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Second Life, A Second Opinion

Tech Soup

One free service is Second Life, the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat. Last week, we posted a Second Life review by GreenTech volunteer, Michael Hodges, entitled Second Life as Alice in Wonderland. Monica is a San Francisco based architect.

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Free Webinar May 13: Using Second Life to Collaborate and Connect

Tech Soup

The virtual world of Second Life is a platform that is a 24/7 always-on online community where the world’s content is entirely user-generated. Tags: Event Online Seminar Using the Web and Internet. This free webinar on May 13 at 11 a.m. Hear from Susan Tenby, Jessica Dally, and Renne Brock-Richmond who will: read more.

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Watch this Webinar About Wikis

Tech Soup

With nearly 250 participants on the web conference and in Second Life, we had many people excited to get started: read more. Tags: E-Learning Online Seminar Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 We also had Sarah Manley from Wikia answering chat questions during the webinar.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Rik Panganiban, who leads the Nonprofit Commons online community in Second Life and presents frequently on topics related to global collaboration, education, and nonprofit leadership. He currently manages the online community of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.

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Nonprofits Live Recap: Great Presentations

Tech Soup

Rik Panganiban, community manager of TechSoup’s Nonprofits in Second Life online community, rounded out the lineup of speakers by offering tips gleaned from his experience giving presentations in mixed reality environments – advice that can also be used in the offline world. Presentations for Webinars.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us Peter Dietz has an article explaining why we need group fundraising RSS feeds. without leaving the virtual world!

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