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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? " campaign that encouraged random acts of kindness.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technorati Tags: secondlife. We interviewed three nonprofit trailblazers -- Dave Pentecost (also known as avatar "Usu Ventura"), Barry Joseph ("Globalkids Bixby"), and Evonne Heyning ("In Kenzo") -- all from youth organizations doing projects in Second Life and pictured below!

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First Thoughts on Second Life

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Tags: nptech , secondlife , ACS But I have to admit that while the idea of doing serious work in a virtual environment is very appealling to me - I am a big Neal Stephenson fan after all - I haven't been able to make myself make the required investment in time to explore the place for myself.

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Tech and NGO T-Shirts for Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

t be surprised if u r on the way to somewhere sometime and see cambodians on bicycles or motorbikes wearing t-shirs of technorati , creative commons , secondlife , techsoup , and so on??? Technorati Tags: barcamp , cloggersummit2007 I love what Lux wrote about the t-shirts: new t-shirts on the street: don???t m wearing ???i

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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

After the event please: Will you post pictures of your group to Flickr, use the tag: cp080207 so we can find each other's snaps (I've already posted one). Secondlife seems to me to lend itself much more to the environment end of the spectrum. Technorati Tags: VECoP If you have problems IM Rosie Luna and Futura Fortas.

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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. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Where's the conference tag? Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag! The site was developed by Democracy in Action.