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Recap: Social Media for Social Impact

Forum One

Susan Tenby explained how TechSoup helped non-profits establish a presence in SecondLife , demonstrating how the virtual world can be used to disseminate information and also act as a venue for people to meet. In SecondLife, Tenby described time as currency. s " You In? The interaction options are wider than ever.

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My (co) article on TechSoup about Second Life and Nonprofits!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called: Change the World by Working in a Virtual One. Technorati Tags: secondlife. Susan Tenby and I were co-authors (our real life and avatar photos above).

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First Thoughts on Second Life

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

The chat focused on Techsoup's recent enthusiasm for the virtual reality site -- Susan and her colleagues have constructed a virtual office for TechSoup on the SL and recently held a public online event there. The American Cancer Society recently held a virtual Relay for Life fundraiser on SL that raised over $40,000 in pledges!

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Nonprofits and Second Life and Other Games

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. If you visit the virtual office, you get a free t-shirt by clicking on a pink flower.

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Swedes open embassy in Second Life - CNN.com

AFP Blog

Tags: SecondLife.

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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Right now there's a group of us trying to do some action learning about how to facilitate virtual collaborative work and learning in Second Life. The next level is looking at the particularly collaborative activity -- how do we use the enviroment or the virtualness to collaborative together. I met with the group last week.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. The report identifies six areas of emerging technology over the next one-to-five years, including virtual worlds. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.