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Creative Commons and Fair Use for June 3rd Nonprofit Commons Meeting

This Friday, June 3rdTechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life will feature a discussion on understanding creative commons licensing, and guidelines for content fair use for your nonprofit and educational projects. 



Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, June 3rd, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL



AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:50 am Mentor's Central
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements



The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 



http://nonprofitcommons.org

Open Forum for May 27th NonProfit Commons Meeting



This Friday, May 27thTechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature an open forum and is a chance to chat on relevant tech, upcoming events, and a roundup happenings and updates on what other NPC community members are working on. We will also revisit some of last week's conversation on tools for digital storytelling in preparation for the #Storymakers2016 contest deadline.

Has your library or nonprofit organization created video or photo stories? If so, you've got until May 31st to enter TechSoup's Storymakers 2016 digital storytelling contest. You could win up to $5,000 so hurry and enter today! http://ow.ly/VOTa300lVZj

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, May 27th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central - Tech Updates
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Open Forum 
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

Tools for Digital Storytelling for May 20th Nonprofit Commons Meeting

This Friday, May 20th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will focus on tools for digital storytelling. Video, photos, and other digital media, can be powerful ways to tell the story of your nonprofit organization or social good project. Join our mentor leader Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond (Zinnia Zauber in SL) and community organizer Joyce Bettencourt (Rhiannon Chatnoir in SL), as they talk storytelling tools. Come ready to share your story and any useful tools you use!
 
Join us in Second Life! 
 
Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 
Friday, May 20th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 
http://bit.ly/NPCinSL
 
AGENDA (all times below PT) 
8:30 am Introductions
8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
8:50 am Tools for Digital Storytelling
9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements
 
The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 
 
http://nonprofitcommons.org
 

Game On - Game Benefits for Nonprofits for May 13th NonProfit Commons Meeting

image by Vivian ViolaThis Friday, May 13th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Cynthia Calongne (SL: Lyr Lobo) of Colorado Technical University. Join us as we explore the benefits of games and examine a few serious game design examples to stimulate our creativity. Come prepared to share strategies for rapid game design using the skills we learned from childhood to motivate and strengthen our communities.
 
Cynthia Calongne, known as Lyr Lobo, joined Colorado Technical University’s Computer Science Doctoral department in 1996, and prior to it, was a software engineer for 13 years for AF Space Command and for an environmental organization. She has hosted 200+ keynote addresses, research paper presentations, and workshops. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize in the Federal Virtual World Challenge for the Mars Expedition Strategy Challenge, a space simulation, and in 2005, she completed an artificial intelligence grant for the National Science Foundation. Her research began in 1995 when she evaluated a user interface paradigm for using virtual environments on a personal computer.
 
Join us in Second Life! 
 
Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 
Friday, May 13th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 
 
AGENDA (all times below PT) 
  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation: Game On - Game Benefits for Nonprofits 
  • 9:50 am Open Mic / Announcements
 
The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 
 
 

Open Forum for May 6th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, May 6thTechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature an open forum and is a chance to chat on relevant tech, upcoming events, and a roundup happenings and updates on what other NPC community members are working on.

 

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, May 6th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Open Forum 
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

 

Game Development: Knowing Your Audience for April 29th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, April 29th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature David Fliesen (SL: Joey Aboma) presenting on knowing your user when developing games. Knowing your game audience will help understand how to best reach "the player" by better understanding WHO they are and WHAT motivates them to play. This session will explore Jesse Schell's Art of Game Design, and include opportunities for learning your own player type, the taxonomy of game pleasures, personality types, and explore everything from psychographics to demographics and geographics to better know the players of games.
David Fliesen (SL: Joey Aboma/OpenSim: Sun Tzu) is a 3D Content Developer at AvaCon, where he also helps as a community manager for the Free Virtual Land for Social Good Organizations (https://www.avacon.org/blog/events/free-virtual-land-for-social-good-organizations/). He graduated last month with a BFA in media arts & animation from the Art Institute of Virginia Beach and has a broad range of virtual worlds and serious gaming experience -- developing courses for Rasmussen College in Engineering Virtual Worlds and the MEDATAR serious medical game proof of concept for the U.S. Air Force's Surgeon General. 
 
This week will also feature a Mentor Central presentation Power of Surprise on the importance of creative thinking and serendipity, by Lynne Berrett (Lissena Wisdomseeker) of http://agelessmindproject.org.
 
Join us in Second Life! 
 
Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 
Friday, April 29th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 
 
AGENDA (all times below PT) 
  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central - Power of Surprise
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Game Development: Knowing Your Audience 
  • 9:50 am Open Mic / Announcements
 
The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 
 

Celebrating Earth Day with Etopia for April 22nd NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, April 22ndTechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature Gloria Kraegel (Namaara MacMoragh in SL) who will present on the Etopia EcoVillage and Sustainable Community

Open Forum for April 15th NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, April 15th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature an open forum and is a chance to chat on relevant tech, upcoming events, and a roundup happenings and updates on what other NPC community members are working on.

 

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, April 15th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Open Forum 
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

Digital Storytelling for Good for the April 8th NonProfit Commons Meeting

 

This Friday, April 8th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will focus on digital storytelling, and talk on the #Storymakers2016  digital storytelling campaign which is focused on building capacity for NGOs to use storytelling to create assets for fundraising and advocacy. This week, TechSoup launched it’s annual competition, including new educational how-to’s, webinars, and resources, and we encourage everyone to consider submitting photos or a video. 

 

We also will have Bernhard Drax (Draxtor Despres) to update us on the short digital story about Nonprofit Commons, that he is creating for his World Makers series. He will be filming some during our meeting, so come with your avatar ready to be part of this! - https://www.youtube.com/user/draxtordespres

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting 

Friday, April 8th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater 

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT) 

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Digital Storytelling for Good
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions. 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

 

Memes for Social Good 2: Revenge of the GIF for the April 1st NonProfit Commons Meeting

This Friday, April 1stTechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life will feature a presentation on using memes for social good. Last year we explored memes as elements of culture that often get passed on from person to person, and virally propagate around the internet. They can be images, videos, audio files and even sayings or bits of text. This time, we will focus on animated GIFs and short video memes, how you can use them for social good, and go through some of the online tools you can use to create them.

 

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, April 1st, 8:30 AM PT / SLT

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://bit.ly/NPCinSL

 

AGENDA (all times below PT)

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central 
  • 9:00 am Featured Presentation - Memes for Social Good 2: Revenge of the GIF
  • 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios - http://caravanstudios.org, a division of TechSoup Global, http://techsoup.org. The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

http://nonprofitcommons.org

 

 

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