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Today I joined SecondLife , a virtual 3-D world built by its residents. Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in SecondLife about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. SecondLife nonprofit npsl At first I really didn't want to. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience.
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MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in SecondLife to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in SecondLife and the role of philanthropy. The John D. and Catherine T. We got advice not to do that.
On June 22nd at 9:00 AM PST, Jonathan's avatar along with SecondLife CEO Philip Rosedale will lead a discussion with residents on the role of philanthropy in virtual worlds. MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton. We are interested in learning about virtual worlds and how to operate within them.
onPhilanthropy: SecondLife Fundraising: Philanthropy Dips its Toe Into Virtual Worlds : "SecondLife Fundraising: Philanthropy Dips its Toe Into Virtual Worlds By: Tom Watson, 07/26/06 Soaring mountains, shimmering seas, futuristic buildings, strange vehicles flying in the air.
I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in SecondLife by the MacArthur Foundation. I was also surprised to read this post by the Web Metrics Guru, not the usual type of blog that covers the nonprofit world or philanthropy.
She is also exploring how nonprofits can use SecondLife, a multiplayer community on the Web. TechSoup has set up a virtual office in SecondLife and earlier this month hosted a mixed-reality event showcasing a new nonprofit directory. t able to conceive of SecondLife as anything more than a game.
Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their SecondLife efforts. is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions. Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky , Sokunthea Sa Chhabra , and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism. Holly Ross. Lucy Bernholz.
" (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 SecondLife. More about social media tools for philanthropy from Tactical Philanthropy.
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We Philanthropy? So, I started down this list that Lucy Bernholz has created, Online Social Networks and SecondLife Philthanthropy. What happens when fundraising meets social networking? What happens when fundraisings goes personal and connected versus organizational? I wonder if we need a new term to describe this approach?
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Saviorism: This term is often referred to as the “savior complex” and is unfortunately common in philanthropy and volunteer work. But it can get a secondlife 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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