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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

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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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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams

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NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! " (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. NpTech Talk.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

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So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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A Conversation with TechSoup's Susan Tenby on Virtual Nonprofit Communities

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I was also in a graduate program in Literature and so they trusted that I could research and write from my experience with my Master???s She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. She is also exploring how nonprofits can use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

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An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Opening Event for Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is on Tuesday, August 14 at 5:30 PST. Ruby has compiled a Progressive/Nonprofit Guide to Second Life. Need some comic relief? Maybe just some prayers? NpTech Software.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

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In the social software blogosphere, there is a lot being written about how ROI is so 1.0 ( here , here , and here ) Video on the Web JournaMarketing is reminding us that YouTube launched its Nonprofit Program and it's promising video cameras to the first 300 nonprofit organizations to sign up. Not sure if they reached their threshold.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That also means good news for the shopping for charity programs. Child's Play Charity targets gamers as a donor community, by Penny Arcade , raising millions mostly to provide games and equipment to child life programs at leading hospitals around the world. Then do the next best thing, take a virtual trip to Bali. And if you???re

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