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Kiva in Second Life: Interview With Official SL Volunteers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second Life kiva.org volunteer: Julles Boucher Kiva.org , a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. I discovered this when I clicked on Skeeboo Tammas's profile while chatting with him in Second Life. His profile said.

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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. It's amazing.

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Online Community Meetup Recap: Meet the TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Team

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Tenby spoke about a method they developed by which to deputize and hand over some control to forums' super users to maintain a productive and harmonious online forum community. Panganiban spoke of his work in the Nonprofit Commons on Second Life. Graves manages communications via TechSoup's many social media channels.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

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It is redefining workforce learning methods and tools, allowing organizations to nurture their talent in the most effective way. With the cost of video conferencing being reduced dramatically in recent years, organizations are also embracing this method to reduce their training costs and challenges.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

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Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e. avatar), interact with others, and even conduct business transactions.

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Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits: A Detailed Guide

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It’s also helpful to be transparent about the methods you use to gather stories and your goals in doing so. But it can get a second life with a short version condensed to fit into a series of photos or a 60-second Instagram Reel. Maybe the first version of the story is a long-form written narrative.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. So, I've been reflecting about effective facilitation of virtual meetings in Second Life Right now the primary method of group interaction is via unmoderated chat interface.