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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

I was curious because this effort was not put together by the nonprofit organization, but by an individual, an avatar named "Yonder Doesburg," who decided to raise money in this virtual world for his favorite charity. But, avatars who raising money in Second Life for their causes are also spreading the word to others.

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Making Stories Work for Your Org: What the Data Says

NTEN

You might guess that version 2 would raise more money. For a national civil rights organization, we tested a "political" appeal — focused on the supporter's potential role in overturning a controversial law — against a version that told the story of a family affected by that law. You'd be wrong. So what to do? Don't panic.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

We went and had a victory party and then woke up the next day and realized that it didn't really matter because the company that wanted to build had gone to the state legislature to get them to pass a law to undercut the local ordinance that would protect our water. And I started working with a community outside of St.

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