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Berkman Island on Second Life

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(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. I reserved my seat.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

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The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life.

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Mixed Reality Learning Lab: @techsoup at NCVS

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This blog post was penned by Evonne Heyning , who works with TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and Community teams. With our 65-inch plasma screen TV, we camped outside the main ballroom and projected the #NCVS tweets along with Second Life and web interactive experiences for attendees.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

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FaceTime allows two iPhone -- and soon, next-generation iPad and iPod Touch -- users to have a streaming video and audio conversation while both are connected to a wireless network. Through their use of "Second Life," TechSoup has been at the forefront of virtual meeting and collaboration environments for several years.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

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Photo by/NC from Matthew Saunders' Flickr Stream. TechSoup holds regular meetings for nonprofits in Second Life and I have been attending regularly and sometimes facilitate like this I did this past week. But there is also a trust issue too -- particularly if you don't know all the avatars in real life.

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

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NpTech Tag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. Live Blogging Conferences. session during the Legal Services Conference Technology Initiative Grant Conference.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

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Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters. For others, the concept of ???public