Innovation

SXSW Crowdsourcing Re-Cap

Hey All, I had an amazing time on a panel yesterday with Kari, Amy Sample, Beth and Holly. This is just a quick post to talk about my top three takeaways from the brilliant crowd that showed up yesterday (we packed the house BTW..yay NPO’s at SXSW!). 1) Start small. Start by crowdsourcing a T-Shirt contest. Use voting for the ...

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Have you EXPERIENCED Austin?

Not until you have taken this class! I was very proud to be in the EXPERIENCE class from one of my new favorite non profits here in Austin: “Leadership Austin” last year. It was an amazing behind the scenes way our city works and lives. From how Barton Springs works to how the Mueller Center got funded and built. If ...

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Non Profit Second Life Case Studies – Part I

Big ups to the folks over at Tech Soup for these Second Life Case studies. I still think it’s dying off IMHO but the results are still there. What do you think? Leave us a comment. Counseling and Support Services: Through Second Life people dealing with sensitive issues like addiction, HIV, sexual and physical abuse, can connect with one another ...

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Second Life and Non Profits?

Check out this video about Non Profits in Second Life. It’s all about TechSoup’s Nonprofits In Second Life/Nonprofit Commons project. Learn more about how nonprofits are making a real-world difference through virtual world work.Of course this is a major part of the work I did while at the American Cancer Society in Second Life with our volunteers.

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