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The NonProfit Times - Nonprofits Getting A Lease In Second Life

AFP Blog

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Nonprofits Getting A Lease In Second Life By Marla E. Nobles America's Second Harvest (A2H) added another location to its coalition of more than 200 food banks and food-rescue organizations.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e. avatar), interact with others, and even conduct business transactions.

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Tear It Down and Virtual Guantanamo: Two Examples of Virtual Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. s America I Believe In campaign that seeks to restore America???s government???s

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Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits: A Detailed Guide

Neon CRM

In Neon One’s storyteller’s panel , Gerald Tan, Host and Correspondent at CGTN America, shared an interesting insight into how to tell a person’s story ethically. But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. without leaving the virtual world!

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin. A vibrant community is built around a social object that is meaningful for its members. The social object can be a person, a place, a thing or an idea.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. " I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere. Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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