Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

Photo from San Jose Library. Chris is the President of Causemedia Group ( [link] ) , a for-profit social enterprise that creates interactions between brands, celebrities and nonprofits. This week (April 18th to 25th) is National Volunteer Week in the US. Chances are if you work or volunteer for a nonprofit you already know that.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Since the San Jose, California-based startup’s offering is deployed on the internet, between a website or app and its users, an organization gets fraud protection without draining the resources of its engineers, the company says. Today, it’s more like five and seven milliseconds,” he said. “

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

eBay's Green Team began with a group of San Jose employees. The multiplicity of interactions. The social web has provided a plethora of ways for people to interact and share information. The interaction options are wider than ever. Time as currency. In SecondLife, Tenby described time as currency.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

Panelists included: Danielle Siembieda, former community engagement and special projects manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network in San Jose, CA. Maura Lafferty, an independent communications consultant working with classical musicians and performing arts organizations in San Francisco, CA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

" During dinner, I heard another term "Con Camp," which I think meant something about interaction design for physical spaces. So, I went online to piece together snippets that I heard at dinner about Symposium with blog posts. Probably not quite as good as being there. So, here's a few video clips.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

One San Jose private school has come up with a unique solution: The Harker School, self-described as “one of the nation’s top college prep schools,” is putting teams of sixth grade applicants through a virtual escape room. Were we Harker applicants, admissions officers would have been watching our interactions closely.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

This year's #16NTC Nonprofit Technology Conference is in San Jose, right around the corner from TechSoup's San Francisco office. Join Caravan Studios CEO Marnie Webb ( @webb ) and a panel of other app development experts for a highly interactive discussion in which you can learn their app development secrets.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2007

I've been thinking recently about the "why" behind encouraging social interactions among strangers in museums. So I did some soul-searching and realized that one of the reasons I believe people secretly want to break out of social barriers and interact with strangers is typified by the "missed connections" phenomenon. but didn't.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 28, 2007

Flying into San Jose yesterday, I laughed out loud when I looked out the window and saw Clifford the Big Red Dog below me, a cheerful addition to the skyline (thanks to the Children's Discovery Museum). If a giant blow-up thingy is good, how about a giant blow-up thingy you can interact with?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2008

Can you really build eight interactive exhibits based on virtual prototypes in two months without going insane? In the meantime, join us Wednesday in San Jose or at The Tech in Second Life (in virtual New Venture Hall ) for an afternoon of lively discussion. Later this week, a post-mortem on the summit.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The personal webpage has many adherents, and some institutions, like The Tech Museum in San Jose, have been offering them for almost a decade. Tags: exhibition personalization usercontent interactives. Go to that link, and you will find a custom webpage featuring all of the assets you saved or made onsite.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

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. I've spent the last month building some sample exhibits, as well as a tutorial on interactive exhibit design. A contractor, Involve Inc.,

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2008

I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). Chris and Lucy Larson, the SJMA manager of interpretation, wanted to create something that would be both a marketing tool for the Road Trip exhibition and add an interactive element to the physical exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 2, 2010

This session was participatory in several ways, including interactive music-making machines in the audience and half the time reserved for Q&A. Then, he moved to museums as a "thing to do"--to touch things, play with interactives. You can view and download all the slides here.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2007

The San Jose Museum of Art has drastically changed its approach to security, replacing guards with visitor services staff who provide interpretation and monitor visitor actions in a less threatening manner. They aren’t isolated “first Sunday” programs; they change the face of the museum to visitors. But many are about personnel.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

To solve the global problem of inactivity by creating new ways to encourage active play for everyone, NEX , a San Jose and Hong Kong-based motion entertainment startup, is building motion entertainment – content that encourages physical movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2016

In a couple of weeks, one of the sessions I’m facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose is called “ How To Be A Wizard at Tech Training.” Here’s the description: Hands down, this is the most interactive session you will attend at 16NTC! Flexible Space: Designing for Interaction.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

NVIDIA automotive partners from around the world will demonstrate groundbreaking developments in transportation and showcase next-generation vehicles at NVIDIA GTC , a global AI conference running March 17-21, in San Jose, California. Dont miss NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huangs GTC keynote on Tuesday, March 18, at 10 a.m.

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