Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Last Sunday, I drove like a bat out of hell from my Sharing Foundation board meeting in New Hampshire to my computer so I could log in to the RootsCampSL session on "U sing Machinima for Social Change and Political Action." Machinima (muh-sheen-eh-mah). is this what JP is talking about?). (Hmm. A great FAQ is here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Machinima, derived from the words ???machine??? Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. Need more inspiration to create video or machinima for social change?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

Several months ago, I made my first Second Life Machinima, " I'm a Pianist In Second Life " after discovering Robbie Dingo 's instruments. (I I have a flute, cello, and grand piano.) I was little afraid that I might end up not only wasting time making music videos in Second Life, but actually composing a theme song.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2006

It's not as hard as learning the piano. And definitely not as hard as spelling it. Bouncing out of your seat to take a bow reminds me of Rudolph Serkin. Instructions - hat tip to Diana Drake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Evonne is also a machinima producer and you view some of her work here. Machinima are movies filmed inside virtual worlds like Second Life. Mia Farrow and Darfur event scheduled for last week was cancelled due to a fire in the Cambridge, MA building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

The session I want to attend is on November 12 from 1-2 PM PST and called "" Using Machinima for Social Change / Political Action" lead by Paul Marino. RootsCampSL got underway yesterday and I attended the start up meeting. Rik has a good post here. Ruby Sinreich is one of the organizers.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

It combines real world video footage with Second Life video (machinima) and gives many examples of how nonprofits can benefit from virtual worlds. Our Nonprofit Commons in Second Life project has a new video!

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