http://www.netsquared.org/tags/disabilities share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/using-virtual-worlds-emerging-technologies-people-disabilities-online-event <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0AgCU93I6Y&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C0AgCU93I6Y&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <p><a href="http://www.techsoup.org/" target="_blank">TechSoup</a> will be hosting a free, one-day online event, Using Virtual Worlds &amp; Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities,<strong> </strong>this <strong>Friday, February 29th.</strong> </p><p>This interactive event will take place in two online locations: Second Life, and TechSoup&#39;s Community Forums.</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/using-virtual-worlds-emerging-technologies-people-disabilities-online-event">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/using-virtual-worlds-emerging-technologies-people-disabilities-online-event#comments disabilities events secondlife Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:32:25 -0500 Britt Bravo 7494 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/celeste-w-of-studio-501c/benetech-founder-jim-fruchterman-honored-as-macarthur-fellow-for-using-technology-for-social-chang <p>Jim Fruchterman was named a MacArthur genius yesterday.&nbsp; You can find links to his blog and to a couple of bloggers who know him at <a href="http://inprogress.typepad.com/studio501c/2006/09/jim_fruchterman.html" target="_blank" title="studio 501c on macarthur genius ">my blog, studio 501c</a>. </p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/celeste-w-of-studio-501c/benetech-founder-jim-fruchterman-honored-as-macarthur-fellow-for-using-technology-for-social-chang#comments accessibility benetech blog Blogging disabilities human_rights landmines net2 nptech Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:09:43 -0400 Celeste W of studio 501c 2075 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/new-in-netsquared-in-action-e-buddies <p><img width="158" height="171" border="0" src="http://www.ebuddies.org/images/ebuds.gif" align="left" hspace="6" />Big thanks to Best Buddies International's Virtual Volunteer Manager, Bill Maurer, for profiling his lovely organization, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ebuddies.org/">www.ebuddies.org</a> on <a target="_blank" href="/catlist/list/1">NetSquared in Action</a>.&nbsp; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bestbuddies.org/site/c.ljJ0J8MNIsE/b.1162355/k.BF9F/Intro.htm">Best Buddies International</a> is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. <a title="e-Buddies" target="_blank" href="http://www.ebuddies.org/" /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ebuddies.org/">e-Buddies</a> builds e-mail friendships between children and adults with intellectual disabilities and their peers who do not have intellectual disabilities.</p> <p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/new-in-netsquared-in-action-e-buddies">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/britt-bravo/new-in-netsquared-in-action-e-buddies#comments disabilities e-buddies employment friendship Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:05:07 -0500 Britt Bravo 477 at http://www.netsquared.org