Written by Marc Courtenay

Thursday, 28 April 2011

It's a "green and friendly" mentality that wants to foster a friendly online culture. That's why we wanted to spread the word about CiviliNation. The mission of CiviliNation is to foster a safe and civil online culture where folks can fully engage and contribute without fear or threat of abuse. In other words, to stop online bullying.
They've put together this site to make it easy to share the message: http://civilinationnews.org

• CiviliNation's mission is to foster an online culture where individuals can fully engage and contribute without fear or threat of abuse
• CiviliNation considers the ability to participate online a human rights issue
• CiviliNation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, so your donations are tax deductible
• Donations to CiviliNation support efforts to create a democratic and open online environment free of online harassment
• CiviliNation offers guest lecturers and presentations to colleges, universities and organizations on how to participate in an unpredictable online environment and deal with the personal and professional impact of online hostility
• CiviliNation offers guest lectures to online communities and their community managers on conflict resolution
• CiviliNation's new community forum will help individuals learn practical skills to deal with online hostility and attacks and offer each other support
• CiviliNation is creating a conflict management & skills training program for online community managers so they learn how to constructively deal with community conflicts

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