really big for the August 1 eclipse and they are all over Second Life (source: Technorati ). The majority of blog traffic mentioning the Exploratorium in the last month has focused on their coverage of the eclipse and a variety of Second Life initiatives.

Museum 20

Museum Teen Second Life Research 20

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

So when you deal with Second Life, for example, it seems like an ideal place to do that, because you don't have to worry so much about the physical materials, so you could actually go in and put bits of an exhibition in lots of different places. And I usually love art that's annoying—but it wasn’t accessible enough.

Discussion 20

Discussion Game Oklahoma Museum 20

See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

They also suggest: make it personal, using your real voice; don’t reprint press releases or other web stories; be concise (advice I am not following here ). On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away. Funny, another negative note on Second Life.

America 40

America Social Media Myspace Second Life 40

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

So where visions of Flash games used to dance in my head, I’m now starting to fantasize about team-building, inclusion, and, of all things, Second Life. We’re using a combination of a wiki-style website and a Second Life presence to make it happen. All of this is sweeping many new questions into my mind.

Open Source 22

Open Source Museum Game Open 22

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 7, 2009

It's a warning sign when community members make comments like , "it was only boundless encouragement from Avi (Nina's Second Life avatar) that prevented me from giving up more than once." But they are more importantly the face and voice of the institution to everyone online, a floor staff army of one. This is a problem.

Community 40

Community Management Museum Voice 40

Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

When I worked on The Tech Virtual project , I was often discomfited by the fact that I would spend entire days interacting with 10-30 people in Second Life, when I could interact with many more if I worked on the museum floor. Bringing in Global Voices Does your collection come from far-reaching lands?

Virtual 20

Virtual Museum North Carolina Evaluation 20

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2008

Being forced to design inside the bizarre physics of the Second Life design environment has taken us places we wouldn't have gone with traditional exhibit design tools. We all have desires about what the exhibit will do, and when we personalize and voice them they become less generic (and highlight differences in the group).

Story 20

Story Museum Exercise Design 20