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Brighton Beach Brainstorm

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He would like to see the disability community speak with one voice on these issues. 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.

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Virtual Worlds for Insurrection and Revolution in Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Functionality : graphics quality; APIs for simulation; interface tools; authoring tools; links to 2D web; chat/voice capabilities; support for multiple instances; ADA issues. Example virtual worlds: Second Life; Active Worlds; Entropia; Olive. Possible evaluation criteria for virtual worlds.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if organizations did not have government funding or pursue it? What is the balance of government, private, and earned income? They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. Does the post relate to the blog's goal, voice, and conversational voice. Good or bad thing?

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. I wonder if in 2020, whether nonprofit boards/governance will be totally transparent?

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