Digital Campfires Foundation (DCF) projects include:
Grant Application Consulting:
DCF now provides grant application support for nonprofits, organizations and small businesses. Fee based services range from researching grant opportunities through grant project management. We are in the process of developing a series of low cost webinars that will highlight grant application best practices. Please contact us if you are interested in additional information. >info (at) digitalcampfiresfoundation (dot) org
Plush Nonprofit Commons Island
Immersive environments or 3D worlds are rapidly becoming an innovative way for non-profits, organizations and businesses to reach new markets. The Gartner Corporation predicts that 80% of all web browsing will be in a 3D environment by the end of 2011. DCF now has a presence in SecondLife (SL) with more than 60 other nonprofits on the Plush Nonprofit Commons and Aloft Islands. DCF now provides consulting and design services to help your organization explore how this new immersive environment may help you meet your organization"s mission...world wide.
Contact us at: >info (at) digitalcampfiresfoundation (dot) org or look for Docent Alturas in SL.
SHARE Wisconsin: Partnering with SHARE Wisconsin, DCF is collecting surplus computer systems that are refurbished by SHARE volunteers. Computer skills training classes are being developed to enhance volunteer leadership skills. Each volunteer that completes a two hour training session will be offered a free computer system that includes a PC, monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, an Ubuntu Linux operating system and the Open Office productivity suite.
Rural America Project: This special project in partnership with Grozik Associates is working to improve community computer skills and Internet access for rural towns throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. DCF is also exploring the use of the Educational Broadband Services spectrum to provide wireless broadband services to the high desert area around Bend, Oregon.
Healthy at Home: This project explores the use of aging-in-place technologies to improve rural health care. DCF plans to use surplus computer systems and "lifeline" Internet access to help connect senior citizens to their extended families and to health care support services.