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Nonprofit Commons Recap: Welcome Back Mayo Clinic

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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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Play2Train: The Island Where Anything Can Go Wrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One form of online learning that Second Life and virtual worlds platforms are particularly well suited for is simulations. Play2Train is the Second Life component of the program, a disaster simulator complete with hospitals, helicopters fire trucks and restaurants which can blow up at a moments notice.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. Third Sector New England has launched a podcast series !

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