NPSL: Nonprofits in Second Life

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. 

• https://twitter.com/muzzygator

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.

This Friday, October 9th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Chris Delatorre who will give a rundown of exciting changes to the TechSoup community forum slated for next year, and share on his work and recent events in New York and Istanbul.

Chris Delatorre is an independent communications consultant for science, technology and global philanthropy initiatives, including WINGS and TechSoup Global. Chris is a writer, an editor and content producer - a storyteller with chops in hard and social science. He’s a systems junkie, specifically built environments and social structures. His multimedia resource, COMPASS, was named model program by the US Department of Education. Chris has previous experience in pharmacogenomics and human rights activism, and his current research focuses on creating a framework for distributed social networking for CSOs. He is invested in communicating the viability of science and emerging technology as they relate to sustainable urban development and social relations. He’s a New Yorker, a dog lover, caffeine freak, zombie hunter and sci-fi geek. He believes in the power of science, empathy and community.

Learn more about him here: https://about.me/christopherdelatorre

Follow him on Twitter @urbanmolecule

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, October 9th, 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 Featured Presentation - Chris Delatorre (UrbanMolecule in SL) 
• 9:30 am Mentors Central 
• 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.

This Friday, September 25th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Saffia Widdershams talking on this years Macmillan Virtual Coffee Morning fundraising event. Every September, the UK charity Macmillan Cancer Support holds the biggest coffee morning in the world – and since  2013, Saffia, and PrimPerfect have held a virtual event in Second Life, creating VR cakes for charity fundraising. 

• http://primperfect.net/events/macmillan-coffee-morning-cake-against-cancer/

In the UK, the two major cancer charities are Cancer Research UK, which focuses on research, and Macmillan Cancer Support which focuses on support. In the UK, cancer treatment is funded by the NHS, but there are many areas where patients need additional support, such as in accessing vital benefits and information, or simply having someone to talk to. In addition, there are Macmillan nurses who offer specialized care. 

• http://www.macmillan.org.uk/

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Macmillan-Cancer-Support/

Saffia Widdershins is the editor of Prim Perfect Magazine and the executive producer of Designing Worlds, Happy Hunting! and The Blackened Mirror. She has the reputation of having fingers in more pies than she has fingers! She is also one of the team who bring One Billion Rising in Second Life to the grid each year and also supports the annual Macmillan UK Cancer Support's Biggest Coffee Morning in the World.

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, September 25th, 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 - Macmillan Coffee Morning - Cake Against Cancer 
• 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.

Kevin Feenan is the founder of Knomaze Corporation and Rockcliffe University Consortium. https://about.me/kevinfeenan

• http://urockcliffe.com
• http://ecampus.urockcliffe.com
• http://erdests.com

• 8:30 am Introductions
• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45 am Mentors Central
• 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal)
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

This Friday, August 28th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Chris Heuer, and a presentation on his latest project: Will Someone?

Will Someone is a better way to ask for help to accomplish your objectives. Taking collaboration beyond simple conversation, Will Someone provides a socialized "ask" list, which enables you and your community members to easily see what needs to be done and get more done together. In this way we create accountability and recognition for contributions by facilitating connections between those who have a need and those who have the ability and availability. Now you can easily share all those things on your 'someday we will get to it list' with your community, making that someday come a lot sooner by asking Will Someone? If you are interested in starting a pilot with your advisory board or volunteers by tweeting to @WillSomeone_ 

• http://willsomeone.com/

About Chris Heuer:

While serving as a leader of Deloitte Consulting's Social Business efforts, he recognized the fundamental need to change the way we collaborate. So in 2013 he set out to build a technology solution that was inherently social, instilled with mutual respect and enabled people to work smarter together. As the founder and Chairman of non-profit Social Media Club, he saw the challenges faced by community organizations firsthand. The resulting solution, Will Someone, is now being offered to select non-profit communities, coworking spaces and advisory boards to enable them to maximize the passion and contributions of their volunteers.

Since he was young, Chris Heuer has had a talent to see how things could be instead of how they are. This vision, plus his mother's belief that he could do anything, lead him to a life of social entrepreneurship, going after some of the biggest opportunities to arise in the past 20 years. He is a consultant, a keynote speaker, a trained facilitator and a well regarded 'futurist'. He serves on several advisory boards, including the American Heart Association Stroke Advisory Board and those of numerous startups through his work as a mentor at Wearable World.

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, August 28th, 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 - Chris Heuer, Will Someone
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements 

This week’s featured presentation will be in voice, with accompanying rough transcribing.

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.