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More on Virtual Worlds and Philanthropy

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However, I'd guess that part of the experiment is to learn about how virtual worlds shift discourse and decision making. Something like the NetSquared open call for projects that happened last month, but mapped to a virtual world. vote with their feet,??? these folks can simply fly away. t speak for them. public role,???

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Should we put our social media tools away and have a conversation?

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ll all be able to stay home, prevent climate change and just send our avatars to Switzerland. This calls to mind a debate in the educator community about some years ago about computer-mediated experiences - and how it is a (mostly) bad thing. But by the time I arrived on Wednesday, there were already one million blog hits for ???Davos

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

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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 can wait to see what comes out of these experiments.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

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It all started when Susan Reynolds , a social media maven and artist, was diagnosed with breast cancer and started a blog to write about her experience and used twitter to fight her cancer. See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No doubt an ongoing conversation with lots of experiments. Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. with a detailed account of her organization's experience. Are there other experiments going on?

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

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Politics, and Activism If you can't be in DC this weekend to remind Congress that you voted against this war , Ruby Sinreich suggests that you head to the Progressive Island on Second Life for the Avatars Against the War sponsored by RootsCampSl.org Hillary Clinton is using Drupal. Cross posted at Netsquared " Web 2.0,

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

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Unthinkingly experiments with visualizing NpTech Tag data with Many Eyes. Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Cross-posted at Netsquared

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