This Friday, April 11th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life is happy to feature members of the nonprofit Protect Yourself1 (PY1), Executive Director Monique Richert (Chayenn in SL), and PY1 Development Consultant, Tom Kujawski (Incarn8 in SL), who will commemorate the 2nd annual observance of: National Youth HIV AIDS Awareness Day - NYHAAD.

Today's young people are the first generation who has never known a world without HIV and AIDS. In the United States, one in three new HIV infections are among youth ages 13 to 24. 

Through the Safe2Live and Project Arrowhead programs presentation, Chayenn and Incarn8 will inform NPC members about the importance of education, how PY1 keeps At-Risk Youth in the Washington -Baltimore Corridor safe and protected from HIV/STIs infections. Only by investing in young people in all aspects of the HIV and AIDS response we will achieve the dream of an AIDS-free generation.

• http://www.protectyourself1.org
• https://www.facebook.com/PY1US
• https://twitter.com/PY1US
• http://www.youtube.com/protectyourself1

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, April 11th, 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 - National Youth HIV AIDS Awareness Day
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.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. 

Friday, March 28th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting will feature Joe Rigby (Pontefractal in Second Life), who will discuss using virtual worlds to create virtual museum experiences. 

Joe is co-founder of MellaniuM (http://mellanium13.blogspot.ca), a developer of immersive environment content for the AVAYALIVE ENGAGE platform. They have recently developed a virtual museum using photorealistic textures generated by photogrammetry and 3d objects created from laser scanned items from the Usher gallery of the Lincoln museum in the UK.

Video: youtu.be/XOEWUiI2WmM

Following the meeting, we will be touring the virtual Usher gallery musuem. You can preload it by going to: http://persephone.avayalive.com

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, March 28th, 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 - Joe Rigby: Creating Virtual Museum Environments
• 9:40 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.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. 

Friday, March 14th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting will feature our NPC members Ozma Malibu, Buffy Beale and Gentle Heron, with an overview on their observations, assignments, and takeaways from a recent Coursera MOOC on creating social impact through innovation. 

About the How to Change the World course: https://class.coursera.org/changetheworld-001

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, March 14th, 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 - Can a MOOC Help You Change the World?
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.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. 

This Friday, February 28th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting will feature our latest NPC member Tom Kujawski, of Americans for Safe Access, and the Americans for Safe Access Foundation, to learn more about the nation's patient and providers union united to advance medical marijuana therapeutics and Research.

• http://www.safeaccessnow.org

Tom Kujawski (INCARN8 in SL) is a seasoned non-profit executive with 25+ years experience and specializes in developing sustainable public, private cross-sector partnerships, advancing funding portfolios, and engaging the community.  "Inc" is an active Board member of Americans for Safe Access and the Americans for Safe Access Foundation.

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, February 28th, 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 - NPC Member Spotlight: Americans for Safe Access, Tom Kujawski (INCARN8 in SL)
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.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. 

This Friday, February 14th, TechSoup's NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting features Harold W. Becker (HB Eternal in SL) and John T Goltz (JT Christos in SL) of the Love Foundation, who will share the vision of love as it relates to their nonprofit, The Love Foundation, their programs, and presence in Second Life. The Love Foundation organizes Global Love Day – an international celebration of humanity – which takes place each year on May 1st. Global Love Day events occur around the world and are also hosted virtually in Second Life. 

The Love Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization with the mission of inspiring people to love unconditionally. Our vision is to assist people by building a practical foundation and understanding of unconditional love within individuals and society as a whole. Established in 2000, we have become an international leading resource for sharing the awareness of unconditional love.

• thelovefoundation.com
• http://www.youtube.com/user/thelovefoundation
• https://twitter.com/lovefoundation

Bio: 

Harold W. Becker is the author of several books including, Internal Power: Seven Doorways to Self Discovery, Unconditional Love – An Unlimited Way of Being, and Unconditional Love Is... He holds an MBA from the University of Tampa and since 1990 has devoted his energy to raising the awareness of humanity through his consulting company, Internal Insights. In 2000 he founded and is President of the nonprofit, The Love Foundation, Inc., with the vision of “inspiring people to love unconditionally.” He also founded Global Love Day for May 1st each year. Harold shares his powerful understanding about life through books, PBS television specials, workshops and living his own high ideals.  

• http://www.internalinsights.com

Join us in Second Life! 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, February 14th, 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 - The Love Foundation - Harold W. Becker (HB Eternal in SL) and John T Goltz (JT Christos in SL) 
• 9:45 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.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.