1. Using Second Life to Collaborate and Connect May 13, 2010
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4. Using Second Life to Collaborate and Connect
Sponsored by
Presenters: Susan Tenby, Renne Brock-Richmond, Jessica Dally

5. Today’s Speakers Susan Tenby Renne Brock-Richmond Jessica Dally
Facilitating: Kami Griffiths, TechSoup
Assisting with chat questions: Becky Wiegand & Megan Keane, TechSoup
Evonne Heyning & Layal Rabat in Second Life

6. Agenda Overview of Second Life Benefits
Integrate with social media tools
Get started
Examples
Technical requirements
Nonprofit Commons
Future plans
Q&A
Key points:
NOT a technology session: focus on process 6

7. Nonprofit Commons in Second Life

8. Virtual Work for Real World Missions
Our goal is to create a learning community of practice for nonprofits to explore and learn about the virtual world, and to investigate the many ways in which nonprofits can utilize this unique environment.
Key points:
NOT a technology session: focus on process 8

47. Second Life Stats Second Life
40% of all logins are US. 60% are International
Total monthly user hours: 39,666,304
Totally monthly logged in Residents (as of 1/31/2010): 1,067,114
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life
18,967 unique visitors to Aloft and Plush averaging 60 – 90 mins respectively per visit.
44% of visitors to Aloft are non-US residents with 25% of them coming from Australia.
Visitors are averaging around 2000 per month to the nonprofit commons blog and are coming from 70 different countries.
Virtual Haiti raised $7000 US Dollars for Haiti relief in Second Life

48. Supporting Real Life issues in a virtual world

49. Cross Platform Events-Webinars

50. Community Voice Mail

51. RoSa Documentation Centre: Library and Archives on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women's Studies

52. Sierra Club

53. Technical Requirements
Basic account is free
Costs virtually nothing to build a location in Second Life
Free office space to social benefit organizations on Nonprofit Commons
Can be bandwidth intensive

54. System Requirements DSL or Cable internet connection Newer computer
Mac OS X or better
Windows XP, or Vista
modern 32-bit Linux environment

55. Nonprofit Commons Offers
Free virtual office space to social benefit organizations
Nonprofit advisory services, workshops, and weekly nonprofit networking sessions
Educational and fundraising events
Learning Guides and Mentorship for New members

56. Wide International Reach
Weekly meetings bring 40 avatars on average from around the globe
Last year, nearly 19,000 unique avatar visitors to Nonprofit Commons from 30 different countries, spending an average of minutes per visit
389 Google Group members

57. Looking Forward...

58. Serious and Social Gaming
Bridge gaming and virtual worlds to create mission-centric, social impact games.
NPC Games Google Group
NYC Brainstorming MeetUp May 23rd

59. Growing the EcoCommons

60. Partnering for Health (Commons)
Partnering with health organizations to further health-sector specific programs

61. More Mixed Reality Events
Multi-platform events
Audio/video streaming
Many ways to participate
Weekly webinar broadcasts into Second Life
Streaming Monthly Online Community MeetUps

62. Key Links NonprofitCommons.org http://www.nonprofitcommons.org
Nonprofits in Second Life Wiki

63. Questions?
Submit your questions using the chat box.

64. Continue the Discussion…
Additional questions can be answered by posting in the Virtual Community Forum:

65. Get the Most Out of TechSoup
At TechSoup, you’ll find a range of technology services to help your nonprofit:
Read helpful articles in our Learning Center
Request donated software, hardware, and online services
Join our community forums to learn from your colleagues
Browse upcoming events and conferences

66. Upcoming Webinars Make it Easy to Give: Taking Online Donations
Thursday, May 20, 11a.m. Pacific time

67. Thank you to our Webinar Sponsor!
ReadyTalk offers dedicated product demos for
TechSoup organizations 4 times per week.
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68. Thank you. Please complete the post event survey
Thank you! Please complete the post event survey! Kami Griffiths,