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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shirley Williams ponders the Communities of Practice Online Collaboration Exercise "The best way for doubters to control a questionable new technology is to embrace it, lest it remain wholly in the hands of enthusiasts who think there is nothing questionable about it." " Quote from Stewart Brand from this Worldchanging Article.

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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. Now in its 50 th year, the Greenpeace movement has spread across the globe, becoming the world’s largest independent environmental organisation. . Fighting for a greener future.

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CrowdStatus: Another Tool for Twitter Groups - How about Twitter Cafe Table?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm an instructor for the Connected Futures Workshop which is about communities of practice and web2.0 Sus Nyrop, colleague from Denmark, mentioned a new tool called Crowdstatus. This tool might be a great introduction to Twitter as quick information sharing tool for a small community of practice and people who are new to Twitter.

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Peter Morville is A Woman in Second Life and Other IA Summit Secrets.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We briefly visited Boracay Island - designed by Nick Noakes and the home of communities in practice (and the Vecop group). You can see the back of my avatar in the green skirt, the male avatar is Josh Knauer , and my colleague, Susanne Nyrop from Denmark who we bumped into while wandering around Boracay Island.

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In Support of Idiosyncrasy

Museum 2.0

Other institutions are idiosyncratic in their relationship to their environment, like the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, or to their community, like the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Trying to cover it up or smooth it out in favor of "best practices" does a disservice to the museum and the audience.

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Guest Post by Martin Djupdraet: Let the Decision Makers Do the Audience Research

Museum 2.0

It is the second most visited museum in Denmark. More than 20 staff member working at the offices tried this new practice last December. At Den Gamle By we have set ourselves a goal to broaden the perspective of those in responsibility and to ensure the management will take our audience seriously.

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[WEBINAR] Website & Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the first of three webinars in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. Packed with practical advice and customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, this webinar will stress the importance of professional website design and strategic email marketing and fundraising.

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