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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But wanted to capture some quick thoughts related to a couple of recent awareness raising activities taking place in Second Life or recently launched. What is ironic is that the WDM has not learned to apply what they presumably have learned from their other campaigns into virtual space. It's been crazy busy last week and this week too.

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Personal Fundraising in Second Life: Yonder Doesburg Raises Money for Make A Wish

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Second Life, you can build a 3-D display and donation box where avatars can contribute Linden dollars. That's my avatar sitting on top of the donation box (it spins!) Although the amounts raised in Linden Dollars sound impressive, the USD amounts are still modest. I had a tip jar in my avatar???s

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Has Your Organization Thought Through its Social Media Policy?

NTEN

Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Unfortunately, they did not have releases for the children's pictures. Not really.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings. They have children, they’re doing all of this. Other things is making sure they get an invitation to an event, whether that event is in person or virtual.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We've been in and out of touch over the years, but always virtually. I had never met George face-to-face, but through Twitter he made a donation that helped me sponsor the Cambodia Bloggers Summit and raise some money for the Sharing Foundation. This was the first time we met face-to-face! This is just a sampling.