Housing over 80 social benefit organizations, the Nonprofit Commons is managed by a community of volunteers, under the leadership of TechSoup Global: http://www.techsoup.org.
Nonprofit Commons was designed to lower the barriers of access to Second Life, to create a community of practice for nonprofits to explore and learn about the virtual world, and to investigate the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize this unique environment.
Through this community, we provide free office space to qualifying groups, meet and network, create a cooperative learning environment and foster outreach, education, fund-raising, all in a virtual space. Our focus is on providing an accessible entry-point to Second Life and on creating a community of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) for effective collaboration and support. We believe that Second Life is a wonderful place not just to entertain, but also to educate, inspire, and work together to assist our fellow avatars (and the humans behind them).
You do not have to be a resident of the Nonprofit Commons to get involved with our community. We welcome all who wish to join us as partners, collaborators or supporters.
Nonprofit Commons1 sim was donated by Anshe Chung Studios and Nonprofit Commons2 sim donated by TakingIT Global. The third Nonprofit Commons location, EcoCommons, was developed in partnership with OneWorld/OneClimate specifically for environmentally-oriented organizations. Our fourth sim, HealthCommons AMO is focused on health-related nonprofits.
Members of Nonprofit Commons meet each Friday at 8:30 PST/SLT at Plush Nonprofit Commons Ampitheater. Visitors are always welcome to join us in making a difference one pixel at a time.
*There are two SL groups - "TechSoup.org" and "Nonprofit Commons". Join the TechSoup.org group in Second Life. The nonprofit commons group is a residents-only group and will only accept residents of the nonprofit commons community.
*The in-world TechSoup group is an open group for nonprofits in SL. This was our initial group and it’s very large. If you want to send announcements to the larger nonprofit community in SL, or to broadcast messages about whatever activities you are having in SL, please feel free to use this TechSoup group for that purpose. You do not need to be a resident to post to this group.
* We have a community of nonprofits in Second Life and hold regular weekly meetings every Friday from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. PST. If you're curious about our Second Life, but are unsure about getting involved, our meetings are a great place to meet others in the community and get a sense of the work we do.
* For more information on what we are doing in Second Life, please visit our community blog: http://www.nonprofitcommons.org and wiki at http://npsl.wikispaces.com
* Join our discussion group at http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life. This Google group is also good for all announcements and discussions. It is more of a free-for-all about nonprofits in SL.
*There are many images of us at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/npsl/
*We save items on the web (blog articles, news, relevant links) under the tag NPSL. Use this for del.icio.us and technorati tagging. This tag is fed into our blog.
*Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/npsl
*Add Nonprofit Commons to your Second Life profile picks
*For more information on obtaining virtual office space in the Nonprofit Commons, please see: http://npsl.wikispaces.com/Tenant+Waiting+List
*If you have any questions, IM Glitteractica Cookie or Penguin Kuhn in-world.
Visit us online:
Nonprofit Commons Blog:http://www.nonprofitcommons.org and wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
TechSoup Global: http://www.techsoup.org
Visit us in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Moolmangcho/143/40/46
