Nonprofits are finding that one of the major benefits of Second Life work is alliance building. I had the pleasure of attending Monday's panel on virtual world partnerships and collaborations.
Please join us Thursday at 7 PM SLT for Common Ground @ Plush Nonprofit Commons!
The Common Ground event is an opportunity for nonprofit folks and people curious about our causes to meet and greet on a weekly basis. There will be networking, dancing, and merriment!
To enjoy unity and a chance to go through your clothing inventory with glee - our color theme is ORANGE!
IM Ricken Flow, our awesome DJ, your song requests!
As you may have heard there is going to be a Festival in SL celebrating Human Rights starting 10 December. It´s 60 years since the UN launched the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
We have started now to organize the festival. How big it will be depends on how many events, concerts & exhibitions YOU send us.
We hope that you all think this is important and will help us to make this Festival a successful one.
A travel HUD will take people to different locations in SL with exhibitions, concerts and events promoting human rights issues. There will also be a website.
Transitions: A Place for Dreams has a project in the Knight News Challenge. We'd like you to check it out. We hope you love it and will rate it high for us!
Many thanks to Penguin Kuhn for passing along all of the information on Virtual Praxis. There is loads of information here, so enjoy and let Penguin know if you would like to attend.
Here's the program for our upcoming conference -- if you'd like to attend, let me know and I will add you to the group.
To be held on Minerva, the teaching and research space in Second Life maintained by The Department of Women’s Studies, Ohio State University
Saturday, November 15, 2008
At the Friday meeting, Draxtor Despres gave us a great presentation on the public good challenge, produced for the Network
Culture Project at USC. Drax is working on a three part video series to represent the project and parts 1 and 2 are now complete. I took some time to watch them this morning and I have to say that they are VERY well done and incredibly informative. I would encourage everyone to take a look.
Network Culture Project - Public Good Challenge Part 1
Hi there... just wanted to let you all know we're on hiatus until November. We're taking the information we've gathered thus far and will share the results with you all via this blog.
Also, we are hoping to expand the hours and services we offer to nonprofits in the Commons. We'll keep you posted.
Please, if you should have any questions, contact me at saigalas@gvsu.edu or in SL at 2020Vision Obviate. I'll try to respond to you as quickly as possible.
The NPC Halloween party is just around the corner and Mercedes and Anika are kicking butt and taking names! =) If your NPO wishes to participate in the party, please send Mercedes or Anika the following with full perms (copy mod and transfer):
a Landmark to your office in NPC
a LOGO
a notecard about your NPO
a full perm item for your treat bag
These need to be submitted by October 15!
Dress up and get the word out about your organization and P-A-R-T-Y with us on October 25! Here are the details...
"Are services in the virtual world near?" is an article in this months Addiction Professional Magazine, highlighting Preferred Family Healthcare's work in Second Life. Addiction Professional is the addiction treatment and prevention field’s premier trade journal.
The article focuses on Dick Dillon's (Coughran Mayo) work at NPC and his organization's plans for delivering behavioral healthcare and substance abuse treatment in world. It's a positive article that will reach lots of healthcare leaders and professionals. Click here to read or here http://tinyurl.com/4r3pyt
Thanks Coughran for mentioning the National Council! That helps us put a shining light on Second Life and NPC for our members, and helps us all. Yay to the power of networking!
Nonprofits are finding that one of the major benefits of Second Life work is alliance building. I had the pleasure of attending Monday's panel on virtual world partnerships and collaborations.
