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Berkman Island on Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Click through to the larger version to read the poster) I've been going to meetings on information island at the TechSoup area in Second Life where a small group of avatars interested in nonprofits and Second Life have been busy working on some exciting plans lead by Susan Tenby of TechSoup.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

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Virtual Environment and Avatars: Virtual learning environments bring the social interaction part of traditional classroom training into the e-learning world. Organizations are using virtual training coach also called avatar, who engages with the learners like a real human being.

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Brighton Beach Brainstorm

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. Harvard Business Review is another favourite for insights from a business / management perspective.

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Information Island Grand Opening Celebration: Jeff Barr, Amazon Presentation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's a busy time in Second Life , particularly for libraries, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations. If you haven't yet checked out Seond Life and want to experience a "serious" activity, there are celebration events taking place throughout the week on Information Island. Got that?)

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. I also like Marlene Oliveira’s Nonprofit MAR Community content. Harvard Business Review is another favourite for insights from a business / management perspective.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. we should add some questions to our NpTech Tag research about how people are aggregating and republishing content tagged with the NpTech Tag. See this one-page parody of Second Life. or more like web 1.0?) " Web 2.0,

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