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Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life. (IDI)

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. 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. Why Quarterly Impact Reports?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. " Linden: Second Life is a world being built by the people in it.

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OCTOBER 18, 2006

But wait a second, I could attempt to live blog remotely. because the session will take place in Second Life and will also be webcasted. Second Life: NMC Campus Amphitheater (number 5 on the map) (see picture of me above) (NOTE: Please join "NMC Guests" group for access to Amphitheater). and Catherine T.

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JUNE 13, 2007

MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton. On June 22nd at 9:00 AM PST, Jonathan's avatar along with Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale will lead a discussion with residents on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds. Photo Source: MacArthur Foundation Spotlight Blog. The details are here.

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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

MAY 14, 2013

She was formerly with The San Francisco Foundation, where she oversaw donor cultivation and stewardship for a portfolio of 450 high net-worth donors and $350 million in donor-advised funds. Participate virtually at the Aloft Nonprofit Commons Drive-In Theater in Second Life. Can't make the event in person?

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JULY 9, 2010

This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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JUNE 16, 2010

This session will help participants to assess their organization’s technology needs and capacity; work with technical volunteers; and understand the role of technology planning as the foundation for an effective operating environment. Mixed Reality Learning Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

Back in December after Clay Shirky's piece on Second Life, Stan who writes the PacificRim Exchange Blog took out his " I'm Sticking With DOS " buttons from the attic to make some points -- maybe something about keeping an eye on the future horizon. Now this should set the stage for an interesting debate!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Britt Bravo on her personal blog. smArts & Culture FiSpace Micropersuasion E-politics. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove. Mongkol, a Cambodian college student who is studying in the US on a Fullbright Scholarship and knows the importance of a college education had this to say.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

Another Second Life lecture that I missed, but there is a transcript and a video ! Dr. John Bransford, education psychology researcher and editor of the book, How People Learn , gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. another transcript here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

Jeff replies, "Dad, I spent the morning at my private foundation office in Second Life where my avatar raised $600 which I then took to donorschoose.org to buy textbooks for a class I adopted." Donorschoose.org got a mention in today's Doonesbury comic strip. Rick Federn enters his son, Jeff's room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

You could also watch a video cast on the web as well as in Second Life. So, I attended via Second Life where Rebecca Nesson was the in-world moderator and she was also at the real life event. In Second Life, the chat was very rich and made us wonder how much the RL participants were missing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2006

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. I didn't know Sombit until I met him - as they say - "in-world" in Second Life. He coordinates web development, donor traffic and analytics, and technical marketing for the team.

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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

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

I recently attention a press briefing for the MacArthur Foundation in Second Life on digital learning and media. via Nancy White I found a pointer to Linda Stone's Wiki on Continuous Partial Attention. Most of what is in there is the material from the corporate or business perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

Last Sunday, I drove like a bat out of hell from my Sharing Foundation board meeting in New Hampshire to my computer so I could log in to the RootsCampSL session on "U sing Machinima for Social Change and Political Action." My Flickr Set: RootsCamp SL Machimina Session. is this what JP is talking about?). A great FAQ is here.

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JULY 1, 2013

ReadyTalk is available to qualifying nonprofits, foundations, and libraries on TechSoup for an administrative fee of $45 for a one-year subscription. Citrix GoToMeeting is available to qualifying nonprofits, foundations, and libraries on TechSoup for an administrative fee of $280 for a one-year subscription.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. That's Danah Boyd in RL who was also live blogging the event.

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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. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. Participants who enter here can win a Playstation 3 from Dixons and have their ??1

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AUGUST 16, 2007

This is from a live blog post by Peter Brantly of O'Reilly Radar from a conference hosted by the Hewlett Foundation on Friday. Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive. They are discussing options for virtual world platforms for education and standards. Example engines: Multiverse, Croquet, Delta3D

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2007

We've participated in online collaboration experiments in Second Life and we are friends on Facebook. Our family is not wealthy, so coming up with the $1,000 donation to the Sharing Foundation which manages the program is a stretch. She is the head of information systems at the University of Reading in the UK.

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JUNE 29, 2007

" (At first, I thought the title might refer to Electric Sheep Company , a big player in virtual worlds, and that it would lead to some more reflections on the MacArthur Foundation's recent Philanthropy Event in Second Life. The essay has nothing to do with virtual worlds or interface design. It's a must-read.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2006

AND, Leng Sopharath is only one of 16 college students the Sharing Foundation is supporting. In addition, the Sharing Foundation is sponsoring 40 high school students and provides an English program in the Roteang Village School for over 500 kids. Britt Bravo on her personal blog. Ricardo Carreon. Solution Grove.

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JUNE 13, 2007

Spotlight on DML | Invitation to Virtual World Event on Philanthropy: "nvitation to Virtual World Event on PhilanthropySave the date (22 June, 9am PST) for an historic conversation on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds featuring MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Second Life CEO Philip Rosedale.I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

And, on New Year's Eve, while I was madly working on the Sharing Foundation fundraising campaign , I found her LinkedIn invitation in my email box. I recently did an interview with a HBS student who was researching MySpace and Second Life (looking at Second Life from the standpoint of social networking).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky , Sokunthea Sa Chhabra , and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism. Holly Ross. is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Politics, and Activism If you can't be in DC this weekend to remind Congress that you voted against this war , Ruby Sinreich suggests that you head to the Progressive Island on Second Life for the Avatars Against the War sponsored by RootsCampSl.org Hillary Clinton is using Drupal.

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AUGUST 3, 2007

Global Kids' Digital Media Initiative: "The Non-profit and Philanthropy Thread at the 2007 Second Life Community ConventionDeveloped by Global Kids in partnership with the MacArthur FoundationSATURDAY, AUGUST 2510:00am-11:00amEDUCATION TRACKThe education track keynote will be given by Connie Yowell, the Director of Education in the MacArthur Foundation's (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Marketing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy So far, there will be at least four bloggers live blogging at the Council on Foundations conference. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. The COF describes this as groundbreaking.

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MAY 26, 2011

Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking. In the case of Delicious, you can make your tagged content public, so that it can serve as a resource to others, or private, perhaps to remind yourself to come back to something later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Funding Perspectives: New Initiatives Connie Yowell (MacArthur Foundation), Franklin Madison (ITAC), Chinwe Onyekere (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Jee Kim (Surdna Foundation); moderated by Suzanne Seggerman (Games for Change) Description How can funders with a specific social goal ensure they get a useful game?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us According to the NTEN blog , Salesforce and Salesforce Foundation has released a wiki documenting the nonprofit template.

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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. Remix. -- @NurtureGirl Foundations leveraging unrestricted funds to "challenge" people to engage in philanthropy (S.A. foundation match days trending upward.)

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities | Main | NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award » Monday Aug 27 2007 Grantmakers Dive Into Web 2.0 Monday, August 27, 2007 at 02:12PM | by James OMalley If Web 2.0

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