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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

Make A Wish Donation Box in Second Life On the Web, you can become a messenger for your cause by adding a charity badge or fundraising widget to your blog or web site. In Second Life, you can build a 3-D display and donation box where avatars can contribute Linden dollars. I had a tip jar in my avatar???s

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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.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. Organizations are using virtual training coach also called avatar, who engages with the learners like a real human being.

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Book Review: The Future of Nonprofits

Tech Soup

David and Randy (I've presented with them several times, hugged them, had beers with them, I've even hung out in our Nonprofit Commons in Second Life virtual island with them, so yes, we are on a first name basis) reminded me that innovation doesn't just happen.

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Susan Tenby, TechSoup, Speaks Before Congress About Virtual Worlds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup's Susan Tenby , Senor Manager--Online Community Development , gave a prepared testimony before the the House Committee on Energy and Commerce' s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on April 1st about the potential of Second Life. for nonprofits.

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

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We have challenges to overcome, including interpersonal and management issues around working remotely. Instead, they're either renting them from a managed service provider or moving to Software as a Service (SaaS) for common applications. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e.

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