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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Here’s what’s pissing me off: The reason I have to fight every time to do these stories [like Darfur] is because the truth is that it’s hard to get the majority of Americans…to care. ” (not in video). Doing good isn’t our job, it’s everyone’s. Generic license ).

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Second Life Do-Gooders

Have Fun - Do Good

Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. The photo is of me in the CARE office in the Nonprofit Commons. The barriers to entry need to be a lot lower for it to be the collaboration tool that it has the potential to be. At first I really didn't want to.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants: How Does Your Nonprofit Have Fun and Do Good?

Have Fun - Do Good

Extra points if you include an amusing photo, cartoon or video with your post. George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning. Your favorite fun, creative nonprofit campaign (i.e. fundraising, advocacy). Your own take on the theme.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event. In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur. The Corte Madera School now uses Bookshare.org books in a range of classes for disabled students.

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