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Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life. (IDI)

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc. Offline storage and data management can take place, even when the user is not connected to the Internet. for delivering training and are creating similar virtual environments to bring the human touch into their e-learning environment.

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Nonprofits Live Recap: Great Presentations

Tech Soup

For example, co-workers can update or add slides and users can share a library of images, video, and other content for presentations – benefiting from their group’s collective knowledge. Presentations for Webinars. Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The First C: Content. As consumers and curators engage with compelling content, the content becomes the center of conversations.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. There are offline ways to do it. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. You shouldn't have a blog for the sake of having a blog because you'll have content. What is the first step?

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One wonders where virtual words like Second Life fit on the interaction and communications axis. Traditional offline/online fundraising techniques still, of course, work. Second Life Relay for Life for 2007 volunteer blog is gearing up for this year's event, the third one in Second Life.

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