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Why Nonprofit Workplaces Are Stressful and What To Do About It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the points he brings up is the importance of creating an environment where life/work balance flourish. Over the last 25 years, we’ve shifted from leisure time as status to busy and stressed out as a badge of honor. How has your nonprofit activating a culture of work/life balance? How To Change. … Read More

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Community Building begins with Community Organizing

Amy Sample Ward

But both the community and your organization want to see certain laws passed, things improved, programs created or groups supported. If you know your followers are into LBS, then be in that community and reward their activity in unique ways, such as check in 3 times and get an unique BK Art Star Badge. Transparency. Cultivate Leaders.

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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 contribute to this charity in real life too.

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Tear It Down and Virtual Guantanamo: Two Examples of Virtual Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. The mixed-reality discussion took place in real life at Seton Hall and in the virtual world, Second Life.

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The Iron Cage of Copyright

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

strengthens the hold of copyright in our everyday life.??? The alternative licensing scheme in the form of Creative Commons licences is confusing even to many lawyers who specialise in intellectual property law. is more of a badge of affiliation to a social and cultural movement, than a label for a legal licensing scheme.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" If your organization is using social media, perhaps you've been wondering how to measure or whether if you can even measure "embeds" (that cut and paste script for videos, badges, widgets, and the like). Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Nonprofit Transparency Best Practices: Building Donor & Public Trust

Whole Whale

Charities are rated on a scale of 0-Stars (Exceptionally Poor) to 4-Stars (Exceptional) and will receive graphic badges demonstrating their rating that they can post on their site. In 2021, data privacy needs to be a priority for nonprofits, especially with GDPR , CCPA, and SHIELD laws. New to data privacy? World Animal Protection.

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