Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 22, 2006

The event was hosted by the World Affairs Council. The talk was also sponsored by Facing History, Facing Ourselves , Human Rights Watch , the Museum of African Diaspora , Marines' Memorial Association , Bay Area Darfur Coalition , Amnesty International and Stacey's Independent Bookstore. Join the Bloggers for Darfur Yahoo Group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2006

There is so much happening in Second Life with nonprofits, educational institutions, museums, and libraries that it is hard to keep up. Mia Farrow and Darfur event scheduled for last week was cancelled due to a fire in the Cambridge, MA building. curator Shadow Fugazi put together a photo exhibition in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

The Museum of the Moving Image is hosting the 2006 Machinima Festival this weekend in NYC. Moderator: Carl Goodman (Deputy Director and Director of Digital Media, Museum of the Moving Image). AmaBe Cheeky stars in this one with Zeke Poutine, In Kenzo and the janjaweed of Camp Darfur. in kenzo, machinimatographer~

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2007

I am hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants this week. As the host, I asked bloggers to post about, How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good? George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning. fundraising, advocacy).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. Based on the TechSoup Second Life Group stats).

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

I spent Saturday in beautiful Monterey, ocean pounding outside the window of a conference room, where about 40 museum folks were pondering a question more elusive than the origin of the waves: can museums change the world? In two months, 10,000 visitors sent postcards (and fortuitiously, the government acted in favor of protection).

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

Most museums already have websites. I’m not an expert on museums who can comment on why museums have websites and what they use that platform for. It seems that the primary reasons museums have websites are to convey basic information about the museum and as a marketing mechanism for content.

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