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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I.e. "Hey, idiot, get your head out of the digital sand and pay attention to things that matter." According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. Namely that it isn't enough just to shame people.

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Supporting Nonprofit Tech Educators Across the Globe

Tech Soup

in congratulating NTENny Award winners and NetSquared organizers Jason King (formerly of NetSquared London), Chad Leaman (NetSquared Vancouver), Roshani Kothari (NetSquared DC), Sarah Rasmussen (PDXtech4good), and Tony Caufield (Tech4Good Las Vegas). Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

These organizations house data for a combined total of three million NGOs worldwide. Chad McEvoy of Global Giving is the BRIDGE project manager. Finally, we offer our sincere congratulations to AbilityNet , the most excellent UK based accessibility charity, for winning the Digital Leaders 100 Award for 2014 in the NGO category.

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