NPSL: Nonprofits in Second Life Wiki

The Nonprofit Commons project (NPC), managed by TechSoup Global, is a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life. You do not have to have an office in the Nonprofit Commons to get involved! This site provides documentation and other helpful information not only for NP Commons tenants, but for any nonprofit that is interested in learning about Second Life.
You can find out more and start getting involved by the following ways to join our community:

Visit us in world at one of our four locations: Teleport SLURL to NPC Plush NPC Aloft NPC EcoCommons NPC Health Commons
Attend the weekly in-world meetings
Subscribe to, read, and comment on the NPSL Blog
Join the TechSoup Group in world (in Second Life)
Join and read about our discussions in our Google Group
Find out how to become a tenant in the Nonprofit Commons
Learn about the Impact of Nonprofits in Second Life
Volunteer
Community Member Profiles
Press Coverage
NPC Tenants also on Facebook
SLCC Nonprofit Track Schedule or http://nonprofitcommons.org/slcc
Summary of #SLCC 2009 via twitter (live) or highlights reposted here
OneWebDay: Tuesday 9-22-09 is OneWebDay - Let's Celebrate Together & Take the Pledge to Help Close the Digital Divide; See http://blog.techsoup.org/node/980
The Digital Storytelling Challenge is on! Make a story! Win big prizes! http://www.techsoup.org/go/tsdigs
Come Tell Your Story & Win!

Meet Your Neighbor: Cicero Kit, the Family Center

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[8:43] Cicero Kit: hello everyone
[8:43] Ricken Flow: vogue
[8:43] Buffy Beale: claps madly for Cicero!
[8:43] Cicero Kit: Since 1984, the Family Center has provided safe shelter, counseling services and legal advocacy to victims of domestic abuse.
[8:44] Cicero Kit: We are located in Wisconsin Rapids, WI and are proud to have served the community for 25 years. When the Center first opened, a lot of people didn’t want to believe that domestic violence was happening here.
[8:44] Muse Carmona: Katherine Mancuso, GimpGirl www.gimpgirl.com @gimpgirl - The Vesuvius Group www.thevesuviusgroup.com @thevesuviusgroup, Atlanta, GA @musingvirtual
[8:44] Cicero Kit: Our first shelter was at a vacated convent on the St. Lawrence parish. Then pastor of St. Lawrence church, Father Joe Bilgrien, had been instrumental in the founding of the organization. He rented the convent to the Center for $1 per year....
Click here to read full exerpt from 9/18/09 meeting.

Past Meet your Neighbor profiles:

Ledoof Constantineau: Rape Crisis Center
JANlyssa Serenity: Job Action Network
LizaJune Stoop: LO OP Center|
DJ Earnshaw: APCUG, the Association of Personal Computer User Groups

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Just getting started in Second Life and want to know about the benefits?

Read "Change the World by Working in a Virtual One from TechSoup
Read "Second Life and Why It Matters for Nonprofits White Paper" from Social Signal

NonProfit Commons in Numbers

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