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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Be sure to embed your avatar or logo and embed hashtag for the campaign on the images and graphics. 9) Host Virtual Fundraising Events. After COVID-19, many of your supporters will want to reconnect in-person, but virtual events are likely here to stay. See Hope Grow raised nearly $460,000 for TreeHouse teens.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. Something to make the virtual world better and empowering the community in a unique way. We hope that together to make the virtual and physical worlds better. to the USC folks).

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

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That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will be interesting to see if this advice holds true for the voters of the future based on Dannah Boyd's post " What i mean when i say "email is dead" in reference to teens. The library community has a large presence on Second Life at Information Island which is where the TechSoup SL Virtual Office is located.

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Best Practices for Nonprofits: Engaging Youth in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Global Kids , a nonprofit that worked virtually with a group of youth in Teen Second Life last summer on their chosen issue of child sex trafficking, shares its best practices for nonprofits. who want to work in Second Life. These include general tips (e.g., use real world content when addressing real world issues).