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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Real-Life Accessibility Case Studies. I say "us" because people with disabilities are part of the general population as readers, writers, consumers, lovers of food, blogs, wacky products, music, audio, etc. using social media.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. I also turned off my audio.

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Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life: Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on August 14th, 2007

Have Fun - Do Good

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders, Many of you know that I work as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of TechSoup. This month's Net Tuesday will be a special "mixed reality" event in San Francisco and in Second Life to celebrate the opening of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life , a community space for nonprofits.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location. Past Winners.

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How to Engage Your Supporters and Find Super Fans

Tech Soup

NetSquared DC organized a panel discussion on Engagement Strategy: Empowering Champions* and Influencers* on November 3, 2015, to delve into this question. NetSquared DC Engagement Strategies Panelists — Maddie Grant, Andrew Nachison, and Dale Pfeifer (left to right). The panelists included. Dale Pfeifer, CEO of GoodWorld.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. Here's some inspiration if your organization gets a camera from YouTube. It's recently been updated.

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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. Second Life Relay for Life for 2007 volunteer blog is gearing up for this year's event, the third one in Second Life. FOSS, Audio and Video for Activism and Advocacy. The graphic. Change.org now also sports a widget.

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