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More on Virtual Worlds and Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are virtual worlds viable, even perhaps necessary, platforms for first world nonprofits and fundraisers? 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. What about property ownership ??? Or are they a passing fancy?

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. That was a question posed on a listserv with little response except for this observation: Micro-campaign 'competitions' are not going to last as an effective means of NPO fundraising. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Check it out.

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