Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

What is ironic is that the WDM has not learned to apply what they presumably have learned from their other campaigns into virtual space. I found a bedraggled looking avatar sleeping in a cardboard box with a crude sign asking for donations. It is a rant about the billboard put up by the World Development Movement in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. If you visit the virtual office, you get a free t-shirt by clicking on a pink flower.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. These donations go to fund Oxfam America programs worldwide. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person.

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