Second Life for Nonprofits

July 10, 2006 by annemarie.

Every month, Web innovators and those who promote social change
congregate in a shared effort to bring the social Web to nonprofits and
NGOs all over the world. These meetings are referred to as Net Tuesday
events.

July’s Net Tuesday will feature a presentation about how nonprofits can
use Second Life, a multiplayer community on the Web. In Second Life,
users create their own characters (called avatars) and help build a
virtual 3D world that’s created entirely by its inhabitants and limited
only by the imagination.

Second Life boasts a successful marketplace, social interactions, and
civic activities; it’s a virtual community rather than a game, and
nonprofits can benefit from this community in a number of ways. The
Net Tuesday event, which will occur on July 18th, will be held at
TechSoup’s satellite office in Second Life.

Susan Tenby, Online Community Manager of TechSoup.org, and Jeska
Dzwigalski, Community Manager at Linden Lab, (the company that created
and runs Second Life), will present a tour of this online community,
including TechSoup’s satellite office. The presenters will also demo a
directory of nonprofit organizations in the Second Life world.
Finally, the event will feature a number of guest speakers from
organizations who are actively working in the Second Life community to
better achieve their organization’s missions.

The event will simultaneously occur both virtually, in Second Life and
in the physical world. We will be displaying audio/video footage of
both environments to show participants in both locations what is
happening at that time.

To ensure smooth operation of the virtual event, we will restrict the
Second Life TechSoup space to 50 attendees who will be allowed in on a
first-come-first-serve basis. Please arrive early to secure your spot!

Net Tuesday Mixed Reality Event: SecondLife for Nonprofits

Tuesday, July 18, 2006 (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

Real World Location:
Net2 HQ
322 Ritch St. 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA
415-633-9446 San Francisco, California

Virtual Second Life Location:
click on the blue map button at the bottom of the
screen. In the Find Region field, type TechSoup.org (include mature regions), click Show Location and then Teleport to go there.
Registration is free to create your avatar, but you will need to
provide your mobile phone number or credit card (which will not be
charged).

Here is the SLurl to Second Life’s TechSoup’s virtual location.
You need to be logged into SL to open this SLurl, and then once you click, open your
map and click teleport. You will be teleported to TechSoup.
For more newbie and How-To information, check out the Second Life wiki:
Here is a great intro piece on how Second Life can be used for serious purposes.

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other blog mentions are here:

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Beth Kanter

If you attend virtually, say hi to Sky Clymer!

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