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Peter Morville is A Woman in Second Life and Other IA Summit Secrets.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Stacy Surla invited me to participate remotely at the IA Summit taking place this weekend in Las Vegas on a panel about IA in Second Life and informal poster session to introduce Second Life to IA folks. I had skype with a video camera and Second Life application opened (which kept crashing my computer.)

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Nonprofits in Second Life: Avatar Marketing, Fundraising, and TechSoup's Plans

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's Friday, it's summer, it's raining - okay that's my set of excuses for spending a little bit of time in Second Life today. But first, skim through the discussion forum on TechSoup , especially if you're new to Second Life. Second Life crashed - and we were all frozen and booted off.

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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. that didn't last long or ruin the event.

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Connect with TechSoup at NCVS!

Tech Soup

Second Life — TechSoup formed the Nonprofit Commons five years ago as a virtual community of nonprofits, thriving and building complex 3D interactive environments and hosting regular meetings with streaming media and a wide variety of participatory options. Connect with us at NCVS or online.

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Social media and the Surveillance Culture

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Our conversation focused on Facebook, Second Life, and Skype. The same with Second Life. Organizations hold meetings on Second Life, I put on a sexy female avatar with my breasts hanging out, and I'm just accepted. The Agency is deeply involved in Facebook," I was told.

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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally. So far, the Skype premium mobile phone app allows only group audio calls. If you’d like to just try web conferencing, there are some free web conferencing services.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Tools such as Google Hangout and Skype are increasingly being used as cost effective video conferencing training tools. Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc. Companies like IBM, Cisco are already using virtual platforms for meetings, interviews, and employee training.