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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. It was the highlight of their lives.

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Level Up and Change the World: Gamification Apps

Tech Soup

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. Participants can earn points and badges for "checking in" at certain events or locations, taking quizzes, and keeping track of emergency contacts.

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Torley Linden on Widgets for Visuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Torley Linden works for Linden Lab (Second Life). Here's his 60 second message and his is very expressive! I do a lot of video and photographs so I've added the flickr and video badges. He's been redesigning his blog over the past few days, adding widgets for visual appeal and RSS publishing feeds. His notes are here ).

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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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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I predict the same fate for Second Life and other 3D-Virtual Words. Photo UgoTrade Blog. And, I got an instant response.

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Yahoo! for Good

Have Fun - Do Good

has been around for a while, and may not sound as mysterious as del.icio.us , RSS or Second Life to your listener, try using some of their examples to start. now, and VolunteerMatch will hook you up with constantly updated opportunities in your own zip code." • Charity Badges , "Got a cause that's close to your heart?

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch. Social Explorer Maps - interactive Census maps!