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The MacArthur Foundation hosted a Virtual World Event on Philanthropy today in Second Life. Jonathan Fanton, MacArthur Foundation President, said, "we think virtual worlds will grow and become integrated into our daily lives." He said the MacArthur Foundation hopes to make investments to help nonprofits and civil society organizations address serious issues. They hope to reach out to residents and spark conversations about philanthropic work and to give advice and assistance to residents who want to advance charitable causes.
Here's a round up of coverage:
- Event Announcement from Jonathan Fanton, President
- Doing the Impossible in Virtual Worlds by Doug Thomas from USC Center on Public Diplomacy
- Nonprofits in Second Life Blog coverage
- Lucy Bernholz captured the video stream from blog.tv and reflections
- Rik Riel's multimedia coverage of the event
- Second Thoughts blog, "We Need a New Kind of Philanthropy"
- Beth's Blog, Live Blog Post
- Britt Bravo's Second Life Do-Gooders
Netsquared Community
Some great coverage for Netsquared in The Chronicle of Philanthropy and on the blog
A Netsquared community members is seeking advice about the possibility of a prison computer recycling center in Japan.
A report from the ISummit
Internet Campaigns Strategy and Tools
New Organizing Institute's founder, zack exley's advice to nonprofits about online campaigns. Network-Centric Advocacy blogs riffs on it.
Can you guess what's in this DIA blog post based on the title: "somit:-$$$ n weird". Definitely check out Jason's generational riff based on this amazing chart of online behavior.
Ethan Zuckerman's article in TechSoup on Mobile Phones and Social Activism.
Jon Stahl points to How Drupal Will Save the World by Jeff Robbins from Lullabot. Be sure to check out Jon's ChipIn campaign for "PloneGetPaid"
e.politics shares a list of Drupal/Joomla Development Shops for Campaigns and Nonprofits. Want to suggest others? Add 'em in the comments.
Nice set of flickr photos and a summary of Forum One's "Hard Choices, Real Lessons: Internet Technology Planning for Decision Makers.
Peter Dietz has an article on TechSoup about what you can expect from group fundraising campaigns. Steve Bridger's Fundraising 2.0 presentation is a must-read.
Oh no, IT Director 2.0. Some good deployment strategy points though.
Social Media
The Bamboo Project has some tips on how to go web2.0 for less than $60 bucks.
Wild Apricot offers some pointers about organizational blogging.
The Spare Change blog reflects on the outcomes of the HHS Flu Blog
Some tips on promoting your nonprofit using scrapblog as a scrapblog post.
Designing for Civil Society blog writes about how Facebook is re-inventing membership organisations.
YouTube Remixer launched with some unimpressed reviews, perhaps because there are eight other similar tools out there.
The Theory of YouTube Class: ObamaGirl and the Web2.0 Aesthetic
The DC MediaMakers has an archive of their meeting on blog.tv which featured Christina Arnold of Prevent Human Trafficking International.
A good discussion thread about google tools for nonprofits over at oneworld
Tool Talk
The Non-Profit Tech Blog has an interview with Joe Green and Chris Chan of Project Agape. Be sure to check out the comments.
From the NTEN Affinity Groups, a summary of advice and observations about Webinar and Online Conference tools.
Quantum Shift is Web.TV channel covering social change issues and civil society.
A request for a ning or php volunteer from this nonprofit. This is the first blog request for a volunteer that I've seen.
Zentation.com "Where powerpoint meets video on the web." You can view the video of a conference event while seeing the powerpoint slides. Here's an example from the SalesForce DreamForce Conference.
Web Conferencing on the cheap with free tools!
New (to me) Blogs
Susie's Blog links to the Official Cambridgeshire Circuit Rider Project Blog
Welcome Louise Brown to the Blogosphere!
Keep on Smiling!
Check out the LOLNPTECH.ORG blog. Today's photo is pretty funny.
The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. A loosely coupled group of nonprofit techies and social change activists decided to use the tag "NpTech" to identify web resources that would create an ongoing stream of information to promote and educate those working in nonprofit technology. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.
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