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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Signal has also published a white paper on why Second Life and Virtual Worlds are important. Father and daughter have been co-teaching a Harvard Law School course in Second Life this past semester, called CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opnion. Over fifty avatars attended.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

We did some research around this issue and published a white paper detailing the case for integrating time-honored emergency response expertise with real-time social input. What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact? .

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Windows Server 2003 Will Hit End of Life in 6 Weeks

Tech Soup

Besides the obvious ethical concerns of failing to protect privileged information, HIPAA is federal law and your organization's professional responsibility — there is no excuse. Microsoft TechNet Windows Server 2003 Library. There are legal consequences to failing to be in compliance and there are also funding consequences.

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How the Parkland Students are Changing the Rules for Advocacy Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

After the Parkland shooting, students didn’t wait for professional advocates to step in: they began talking to reporters immediately (one courageous student covered the shooting as he hid in a school closet ) and were soon planning media appearances about changing gun laws.

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Preparing for Planned Giving Conversations—24 Terms You Need to Know

Connection Cafe

Many wills and trusts are still written with quite formal language and might be similar to this example: “ I give, bequeath, and devise the sum of fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) to Middletown Library, located at 123 Main Sreet, Middletown, Wyoming. Ten percent (10%) of my estate to Middletown Library.”.