July 2008

Social Actions launches plug-in for bloggers!

Social Actions helps individuals and organizations use social media to plan, implement, and support peer-to-peer social change campaigns so that grassroots solutions to local and global problems can flourish.  I have blogged about them before (and am involved as a project mentor), most recently here. Today, Social Actions launched a plug-in for WordPress bloggers that [...]

July 31, 2008 9 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

We Are Media Project: It’s week 5 already!

If you haven’t seen any of the posts about the We Are Media Project yet, it is a great experiment in working wikily from NTEN and Beth Kanter to “build a toolkit and instructional guides about how social media strategies and tools can enable nonprofit organizations to create, compile, and distribute their stories and change [...]

July 31, 2008 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Can you teach new media?

Marshall Kirkpatrick post a great article today for ReadWriteWeb considering the questions: Can New Media Be Taught in Schools?  What do you think? Tests on Twitter, wiki-style study groups, students quizzed on yesterday’s most popular YouTube videos and the biggest hits on Del.icio.us/Popular – is this what the future of education is going to look [...]

July 31, 2008 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Giving made green!

Have you ever heard of Global Giving? Well, as the NYTimes just reported, Global Giving has gone GREEN! Global Giving is a website that connects you to “over 450 pre-screened grassroots charity projects around the world. It’s an efficient, transparent way to make an impact with your giving.” Global Giving Green is way to help [...]

July 29, 2008 4 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Awards x3!

There are lots of awards and contests lately all showcasing great examples of nonprofits and uses of technology.  There’s a lot of good you and your organization can learn from!  I blogged about all of them on the Net Squared community blog, so check it out! Nonprofit Tagline Awards:  12 nonprofits highlighted by Nancy Schwartz [...]

July 25, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

BlogHer08: The Second Life Experience

This week I’m filling in for Britt Bravo on the Net Squared community blog.  I just posted there with some of my thoughts about using Second Life for conferences.  Check it out! This was my first conference in Second Life and I really learned a lot.  What makes Second Life such a unique option for [...]

July 22, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

NetSquared Blog – Guest posts this week

Many of you are familiar with the super star Britt Bravo, she is part of the Net Squared team, her blog is Have Fun * Do Good, and she represents Big Vision Consulting.  Well, Britt is on a much-deserved vacation and asked me to fill in for her daily blogging on the Net Squared community [...]

July 21, 2008 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Liveblogging from BlogHer in Second Life: Using SL for Good

The BlogHer session on Using Second Life for Good takes place this afternoon live in the BlogHer Second Life conference area.  You don’t have to be in SL to participate though!  Just watch here for the live blogging from CoverItLive by clicking on the link below.  This will allow you to see the minute by [...]

July 19, 2008 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Liveblogging from BlogHer in Second Life: SL as Educational/Training Tool

The Second Life as Education/Training Tool session features: Padlurowncanoe Dibou, formerly in charge of Hillary Clinton’s in-world HQ and co-Founder of MUVErs, LLC In Kenzo (aka Evonne Heyning, Creative Director and Interactive Producer for Amoration) Fleep Tuque (aka Chris Collins from the University of Cincinnati) Dannette Veale (from Cisco) To watch and participate in the [...]

July 19, 2008 3 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…
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