Although it was October, the weather was even nicer than California. The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now.

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.

Second Life kiva.org volunteer: Julles Boucher Kiva.org , a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. discovered this when I clicked on Skeeboo Tammas's profile while chatting with him in Second Life. His profile said.

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In its first threemonths of public beta (launched in April 2007), the company attracted350,000 registered members. If Second Life is an aggregation of individual experiences upon a shared platform,then Doppelganger could be considered a community of indvidualspersonalizing a shared experience. Christine (.net) Please try again.

Online Video Service recently webcast a customers event via satellite from a submerged oil platform off the coast of California. The customer used the event to galvanize support for artificial reefs as a way to protect sea life. In the 90s, some nonprofits would ask, "Why do I need a website?" Why or why not? a) Build or buy.

presented on a panel today for the California Association of Nonprofits "Building Stronger Nonprofits" Conference that is taking place in Los Angeles about nonprofits and second life. See Larger Photo.

photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. Specifically she speaks to why she isn't a stronger advocate and some of the issues related to " Second Wave Adoption." Live blog notes from a session at Northern California Grantmakers briefing about Virtual Worlds and Video Games here.

Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources. And, Rob gives us a second example of nonprofit organization on Facebook. NpTech Community.