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Nonprofits in Second Life Survey (UBF)

Posted Wed, 04/01/2009 - 07:57 by Beth J. Bates

Mocha Moon needs your help. Could you please take a few moments to complete this survey? It was created to gauge how non-profits engage with social work students, how organizations engage the next generation of donors and more.

Thanks for your help!

Featured Neighbor: The Exploratorium

Posted Tue, 03/31/2009 - 04:56 by Beth J. Bates

Many thanks to Patio Plasma for taking the time to work with me on this great 5 minute interview! I checked out The Exploratorium yesterday and its really intriguing. The exhibits are really creative and its a great example of how education can be expanded in Second Life. I highly recommend that everyone take a trip there to check out the great exhibitions.

Q: What is the Exploratorium and why does it exist?

City Planning in Second Life

Posted Mon, 03/30/2009 - 04:55 by Beth J. Bates

Second Life seems like such a dynamic platform for real-life city planning, and now that seems to be coming to fruition. The city of Birmingham in the UK has taken the lead in taking a look at this new platform for this practical purpose. The initiative has opened itself to mixed reviews, but I think that its a great test of how directly Second Life reflects real-life programs.

Women at Work in Virtual Worlds - Tonight 7PM PST

Posted Mon, 03/23/2009 - 12:42 by Beth J. Bates

Our own Glitteractica Cookie - aka Susan Tenby - will be speaking in real-life at the Women at Work in Virtual Worlds conference. The event will be LIVE at 7PM PST tonight in SL.

Video will be streaming live as well.

Good luck, Glitteractica!

Last Chance to Present in the Nonprofit Session at NSLC

Posted Wed, 03/04/2009 - 17:25 by Beth J. Bates

We still have one NPC slot open for the Nonprofit Commons sessions to present in-world to the real-life National Service Learning Conference in Nashville, TN, 3/18-3/21. Further details on the conference are below, but this is a great chance to reach a 2000+ audience of folks, especially if you are involved with service projects/service learning in Second Life.

Our time slots for NPC nonprofits (in 30 minute increments) are:

Thursday, 3/19, 9:00 AM SLT

Thursday, 3/19, 9:30 AM SLT

Friday, 3/20, 9:00 AM SLT

What is Your Organization Doing in Second Life?

Posted Tue, 03/03/2009 - 13:14 by Beth J. Bates

The Nonprofit Commons provides such a great venue for forward thinking nonprofit leaders to share their ideas, challenges and friendship. There are exciting things happening - events, social gatherings, meetings of the minds. We want to share what your organization is doing...on the blog!

If your organization is executing engaging initiatives in Second Life (and in RL), please let me know. I want to blog about what YOU are doing!

Some of our neighbors highlight what they are doing in SL on their website, so here is a shout out to those keeping us informed!

Health Panel Expo - New Google Group

Posted Fri, 02/06/2009 - 11:48 by Beth J. Bates

From Megan "Penguin" Keane....

The group of folks planning the Health Panel Expo in SL has grown so big that to manage it, we've created a separate Google Group for planning: http://groups.google.com/group/npsl-health-expo?hl=en.

Panel speaks about alliance building in Second Life

Posted Wed, 11/19/2008 - 18:35 by penguin kuhn

Nonprofits are finding that one of the major benefits of Second Life work is alliance building. I had the pleasure of attending Monday's panel on virtual world partnerships and collaborations.

Common Ground Event - ORANGE is in da house!

Posted Thu, 11/06/2008 - 08:40 by Beth J. Bates

Group Notice From: Zinnia Zauber

Please join us Thursday at 7 PM SLT for Common Ground @ Plush Nonprofit Commons!

The Common Ground event is an opportunity for nonprofit folks and people curious about our causes to meet and greet on a weekly basis. There will be networking, dancing, and merriment!

To enjoy unity and a chance to go through your clothing inventory with glee - our color theme is ORANGE!

IM Ricken Flow, our awesome DJ, your song requests!

Next week - YELLOW!

SL Celebration of Human Rights - Dec. 10

Posted Thu, 11/06/2008 - 08:38 by Beth J. Bates

As you may have heard there is going to be a Festival in SL celebrating Human Rights starting 10 December. It´s 60 years since the UN launched the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

We have started now to organize the festival. How big it will be depends on how many events, concerts & exhibitions YOU send us.

We hope that you all think this is important and will help us to make this Festival a successful one.

A travel HUD will take people to different locations in SL with exhibitions, concerts and events promoting human rights issues. There will also be a website.

 

Many thanks to Brownrice Internet for hosting the NPSL site.

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