Press+Coverage

=Press Coverage=

**Select Nonprofit Commons Press Mentions**
__Highlights:__

Blog Talk Radio March 22, 2010 Episode 22 Susan Tenby hosted by Game Changing

Social Edge July 14, 2009 A[| must have for every social entrepreneur]

Huffington Post June 8, 2009 [|Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trail in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge]

Tulsa HighTech.com June 2009 [|Nonprofits and Second Life] by Don Singleton

Fora TV May 28, 2008 [|Virtual Social Change Nonprofit Commons in Second_Life]


 * Glitteractica Cookie speaking about Nonprofit Commons on SLCN 7/13/08**. [|Catch it here] or on iTunes or in-world SLCN's tv.

[|The Seventh Sun:] [|Congressional Hearing coverage] [|Congressional hearing in a nutshell]

Susan Tenby gets a shout-out from Jon Stewart on Daily Show Mon. 4/7/08


 * The Nonprofit Commons respond to Jon Stewart:**

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[|Susan Tenby's complete Congressional testimony] Susan Tenby's abridged Congressional testimony [|Video of Congressional hearing] [|TechSoup's write up] [|Beth kanter's blog entry about it] [|Forbes:Ahead of the Bell: Online Virtual Worlds] [|Business Week: Ahead of the Bell, Online virtual worlds] [|One World.net: U.S. Congress Wades into Virtual Worlds] [|San Jose Mercury News: Members of Congress get a look at Second Life and are mystified, fascinated] [|Washington Post: Goofy Characters and Weird People -- Sounds Like a Hearing]
 * Congressional Hearing about Virtual Worlds**: Susan Tenby, of the Nonprofit Commons testified with Philip Rosedale, of Linden Lab, Larry Johnson, of the New Media Consortium, and Colin Parris of IBM.

[|Further media coverage tagged on del.i.cious]


 * MSNBC coverage of the Nonprofit Commons: [|Pixelanthropy: Charities tap into Second Life]
 * [|Interview about Nonprofit Commons for SLCN.tv] Joysco Winter Festival
 * Interview with **[|Susan Tenby/Glitteractica Cookie about the Nonprofit Commons in SL],** December 17, 2007
 * **Contribute Magazine,** September/October 2007 issue:
 * Pixel-anthropy [[file:Contribute New York Pixel-anthropy.pdf]], Top 10 Tech Innovators [[file:Contriubte New York Top 10 innovators.pdf]]
 * **New Scientist Magazine**, August 25 issue
 * Interview with the **Nonprofit Times** on 8/22/07
 * **[|Non-profits turn to brave new online world]**
 * **[|Nonprofit Times]**

Stats for this project are listed here:nonprofit commons in numbers

6/22 “More than 30 nonprofits have opened offices in a virtual business incubator in Second Life called the Nonprofit Commons.”
 * New York Times**
 * //Foundation With Real Money Ventures Into Virtual World//**
 * http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2007/06/foundation-with.php**

[|The California Report: Virtual Philanthropy] (audio file)
 * 7/30**
 * KQED RADIO**

8/17/07 //Nonprofits Turn to Brave New Online World// “ But for[the nonprofit] Bridges, and other non-profits like them, a presence in a virtual world could be the future of their operations.” http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/life/story.html?id=e65ee97e-094b-4394-9a54-13f5696747a1&k=31847&p=1
 * Times Colonist (British Columbia)/ Canada.com**

8/10/07 //EVENT OF THE WEEK: NONPROFIT COMMONS// http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/08/10/this-weeks-events-from-the-avastar-5/
 * Reuters in Second Life**

//Thinking globally – connecting virtually: Anshe Chng makes a home for nonprofits on SL//
 * Other**
 * 8/19**
 * UgoTrade**

“She [Anshe Chung, donor of the NP Commons sim] explained that she hoped the []in SL could extend this process of finding new ways to connect technically, socially and emotionally to the members of non-profits.” []

8/15/07 //Nonprofit Commons: You Rock// http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/08/18/nonprofit-commons-you-rock/
 * Second Life Insider**

8/15/07 //[|Nonprofit Commons gala - a nice start, but…]// http://tarayeats.com/?p=26
 * Tara Incognita**

8/13 //Nonprofit Gala// http://www.secondlifeupdate.com/2007/08/13/nonprofit-gala/
 * Second Life Update**

8/13/07 //Nonprofit Commons to hold grand opening// http://www.slnn.com/article/nonprofit-commons/
 * SLNN.com**

8/11/07 //Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life// http://infoisland.org/2007/08/11/nonprofits-celebrate-new-home-in-second-life/
 * Infoisland**

8/10/07 //Nonprofit Commons' Grand Opening// http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/08/10/nonprofit-commons-grand-opening/
 * Second Life Insider**

8/10/07 //Nonprofit Commons Opens in SL// http://bgnonline.blogspot.com/2007/08/nonprofit-commons-opens-in-sl.html
 * Business Growth Network**

8/9/07 //Event:// //Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life:// http://events.contracostatimes.com/events/show/57137438-Nonprofits-Celebrate-New-Home-in-Second-Life-Nonprofit-Commons-Grand-Opening-Gala-Event-on-August-14th-2007
 * Contra Costa Times**

8/9/07 //Real Estate News// http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_6584596?nclick_check=1
 * San Jose** **Mercury News**

8/6/07 //Tip Jar// http://www.social-marketing.com/blog/2007/08/tip-jar-8607.html
 * [|Spare Change]**

8/1/07 //Nonprofits Get a Second Life// http://www.nten.org/blog/2007/08/01/nonprofits-get-a-second-life
 * NTEN BLOG**

7/24/07 //Second Life Non-profit Commons Opening Party August 14// http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2007/07/second-life-non.html
 * The Click Heard Round the World**

7/20/07 http://nihongono.typepad.com/mobile_voter/2007/07/non-profit-comm.html
 * Mobile Voter**
 * Non Profit Commons in Second Life**

7/6/07 //Non Profits Clean up In Mixed Reality, Fortune 1000 Straggles// http://www.launchsquad.com/blogs/exclamation/2007/07/06/non-profits-clean-up-in-mixed-reality-fortune-1000-straggles/
 * LaunchSquad**

6/23/07 http://donttellthedonor.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html
 * Don’t tell the Donor.org**
 * //MacArthur Foundation enters Second Life//**

4/19/07 //A Sneak Peek of Nonprofit Commons// http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/04/a_sneak_peek_at.html
 * Beths’ Blog**


 * 95 mentions of “nonprofit commons” in blogs with “a lot of authority” per Technorati
 * 290 mentions of “nonprofit commons” in blogs with “some authority” per Technorati
 * 720 mentions of “nonprofit commons” in blogs with “any authority” per Technorati
 * 8 mentions of “nonprofit commons gala” in blogs with “a lot of authority” per Technorati
 * 17 mentions of “nonprofit commons gala” in blogs with “some authority” per Technorati
 * 26 of “nonprofit commons gala” in blogs with “any authority” per Technorati