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The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop launches today!

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This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. The Tech Virtual is a project that allows people to conceptualize and prototype exhibits online.

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Event Announcement: The Tech Virtual's First Exhibition opens June 4!

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The exhibition I'm curating for The Tech Museum of Innovation is opening and we are hosting a summit on June 4 (in real life and in Second Life ) for museum professionals to discuss the process by which it was created. In March, we selected the best of the virtual exhibits for translation into the real world.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. oneforty :: oneforty.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Based on the TechSoup Second Life Group stats).

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Come on, get real already.

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Good Sharing v. Bad Sharing

Museum 2.0

There have now been a couple comments on this blog to the effect of: "Visitors already create content in museums through their thoughts and social interactions." The most immediate place to start sharing is with the people with whom you came to the museum. Give people tools to interact socially while in the museum. Great point.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here. context: How are museums encouraging stickiness and user investment in their proposed and in some cases, already developed, post 2.0 situation unless museums can get the ???stickiness??? What do you think? era websites. I expect it isn???t