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Focus on International Nonprofits for the October 23rd NPC Meeting

Posted Wed, 10/21/2015 - 22:43 by Rhiannon Chatnoir

This Friday, October 23rd, TechSoup​'s NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Glenn Fajardo of TechSoup, who will discuss TechSoup’s international work with NGOs and cover the NGO donation program, work in civil society, and the validation program for any one that needs to validate international NGOs.

Glenn Fajardo works on international partnership and program design for TechSoup Global, a nonprofit social enterprise founded on the belief that technology can be a powerful enabler for greater social change. Glenn has helped NGOs get started with design thinking in places such as Maputo, Singapore, and Warsaw. In the past, Glenn has helped build a for-profit environmental social venture from the ground floor and helped foster use of technology by a local government to better connect residents to services and public decisions.

Glenn is the curator for TEDxPeacePlaza in the Japantown and Fillmore neighborhoods of San Francisco, participates in the teaching community of the Stanford d.school, and has been a contributor to the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Formally trained in nuclear engineering sciences and public policy, Glenn is also a musician who plays electric bass in the rock band Path Not Found. In his free time, Glenn enjoys playing with food, especially in other people’s kitchens. 

 

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, October 23rd, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:50 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Glenn Fajardo (muzzygator in SL) 
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org 

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Using Data for Storytelling for the March 6th NonProfit Commons Meeting

Posted Thu, 03/05/2015 - 01:36 by Rhiannon Chatnoir

This Friday, March 6th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Nika Aleksejeva, from Infogr.am, and a discussion on how you can use data as a compelling way of telling social good stories. 

 

Nika is a passionate data storyteller currently working at Infogr.am, a popular data visualization service.  She is in charge of Infogram.org, the company's non-profit arm which aims to enhance data literacy while bringing the power of data visualization to local communities worldwide. Nika comes from a journalism background - her work involved writing on business topics and making data-driven stories about energy, global economic trends and education. Seeing the future in digital journalism, she continues to work and share the knowledge that helps to develop new communication forms. 

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, March 6th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Using Data for Storytelling 
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org 

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Securing Nonprofit Sponsors and Business Donations for the January 30th NonProfit Commons Meeting

Posted Thu, 01/29/2015 - 20:44 by Rhiannon Chatnoir

This Friday, January 30th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Lisa Maqsud (Hope4Satobs Resident in Second Life) presenting on how nonprofits and groups can get donated goods and services from both real world businesses, and creators within Second Life. This will include discussing the different parts of a sponsor letter and why each plays an important part in securing donations. 

 

Lisa Maqsud is the Founder & Chair of the nonprofit charity HOPE 4 SATOBS, Inc., and has been active with nonprofit organizations since college. She has a Master’s Degree in the Management of Nonprofit Organizations from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to getting sick, she was the Associate Regional Director for Habitat For Humanity International, Midwest Division where she was in charge of helping new Habitat organizations set up and perform bi-annual reviews and trainings for existing Habitat organizations.  As part of this, she also was a professional trainer in the areas of board development, leadership, time management, conflict management, effective meetings and team building. Prior to this, she worked as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Cleveland Foodbank where she was in charge of managing over 5,000 volunteers seen each year there. For the last five years she has developed HOPE 4 SATOBS from a small group in Second Life into a full 501c3 charitable organization. She loves working with her charity as well as working with other groups in Second Life who are doing charitable work. Lisa believes in working together instead of competing to bring about more awareness and for the good of all people.

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, January 30th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central - Continuing with Pinterest, Zinnia Zauber
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Lisa Maqsud (Hope4Satobs Resident in Second Life)
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org 

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Transcript of the December 14th NPC Meeting Featuring: Lori Sheppard (Skylar Smythe)

Posted Wed, 12/19/2012 - 09:40 by Rhiannon Chatnoir

[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week's Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team.

 

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today's Agenda:

Opal Lei: “Getting the Code You Need” for the November 9th NonProfit Commons Meeting

Posted Sun, 11/04/2012 - 20:32 by Rhiannon Chatnoir

This Friday, November 9th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Opal Lei, who will discuss the why, what, who and how of obtaining LSL scripts for your organization’s virtual presence. 

 

Maybe you settled for freebie scripts that do not do enough or off-the-shelf scripts that include code that you do not need and just cause lag. Maybe you have a great project idea, but you are intimidated by scripters who speak techno-babble. Maybe you can’t decide whether to hire someone or to learn LSL yourself. Maybe you’ve tried hiring someone and they ended up creating something utterly different from your vision.

Pay It Forward - Transcript from Collaborative Community Planning Workshop on Sept 21, 2012

Posted Thu, 09/27/2012 - 20:29 by Zinnia Zauber

Unabridged Transcript from the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life 5th Anniversary Celebration Active Collaborative Community Planning Workshop we had on September 21, 2012 to create solutions for all our unify goals for the Virtual Vision 2020 - an initiative to develop a plan for the Second Life community.

[20:31] Zinnia Zauber: Welcome!

[20:31] JenzZa Misfit: in RL we would say : you cant all talk at once
..but in SL .. yes we can
[20:31] JenzZa Misfit: :)
[20:31] JenzZa Misfit: and it works

[20:31] Sister Abeyante yawns and consults her time zone map to wonder

Accounting Tools for Nonprofits! Fireside Chat 3/30 at 11AM

Posted Wed, 03/30/2011 - 07:24 by InKenzo

Financial Management Webinar Live Chat Page

Associated with Nonprofit Accounting Solutions Fireside Chat on March 30 at 11am PST.  See official invite for more info.

 

Looking Back & Looking Forward

Posted Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:11 by InKenzo

As we tip forward into a new year and #TSDIGS Digital Storytelling Event it's a great time to celebrate what's working in our virtual community, learn a few lessons and set intention for the coming year together. What were some of the highlights of our time together at NPC this past year?

Happy Holidays Update at NPC

Posted Thu, 12/23/2010 - 12:12 by InKenzo

Sampling Nonprofits: Collected Thoughts on JUMO

Posted Mon, 12/13/2010 - 11:42 by InKenzo

After a week in the nonprofit world Jumo is making waves for its big push around nonprofit discovery via social networking. Is it working? We've sampled blogs from TechSoup community leaders in this post to help you determine whether investing time on JUMO is right for your organization.


Amy Sample Ward

 

Many thanks to Brownrice Internet for hosting the NPSL site.

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