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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life.

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Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life: Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on August 14th, 2007

Have Fun - Do Good

Part of my job is to help put together Net Tuesdays in San Francisco, monthly meetings for social changemakers and web innovators to socialize, network and share resources. PT/SLT (Second Life time), 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration in their new offices in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

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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Brighton Beach Brainstorm

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The best part of my job is brainstorming with brilliant, passionate people around social issues. 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. phenomena.

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Social Simulators

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It's an early prototype, but I could see the potential of this approach to teaching social skills for job readiness. The second project is from Australia. At the NCTI conference, we also heard from someone from Second Life. is an online role playing game, called Reachout Central. That was great news!

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October Community Builder Chat – Connecting On and Offline Communities #commbuild

Amy Sample Ward

Some of the examples and recommendations from this month’s chat included: UN Food&Ag Org (FAO) has done a great job with their Share Fairs – sharing the discussions and training on and offline. Second Life and IRL at TechSoup HQ in SF. Recap: October. Get the October Chat archive.

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NPC Launch: Live Blogging Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's from tonight's opening launch party of the Nonprofits Commons in Second Life, TechSoup's project in Second Life. Ruby Sinreich did an excellent job of live blogging. I am bringing a couple of Second Life t-shirts to Cambodia, thanks to Jeska Linden. More about the project here.