Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 45% of donors worldwide have given to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit nonprofits. There will be multiple realities in the metaverse, such as Second Life (founded in 2003), and there is currently a global race to build the metaverse. Select a Crowdfunding Platform.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In fact, Mayo Clinic's mission to "inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research" is echoed by providing facilities and services in Second Life. When did Mayo Clinic's involvement in Second Life start?

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2011

The book reminds us of the value of transparency in our everyday work processes and the benefits of letting your staff have the freedom to re-think your existing model. Remember, I have not simply had beers with these guys, I've flown around Second Life with their avatars and had virtual beers with them.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e. What do you think?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Webinars can greatly benefit from developing a “run of show” which in radio is a script designed to outline the order and amount of timing for items to be discussed within a program. Presentations for Webinars. Leroux Miller kicked off the discussion by offering advice focused on online presentations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2010

We had Sarah Cove from Wikispaces explain what wikis are, how they work, and describe the benefits that organizations discover when they use them. With nearly 250 participants on the web conference and in Second Life, we had many people excited to get started: read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

second life, ??? but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner recommends that enterprises should experiment with virtual worlds, but not plan massive projects, and look for community benefits rather than commerce. ???Find enterprises) will have a ??? Ah, but what about ROI?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2006

These posts have sparked some thoughtful reflections, from a folks on the Second Life Educator's List and I'm going to quote and summarize a few: The Second Life Doubter's Club. Why did these and others fail and why is Second Life really pointing the. avies' to stand around and chat. way to the future?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2009

If you're not in the Bay Area, you still join us by viewing the event in Second Life. Pacific at the TechSoup headquarters (525 Brannan Street, Third Floor) in San Francisco for the mixed reality awards screening party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. Pixelanthropy takes hold in Second Life! via the AFP Blog summarizes this news story from msnbc about nonprofits in Second Life inspired by Kiva in Second Life's Grand Opening Party at the Nonprofit Commons.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2012

Digital stories came in from all over the globe from all types of social benefit organizations throughout the month of February. If you can’t join the awards ceremony in person, you can always join via live web streaming or in Second Life. TechSoup asked for digital stories and you delivered more than 200 stories!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Effective nonprofit storytelling not only illustrates the tangible impact of your work but also highlights the people your work has benefited and how you’re making a difference in their lives and communities. But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in Second Life and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of Second Life as anything more than a game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. The technology becomes increasingly stable and evolves in second and third generations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Rik Riel writes about the first professional orchestra to perform in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. It isn't just self either, the charity will benefit and be able to help a homeless young person. Nick Booth from the UK is asking for help in promoting an internet UK-based fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

It centralizes requests from the nonprofits who would like to benefit from the solution, distributes the tablet PCs, and undertakes public relations activities in collaboration with its partners. ADB Solidatech also works to increase the impact of Ordyslexie by looking for funding and equipment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

As you'll note from that article, Nedra has also been exploring Second Life and we bumped into each other at the TechSoup space there where we completed our interview. A wonderful side benefit is all of the new friends and colleagues I have met as a result of writing the blog and commenting on other blogs. I see that you???ve

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The overall intent of the Horizon Project is to demonstrate the exciting benefits of a global connected learning experience. What struck me was the code of ethics for Virtual Worlds: Virtual Worlds Act in second life like you would in your first life. There's so much here that is catching my eye and so much to dig into.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

[link] "Nonprofits are piling into the virtual world of Second Live and similar online venues. What might seem to many as simply “role-playing games” or RPGs, Second Life and its ilk are becoming increasingly real life environments, with financial benefits and consequences, for players and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

So, if don't worry that we're over goal - there are many children who will benefit from the additional support. s These uniforms are made by girls in our vocational program where we teach these young women sewing skills and pay them to work for our sewing shop or train them for higher paying jobs in the garment industry. Ricardo Carreon.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Blogs, photos, video, and bookmarks can benefit from the use of many tags when they are uploaded. Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. " If you are wondering about whether you should integrate social features in your web site , here's a good article that explains the benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Recently we set up an office in Second Life, on the Nonprofit Commons Plush island, and we just purchased our own island in Second Life. This month we organized a HAM-up Tweetup (HAM because September is Hunger Awareness Month) to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. d never seen so many first-time blood donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

The 21 Featured Projects will have the benefit and challenge of being reviewed by experts in technology, economic sustainability, and social impact. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." Peter Dietz has started a personal fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

One thing led to another, he ended up being the star of our benefit in Filene's basement, which was aired on National Public Radio and raised $50K! So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and Second Life Philthanthropy. Trying to see a pattern or theme.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 29, 2006

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. Brainstorm innovative ways to benefit your cause." for Good has some interesting examples up right now of how their tools can be used for good. Because Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! I guess I could have simply changed gone back to my 2005 photo and changed the license to a "BY" photo, but I'm also trying help educate other people in the social change/nonprofit field about benefit of cc licensing and this was teachable moment for me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. Jerry talked one benefit of this connectedness and openness is innovation. Transparency has its benefits, but so does privacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Of Second Life? Stow Boyd points to this piece by Brian Solas and concludes with: I believe that companies will directly benefit from individuals building their reputation in their markets and industries through social means, as provided by Facebook and others. tool after Web 2.0 How short was the hype cycle of MySpace?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

who I met in Second Life for advice) The link got fixed, but no apology! I guess I could have simply changed gone back to my 2005 photo and changed the license to a "BY" photo, but I'm also trying help educate other people in the social change/nonprofit field about benefit of cc licensing and this was teachable moment for me.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

That’s why we’re not in Second Life. #1, We look at the equation and say maybe Second Life isn’t the right fit for us. And I’m not sure that our visitors would really benefit from it. Maybe the Tech will have that with your new project in Second Life. We try to be really really careful here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Only 1/5 of the world's population has used the Internet and if you drill down into the numbers to look at people with disabilities there is an even smaller percentage of users. Jenny is about to pilot a 12 Week Training Program.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Please let me know (since I'm listening) whether this length is a benefit or a detriment to your experience. the Exploratorium did something really big for the August 1 eclipse and they are all over Second Life (source: Technorati ). What does it mean to listen to the groundswell?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Probably not, as it still can have a noncalculable benefit in terms of online brand recognition. If you havent yet done so, check out our social networking ROI calculator first to help you start weighing the costs and benefits. You should, however, be careful about how much of your resources you pour into your MySpace mission.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Probably not, as it still can have a noncalculable benefit in terms of online brand recognition. If you havent yet done so, check out our social networking ROI calculator first to help you start weighing the costs and benefits. You should, however, be careful about how much of your resources you pour into your MySpace mission.

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