Author: Nonprofit Commons

Chatlog transcript of Nonprofit Commons meeting for March 9, 2012.

NONPROFIT COMMONS MEETING
March 9, 2012, 8:30am PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA
• 8:30am Introductions
• 8:40am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45am Mentors Central
• 8:55am Jazz Paws and the Tiny Community in SL
• 9:25am OpenMic/ Announcements

INTRODUCTIONS

[08:30] alebez: morning! good morning!
[08:30] BELOVEDROX: good morning alll
[08:30] Zinnia Zauber: Good Morning!
[08:31] Sarvana Haalan: Rik… notecard for my Mentors presentation
[08:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Ok folks are still rezzing in but we should get started
[08:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Welcome everyone to the weekly meetup of the Nonprofit Commons community
[08:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m yoyur community moderator Rik Panganiban of TechSoup
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m joined by Bulaklak also of TechSoup
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we are so pleased all of you are here, especially our tiny firneds!
[08:32] Sarvana Haalan: Wooot
[08:32] karmagirl Avro: ~*~ GO TEAM TINY!!!!!! ~*~
[08:32] Etheria Parrott: hi 🙂
[08:32] Teal Freenote: ***Waves***
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we are excited to talk to them later, but we have some community business first.
[08:32] Clover Dezno: Halllooooo
[08:32] bulaklak: Love those beanbag chairs.
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): As always we begin with introductions.
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Please feel free to type in to the public text chat whatever information you would like to share about yourself.
[08:33] HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com @lovefoundation
[08:33] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Sequim, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko
[08:33] Chayenn: monique richert, protect yourself 1, Inc. Baltimore MD , protectyourself1.org , @PY1US
[08:33] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing, http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/Remora/203/148/21, Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing, http://www.projectjason.org.
[08:33] Panny Bakerly: Jeanne Booth, Freeport Historical Society & Museum, Freeport, NY www.freeporthistorymuseum.org
[08:33] Sarvana Haalan: Sally Cherry, Baltimore, MD http://Twitter.com/SarVana
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We ask that you share your real life name, organization, location in the real world, website and twitter handle
[08:33] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Community Manager at TechSoup, www.techsoup.org, San Francisco, CA, USA, @MichaelDeLongSF, @TechSoup
[08:33] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup Global, San Francisco, Ca. @alebez, @TechSoup
[08:33] Anastasios Aurotharius: Ben Linson, EntrepreneurClubBoston.org
[08:34] Teal Freenote: i knows TechSoup 🙂
[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m rik Panganiban, community manger of the Nonprofit commons, oakland CA, www.nonprofitcommons.org @npsl, @betterverse
[08:34] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): Ricky Davis, San Antonio, DJ , Restore center of healthy living @Dyverse_steele www,restorecenterforhealthyliving.com
[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): hi Glitter, good timing
[08:35] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community and Social Media director, TechSOup, San Francisco, CA USA @suzboop @techsoup www.techsoup.org
[08:35] Glitteractica Cookie: hello
[08:35] BELOVEDROX: Roxy Rocker Boston, MA National Service Inclusion Project Www.serviceandinclusion.org
[08:35] Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Sonoma CA
[08:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): wonderful, anyone else?
[08:35] CarynTopia Silvercloud: Caryn Heilman, Topia Arts Center, Berkshires, MA, @topiaartscenter, www.TopiaArts.org
[08:35] Kali Idziak: Jessica Dally, Community Voice Mail, Seattle, WA http://www.cvm.org @cvmnational @jessicadally
[08:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Hi Caryn and Jessica!
[08:36] DJ Earnshaw: Don Singleton, Tulsa, OK (DJ Earnshaw, Professor Viper) HelpingTulsa and APCUG, http://snipurl.com/tk41d @donsingleton
[08:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): sweet

TECHSOUP UPDATES

[08:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Ok first up on our agenda is announcements from the sponsor of the Nonprofit Commons, TechSoup
[08:37] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org
[08:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Bulaklak?
[08:37] bulaklak: Hello, folks! Great to see you this Friday.
[08:37] bulaklak: I want to say that we are really excited by how many awesome Digital Storytelling submissions we got.
[08:37] bulaklak: More than 200!
[08:38] bulaklak: Right now, community voting is open for the Audience Choice Award
[08:38] bulaklak: It runs through Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT
[08:38] bulaklak: So please visit www.tsdigs.org
[08:38] bulaklak: And if you entered, encourage EVERYONE you know to vote for you
[08:38] Sarvana Haalan: How many times can we vote?
[08:38] bulaklak: The winner of the video prize gets an iPad courtesy of Blazon
[08:38] Sarvana Haalan: so many great ideas
[08:39] bulaklak: Sarvana, there is no limit, but we expect people to use those votes wisely and fairly
[08:39] bulaklak: 🙂
[08:39] Sarvana Haalan: indeed 🙂
[08:39] bulaklak: The winner of the photo set award gets a Lytro camara courtesy of SurveyMonkey
[08:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh man I want that!
[08:39] Teal Freenote: wowza
[08:39] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): I am going to teach myself machinma and make a video for next year
[08:40] bulaklak: While you are doing your community voting, we have a panel of awesome judges including Acadamy Award winning documentairan Marc Smolowitz and the gals from Story of Stuff among others
[08:40] bulaklak: They will be picking our first and second prize wiiners
[08:40] bulaklak: And you can read more about these folks here
[08:40] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/w0Av1f
[08:40] HB Eternal: Not rain upon the success, but the people vote setup was not the best since you can’t search on org, only by original uploader’s first name – bit disappointing
[08:40] bulaklak: Thanks, HB
[08:40] bulaklak: We do know there were some tech glitches and interface problems
[08:41] bulaklak: It was a new tool for us
[08:41] bulaklak: And many lessons learned
[08:41] bulaklak: We will be writing up a challenge how-to late3r
[08:41] bulaklak: And it will include all of those lessons!
[08:41] bulaklak: Don’t forget that our winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 28, live in San Francisco and stremed right here to the NPC
[08:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): woo hoo!
[08:42] bulaklak: A few other quick things
[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: yep! drive in theater like last year
[08:42] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): o/
[08:42] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): || Yaaaaaaaay n Stuff!!!!!
[08:42] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): /
[08:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): alwys a fun party
[08:42] Second Life: alebez is online.
[08:42] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Whooooo
[08:42] bulaklak: If your nonprofit or library is elegible, TechSoup now carries Dell smart phones!
[08:42] bulaklak: This is an exciting move for us
[08:42] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Anyone know where I can get a date for the drive-in
[08:42] bulaklak: And could be for your org, too
[08:42] bulaklak: Read more about that here http://bit.ly/wxe2vf
[08:43] bulaklak: Lastly, if any of you use Facebook you know there are big changes rolling out
[08:43] bulaklak: For org pages
[08:43] Sarvana Haalan: Oh, no….. 🙂
[08:43] bulaklak: Our awesome partner in Australia, ConnectingUp, wrote a really handy Super Guide
[08:43] bulaklak: Super smart Ben Teoh put some great work into this
[08:43] bulaklak: So check it out here
[08:43] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/yKSs3Q
[08:43] CarynTopia Silvercloud: great!
[08:44] bulaklak: It’s most of what you need to know, including a downloadble PDF and lots of really clear tips
[08:44] bulaklak: @ConnectingUp if you want to follow them on Twitter
[08:44] bulaklak: Okay, folks! That’s me for today!
[08:44] bulaklak: Enjoy the talk!
[08:44] Second Life: alebez is online.
[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thank bulaklak!
[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lots of great nonprofit intel
[08:45] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thanks bulaklak

MENTORS CENTRAL

[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and now with more info that’s useful for your group is what we call Mentors Centrakl
[08:45] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Mentors Central that is
[08:45] bulaklak: Yay, Mentors!
[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: Who are the new tiny kitty cats on tiny velvet bean bags?
[08:45] Zinnia Zauber: First… We will not have Mentors Central next week because several of us are presenting at Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education March 15-17, 2012 http://www.vwbpe.org/
[08:46] Teal Freenote: ~*~ TIGERRRR!! ~*~
[08:46] Zinnia Zauber: Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education is a global grass-roots community event focusing on education in immersive 3D environments. This open “indie”conference is organized by educators to provide an opportunity to showcase the learning that takes place in this community of practice.
[08:46] Clover Dezno: JAZZ PAWS!
[08:46] Zinnia Zauber: The Master Schedule http://vwbpe12.vwbpe.org/
[08:46] Zinnia Zauber: I am presenting on Friday, March 16, 10 AM “The Past, Present, and Future of Virtual World Education”
[08:46] Zinnia Zauber: When and What are you presenting?
[08:46] Sarvana Haalan: Awesome
[08:47] Zinnia Zauber: Please be sure to let us know and share it with the group!
[08:47] Zinnia Zauber: Okay, now we have Sarvana Haalan is presenting “Real to Virtual; Virtual to Real”
[08:47] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): 8am March 16…. Humane Education in Exercises in VW
[08:47] Zinnia Zauber: Great Carl! Thank you!
[08:48] Sarvana Haalan: is there a delay?
[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: You can go for it.
[08:49] Sarvana Haalan: About Me
Hello, I am Sarvana Haalan, SL avatar and “business partner” for a very real life person, Sally S. Cherry, MT(ASCP) based in Baltimore, MD. As an independent consultant and instructor, I work as a social media consultant and the Laboratory Consultant for the CDC-sponsored STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins located in Baltimore.

We have been involved with computer-based projects and internet marketing since 1996. We enjoy learning new technology related concepts and designing web-based projects. We both get excited about visiting, exploring, networking, and building within the virtual world communities. We started our virtual world explorations as a Metaplace beta tester in April 2009 while occasionally visiting Second Life.
[08:49] Sarvana Haalan: In my earlier years, I was a “lurker” because I was very intimidated by Second Life and some of its residents. So while living at the “Between Homes”, a cozy shelter for homeless avatars, I just visited various Second Life destinations and did my “networking” thing.
[08:50] Sarvana Haalan: A Bit of History
During our time in the 2D world of Metaplace, Sarvana became a very active community member and was selected as a featured creator in August 2009 (http://metaplace.posterous.com/metaplace-featured-creator-sarvana-read-t…). So when Metaplace closed down in January 2010, we migrated to Second Life with a small group of Metaplace friends and started to rebuild our various projects. Thus the rebirth of ‚ÄúReal to Virtual; Virtual to Real‚Äù in Second Life and later expanded into OpenSim.
[08:51] Sarvana Haalan: it was a major adjustment
[08:51] Sarvana Haalan: Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was my initial destination of interest, TechSoup’s Nonprofit Commons soon became my favorite community. It was here where Lizzette Zenovka invited me to my first virtual gala (Relay for Life) and I met Brena who invited me to a Thursday evening event. Both actions made me feel very welcome here… so I stayed and You are stuck with me… LOL, LOL.
[08:52] Sarvana Haalan: first impression do last!
[08:52] Brena Benoir: 🙂
[08:52] Sarvana Haalan: Seriously, the positive interaction lead me to want to get more involved in the in-world nonprofit community and to get local nonprofits involved in this amazing collaborative community. When the AIDS service organization where I worked as the Project Manager closed down, I decided to develop a social media capacity building program for nonprofits and business startups.
[08:52] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): I was a dj in metaplace dj’d there a couple of times and did presentation on hiv/aids
[08:53] Sarvana Haalan: cool
[08:53] Sarvana Haalan: I must acknowledge that I got much inspiration and encouragement from my participation in a 2009 Skills Building Institute for HIV Testing and Awareness Day Events and Campaigns: “Mobilized to Succeed” sponsored by AIDS.gov, POZ Magazine, and NAPWA. Kudos to Miguel Gomez, Ian Anderson, and Michelle Samplin-Salgado. (http://blog.aids.gov/2009/04/ready-to-share-napwa-embraces-new-media.html)
[08:53] Sarvana Haalan: Our business concept, “Real to Virtual; Virtual to Real” is embodied in our real life and in-world projects. The primary goal of our virtual building projects is to promote, educate, and network within our virtual world communities as well as our real life community. It is felt that any real life project (part or the entire project) can be integrated into a virtual world community to enhance the mission of the organization.
[08:54] Sarvana Haalan: In 2011, I recommended Chayen of Protect Yourself 1, Inc to join the community and the rest is history. (Protect Yourself 1, was a client at the time.) Recently, we are developing and conducting “Real To Virtual; Virtual to Real Workshops” working with a local university. It is hoped that funding can be obtained to assist more local nonprofits because many organizations are unable to the cover the related cost. Although response has been slow, we totally embrace our mission and vision.
[08:54] Sarvana Haalan: Wooot, PY!
[08:54] Chayenn: yes thank u
[08:55] Sarvana Haalan: they are off and running… so cool
[08:55] Sarvana Haalan: The “Virtual to Real” is the networking component of our concept… the networks established in-world are integrated into our real life networks. This has indeed happened with some many awesome networking partners over the years that we have been in-world.
[08:56] Sarvana Haalan: The virtual business complex, “SarVana Business Centre” was designed, built and established to serve as the virtual headquarters for SarVana Marketing Network.
[08:56] Sarvana Haalan: I look forward to bring more local nonprofits into the NPSL community.
[08:56] Sarvana Haalan: Although it was started in Second Life, components of our Real to Virtual; Virtual to Real Project can be found in Second Life, JokaydiaGRID, and most recently Kitely. Our interactive STD/STI Training Laboratory and Community HIV/AIDS Resource Exchange Center are located in CherNetiva @ jokaydiaGrid managed by Sarvana Cherry.
[08:57] Sarvana Haalan: In Second Life, our focus to getting more nonprofits involved and using the technology to enhance their missions and causes. Thank you for this opportunity to share!
[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Wonderful Sar!
[08:57] Sarvana Haalan: Please feel free to visit our location and sites online:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Payens/110/143/89/
http://CherryConsultingNetwork.net
http://virtual-sarvana.blogspot.com/
http://Facebook.com/CherryNetwork
http://Twitter.com/SarVana
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarvana/
https://my.secondlife.com/sarvana.haalan

[08:57] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): Wooo Tah Sar!!
[08:57] Jen (jenelle.levenque): ********APPPLLLAAAUUUSSSEEE********
[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: It is great to know you are guiding people into virtual worlds and encourging the pro use of them!
[08:57] Clover Dezno: APPLAUSE!!!!
[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much!
[08:57] bulaklak: woo hoo
[08:58] Sarvana Haalan: I would like to indeed thank everyoe for your support
[08:58] Zayn Till: ~*~ APAWS!!! ~*~
[08:58] Namaara MacMoragh: thank you
[08:58] Brena Benoir: /me claps
[08:58] Sarvana Haalan: any querstions
[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (we should probably move on)
[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): but thanks sarvana!

JAZZ PAWS AND TINIES COMMUNITY IN SECOND LIFE

[08:58] Zayn Till: ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨ APPAWS! ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨
[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lol
[08:59] Sarvana Haalan: Thanks
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok you might have noticed our diminuitive guets in the audience
[08:59] Sarvana Haalan: all that time in world… and I still can Not walk. lol, lol
[08:59] Clover Dezno: Halllooooo
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’d like to invite the folks from Jazz Paws up
[08:59] Zayn Till: 🙂
[08:59] Teal Freenote: tiny HOOOOOOOO!!!
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m afraid our seating is not adequate for you alls
[08:59] Glitteractica Cookie: good thing i have a front row seat
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): but feel free to stand or fly or breakdance
[09:00] Zayn Till: i give up
[09:00] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’ve long been a fan of the tiny community in SL
[09:00] Zayn Till: can be hard being tiny XD
[09:00] Wynx Whiplash: lol
[09:00] 01 Hifeng: 🙂
[09:00] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So its long past due to have you here!
[09:00] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): You have a particular campaign that you want to talk about
[09:01] Zayn Till: ya 🙂
[09:01] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): But first I was hoping you could give those of us who don’t know some idea of who the tiny community is?
[09:01] Zayn Till: oh yeah!
[09:01] Zayn Till: i have some stuff prepared
[09:01] Zayn Till: this is all new so please bare with us..
[09:01] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): awesome
[09:01] Zayn Till: *ahem* *clears throat*
[09:02] Zayn Till: me me me me me me
[09:02] Zayn Till: kk
[09:02] Zayn: Hello everyone 🙂
[09:02] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂
[09:02] Zayn: Thank you for asking us to come by this morning! We are the folks from Jazz Paws!
[09:02] Zayn Till: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:02] Zayn: We’re a production company in the real world.
[09:02] karmagirl Avro: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:02] Zayn: Our origins however are rooted here in Second Life and our goals are twofold.. Or is it Threefold.. hmm..
[09:02] Teal Freenote: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:02] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (snort)
[09:02] Etheria Parrott: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:02] Zayn: Well we have goals! They’re good goals! 🙂
[09:02] Zayn: I’m Zayn and this is Wynx, and we are the creators and founders of The Tinies of Raglan Shire.
[09:02] Zayn: Without going into details, we have years of experience and formal training in graphic design, art, music and other real world skills that lend themselves quite well to what we’re working on as do our friends… *points to friends*
[09:02] Zayn: With us are our friends and real life members of Jazz Paws: Clover, Etheria, Karma and Teal! They fabulously nice and talented folken 🙂
[09:03] Zayn: Since you’re here in Second Life. I’ll tell you in detail where this all starts from…
[09:03] Zayn: Our origins as mentioned above start seven years back. With the creation of “The Tinies”
[09:03] Zayn: in 2005 Kage Seraph was the first to crush a standard Second Life “human” avatar down into a compact size.
[09:03] Zayn: He then overlaid “Prim parts” on the now crushed avatar and created the first “Small” avatar.
[09:03] Zayn: This first avatar was a small robot. He then made the animation overrider/scripts available to anyone wanting to use this method for making small avatars.
[09:03] Zayn: About the same time Wynx here had a DREAM in the real world.. This is a true story..
[09:03] Zayn: TELL EM ITS A TRUE STORY WYNX! 🙂
[09:03] Wynx Whiplash: YES
[09:03] Zayn Till: 😀
[09:03] Wynx Whiplash: it’s all troo
[09:03] Zayn:
[09:03] Zayn: K so Wynx was already creating STUFF in Second Life and was selling her content on the grid.
[09:03] Zayn: So she has a REAL dream one night. In this dream she was surrounded by adorable cute little small and upright animals..
[09:03] Zayn: and they loved her!
[09:03] karmagirl Avro: STUFF!!!
[09:03] Zayn: She awoke with a start and immediately realized that she HAD TO MAKE THESE ANIMALS in Second Life.
[09:04] Zayn: She contacted Kage Seraph who graciously made his crushing method available to her, and over the next month,
[09:04] Zayn: created the prims, painted textures and further animations that would result in the first of many more small animal avatars.. LIKE US…
[09:04] Zayn Till: BAM!!!!
[09:04] Zayn: She dubbed her creations “TINIES” and released them to the Second Life Public where they were gobbled up by the users of the grid with much enthusiasm.
[09:04] Sarvana Haalan: awesome
[09:04] Zayn: The Tinies became an instant hit.. and it was GOOD! 🙂
[09:04] Zayn Till: Hoooo!
[09:04] Zayn: Raglan Shire which was developed as the first Tiny Centric community and series of sims came along a few years later.
[09:04] Teal Freenote: ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨ APPAWS! ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨
[09:04] Namaara MacMoragh: yeah!
[09:04] Wynx Whiplash: |o/
[09:04] Zayn: In early 2007, I had been managing several sims that I owned.
[09:04] Zayn: I really had wanted to create a community , and I was already a Tiny avatar myself half of the time.
[09:04] Zayn: A friend who knew Wynx communicated to me that she and her friends who had a shop group together (Extrovirtual) were leaving the sim they had set up their SL business on and were looking for a new Virtual home.
[09:05] Zayn: We set up a meeting and discussed the idea of them moving onto my sims and in April of 2007 Raglan Shire opened its doors as a virtual place and as a COMMUNITY for tinies and friends to explore and become a part of.
[09:05] Zayn: Raglan Shire over the last 5 years has been one of the most dynamic virtual places on the Second Life Grid.
[09:05] Zayn: Spread out over 8 sims, it’s a lush forested setting of varying locales with tiny residential areas, shops and lots and lots of public areas for people to explore and enjoy.
[09:05] Zayn: There are a constant stream of events and activities and the focus from the start has always been about finding ways to bring people together in a friendly and welcoming and fun environment where people can interact, collaborate, be encouraged to create
[09:05] Zayn Till: I repeat, FRIENDLY WELCOMING AND FUN
[09:05] Zayn Till: 🙂
[09:05] Zayn: Its a very fun place. We do a lot of things. People really seem to like it.
[09:05] Zayn: So a few years back we talked and decided that all the things we do on Raglan Shire.. have real life merit.. and the tinies? Well the tinies are just super adorable.. and the backdrop of Raglan Shire? It was a excellent backdrop! We realized that Raglan S
[09:05] Zayn: So Wynx and myself with positive support from our friends formed JAZZ PAWS
[09:06] Zayn Till: oops
[09:06] Zayn Till: lol
[09:06] Clover Dezno: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:06] Zayn: Our goal is to re-imagine the Tinies and the World of Raglan Shire and present it to the rest of the world..
[09:06] Zayn: reach people we can’t ever hope to reach while in Second Life or Inworldz, and be able to do so in a much more fleshed out manner, artistically and story wise …
[09:06] Etheria Parrott: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:06] Zayn: That’s the FIRST of the Twofold Goals.. Lemme elaborate on this one first before going onto the Second.
[09:06] Zayn: So over the last two years we have been doing nothing other then developing new art, new models, new stories and scripts, music… new characters to center these ideas around… as I just mentioned ,
[09:06] Zayn: essentially recreating and re-imagining “The Tinies of Raglan Shire”
[09:06] Zayn: This has been just … just a ton of work. In addition to the creative side, there’s also been the business side. Its just been a tremendous amount of work. But we knew it would be.
[09:07] Zayn: So re-imagine the world, make it better, make it BIONIC.. tell the stories of the Tinies, share them with the world, Entertain people of ALL ages, make them smile.
[09:07] Zayn: That’s what we’re furiously working on as we prepare to sit down with Entertainment Industry representatives and pitch all of this too in 2013.
[09:07] Zayn: Our Second FOLD of our goals… and it’s something we have been trying to make certain that everyone understands AND is the TRUE ULTERIOR Goal of all of this.. is to use “The Tinies of Raglan Shire” to fund our desire to help people with humanitarian and
[09:07] Zayn: Art and Music, ways to help the sick or diabled and developmentally disabled… These are things that have touched us in Our community virtually and ourselves personally in the real world.
[09:07] Zayn Till: Humanitariand and PHILANTHROPIC goals..
[09:07] Zayn Till: k this Text thingy not working so well jhehe
[09:08] Zayn Till: i take over manually from here 🙂
[09:08] karmagirl Avro: ~*~ GO TEAM TINY!!!!!! ~*~
[09:08] Clover Dezno: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:08] Teal Freenote: HELLOOOOOOOo KNEES!!!!
[09:08] Zayn Till: basically we want to use our concept to brand and use as a gateway to fund and make known our desires to start create and maintain Humanitarian organization type offerings
[09:08] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thats really inspiring you guys
[09:09] Wynx Whiplash: I’ll jump in
[09:09] Zayn Till: 🙂
[09:09] karmagirl Avro: you can see a video of this on our kickstarter link
[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: love kickstarter
[09:09] karmagirl Avro: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203270798/the-tinies-of-raglan-shire
[09:10] Teal Freenote: click dis red button 🙂
[09:10] Wynx Whiplash: For years the community of Raglan Shire has raised money for worthy organizations, even helping ot memebers with money when they have been in trouble
[09:10] karmagirl Avro: in the video you can see what exactly we trying to do 😉
[09:10] Teal Freenote: you can see kickstarte project
[09:10] Wynx Whiplash: and it was great, but there’s so much more we can do
[09:10] Wynx Whiplash: and want to do
[09:10] Sarvana Haalan: I was just about to suggest Kickstarter
[09:11] karmagirl Avro: oh we welcome suggestions!
[09:11] Wynx Whiplash: and we felt like we had something we could give to the world to raise money to do the things we wanted to concentrate on
[09:11] Sarvana Haalan: a collegue in DC just got funding for his Social Media magazine project
[09:11] Zayn Till: You can click the links in chat or touch the two objects rezzed to the right of us to get to our web page, our kickstarter page where you can see our fikm we made. all the info is there 🙂
[09:11] Wynx Whiplash: yesh
[09:11] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): How are you drawing attentio nto your kickstarted campaign?
[09:11] Sarvana Haalan: *colleague
[09:11] Teal Freenote: JAZZ PAWS WEBSITE: http://www.jazzpaws.com

JAZZ PAWS @ KICKSTARTER: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203270798/the-tinies-of-raglan-shire
[09:11] karmagirl Avro: we hoping to get our funding but we not yet at our goal
[09:11] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): what social media are you using?
[09:11] Clover Dezno: I will take that one’
[09:11] Wynx Whiplash: Clover, you want to talk about that?
[09:11] Wynx Whiplash: yay
[09:12] Wynx Whiplash: XD
[09:12] Clover Dezno: we are taking advantage of all social media that we cna get into
[09:12] Zayn Till: http://www.facebook.com/JazzPawsLLC
[09:12] Clover Dezno: and we are using our own personal netowrks to drive friends and family to those site
[09:12] Clover Dezno: and asking them to pass it along if tey find us worthy of support
[09:12] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that’s often the most effective strategy
[09:12] Clover Dezno: we have no marketing or promo funds, so we are going entirely viral at this point
[09:12] Clover Dezno: and we certaily we come suggestions
[09:13] Clover Dezno: *welcome
[09:13] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I think TechSoup has done some webinars on kikcsarter type fundraising
[09:13] Clover Dezno: we are on facebook andw e are trying to understand Linked In enough to use it
[09:13] Sarvana Haalan: Just posted our lik on m FB page
[09:13] Teal Freenote: WE are using twitter as well
[09:13] Sarvana Haalan: link
[09:13] Zayn Till: yay likes 🙂
[09:13] Glitteractica Cookie: we did one on fundraising 2.0 for onprofits. on our NP live series
[09:14] Teal Freenote: Our base in the tiny community here is out there sharing and liking 🙂
[09:14] Clover Dezno: the social media make it kind of hard to exist out there as a “business”, they want to default to personal sites
[09:14] Wynx Whiplash: (wel, the other peeps are using Twitter – me, not so much. >_<)
[09:14] Clover Dezno: so we are kind of struggling
[09:14] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): My sense is that LinkedIn is not the best platform for fundraising this kind of campaign
[09:14] Teal Freenote: Virtual press releases have resulted in some blog notices, that have drawn attention and donors.
[09:15] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): entertaining YouTube appeals can be really effective if done well
[09:15] Clover Dezno: we have appeared on the blogs of some friends, and oen actually resulted in Zayn being contacted for an interview wiht BBC Radio
[09:15] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice!
[09:15] Clover Dezno: and yes we are plannign to go to youtube as well
[09:15] Wynx Whiplash: well, we did do a video. 😀
[09:15] Zayn Till: oh ya , we were intervied the other day on The BBC
[09:15] Clover Dezno: but again, we have to drive traffic there
[09:16] Clover Dezno: and we are a small network right now
[09:16] Zayn Till: a “TINY” network 🙂
[09:16] Clover Dezno: YESH
[09:16] karmagirl Avro: yes you might even say tiny 😀
[09:16] karmagirl Avro: again, our facebook page is this: http://www.facebook.com/JazzPawsLLC if anyone wants to join
[09:17] Clover Dezno: if we cna secure this most immediate funding goal, we cna then continue our production of proof-of-concept materials and demos, and atthat poinr hopefully we cans eek some larger investors
[09:17] karmagirl Avro: like our page! share it!
[09:17] Wynx Whiplash: yeah, wot she said
[09:17] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): are you hoping to launch a traditional broadcast series, or a web series?
[09:17] Wynx Whiplash: hopefully traditional
[09:18] Zayn Till: our main goal in regards to that question… is
[09:18] Zayn Till: we’re trying to put together a successful pitch.. this is what we’re working oin and what the funding is for..
[09:18] Sarvana Haalan: who is your primary target population?
[09:18] Zayn Till: getting to the point where we have 3 Proof of concept short animations.. scrips, bible, stories merchandicing and marketing plan
[09:18] Wynx Whiplash: we’re hoping for a wide demographic but family oriented
[09:19] Glitteractica Cookie: Can you tell us about a particular sucessful fundraising effort you have done?
[09:19] Wynx Whiplash: Yes, Glitteractica – we have sold swag from our website
[09:19] Wynx Whiplash: small to start
[09:20] Wynx Whiplash: we offered 2 kinds of t-shirts and a series of buttons, keychains, magnets
[09:20] Glitteractica Cookie: and how much did you raise? For which nonprofit group?
[09:20] Teal Freenote: money raised from these items helped fund character rigging
[09:20] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): what kind of swag?
[09:20] Wynx Whiplash: we did orders for a few weeks and are about to do a 2nd swag push and will have our shop up for a longer time, if not permanently this time.
[09:21] Zayn Till: as i explained to Rik, we’re not raising money for a non profit group right now and we are NOT a non profit group (oither then having no money jhehe) what we hope to do one day is use our concept as a gateway and if successful be able to use monies raised to FUND our own non profit ideas in the future
[09:21] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that’s totally cool
[09:21] Teal Freenote: however…
[09:22] Wynx Whiplash: and our swag money we raised was for our productions – the other fundraising things you are probably talking about was the non profits we raised money for was the Raglan Shire group’s thing. Zayn…?
[09:22] Wynx Whiplash: (Zayn has the facts & figures)
[09:22] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I invited you here so we could learn from how you are doing fundraising and spreading your brand across other social spaces
[09:22] Wynx Whiplash: and is typing away. 😀
[09:22] Zayn Till: in the past in Second Life Raglan Shire in our own community we have over the past 5 years raised over $3000 for One.org and various other chairities and orgs
[09:23] Zayn Till: Rik actually covered our very first big event years anbd years ago when we had our first fundraising foray
[09:23] Etheria Parrott: and adopted some animals in zoos
[09:23] Zayn Till: YESH
[09:23] Etheria Parrott: We has a giraffe :))
[09:23] Zayn Till: we have an adopted Tapir and a giraffe
[09:23] Etheria Parrott: and a tapir!
[09:23] Zayn Till: GIRAFFE!!!!!
[09:23] karmagirl Avro: ~*~ TAPIR!! ~*~
[09:24] jacmacaire Humby: Hi everyone.. Sorry to be in late
[09:24] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh wow I forgt about that!
[09:24] Zayn Till: fundraising.. again through Kickstarter, word of mouth, friends families and soon in the real world , with approaching angel investors.. working on real life marketing plan and the like to approach business entitities
[09:25] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): can you guys say a bit more about the tinies community in general
[09:25] Glitteractica Cookie: I’m interested in learning how we can learn from your successes as a vibrant community in SL
[09:25] Glitteractica Cookie: yes, Rik, exactly… how many members, how often are you throwing events
[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Why has it been successful when so many others have died out or fled o other platforms
[09:26] Glitteractica Cookie: what kind of events?
[09:26] Teal Freenote: I think because its FUN primarily 🙂
[09:26] Zayn Till: TIny community… zomg it just amazing, its creative silly, non Status quo.. could right a book on tinyness
[09:26] 01 Hifeng: lol i see you guys love animals… i bought two chinchillas about week ago
[09:26] Teal Freenote: But also has attracted many smart, creative people and encouraged them
[09:26] Wynx Whiplash: maybe instead of a book, we’ll just make an animated show. 😉
[09:26] Zayn Till: yeah!
[09:26] Clover Dezno: yes, we focus on community building, not just come in, have fun, leave
[09:27] karmagirl Avro: we do a book after „ã°
[09:27] Glitteractica Cookie: Talk to us more about the community bldg aspect
[09:27] Wynx Whiplash: chinchillas! so CUTE!!!
[09:27] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): is there a list of events online or at Raglanshire?
[09:27] Zayn Till: best way really.. to see what tinydom is all about.. is to come by the Shire.. especially during one of event months.. and see for yurself!
[09:27] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): how does a newbie gt welcomed for example?
[09:27] Clover Dezno: we try to get people involved in keeping the community fresh and active, they have a sense of “ownership”
[09:27] Etheria Parrott: We have themed months throughout the year such as schi-fi month, steampunk month etc
[09:27] Teal Freenote: http://www.raglanshire.com/
[09:28] Wynx Whiplash: list of events there
[09:28] Wynx Whiplash: on the raglanshire.com
[09:28] 01 Hifeng: xD yeah, chins are amazing
[09:28] Zayn Till: thats raglan shire in second life link there 🙂
[09:28] Clover Dezno: we have a VERY active chat group where tinies gtet to know each other, and cna just be as silly as theyw ant
[09:28] karmagirl Avro: oh we have a welcome center 😀 full of free stuff for new tinies
[09:28] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Do you have something life a welcome area for new people? Which sim?
[09:28] 01 Hifeng: your avatars look similar… they look a bit like bunnies at some angles, heh
[09:28] Wynx Whiplash: yesh! Gestures, cool stuffs
[09:29] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): thanks! can human avatars visit?
[09:29] Wynx Whiplash: of course!!!
[09:29] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): and be sometimes tiny?
[09:29] Clover Dezno: We have a sandbox area on Raglan Shire also, where tinies can build, play, dance, socialize
[09:29] Wynx Whiplash: I’m a biggie very often
[09:29] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): cool thanks!
[09:29] Clover Dezno: humans are veyr welcome!
[09:29] Teal Freenote: Welcome Center: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/170/124/41
[09:29] Wynx Whiplash: and they hug my knees a lot.
[09:29] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): sweet!
[09:29] Clover Dezno: we won;t bite your ankles
[09:29] Etheria Parrott: and we have Raglan U – tinies teaching tinies
[09:29] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice!
[09:30] Clover Dezno: there are also rental parcels on the sims, so the tinies cna live where they play
[09:30] karmagirl Avro: I can’t make that promise about ankle biting or paw chopping. im a squabbit we a bit feral. „ã°
[09:30] Etheria Parrott: We teach building and scripting skills to help people yo build our complicated clothimng and other cool stuff
[09:30] Clover Dezno: fundamentally, we stay totally in character and true to the tinies “brand”, so people feel comfortbale and at home there
[09:31] Clover Dezno: we allow and encourage people thatw e trust to have events or activities
[09:31] Etheria Parrott: Biggies are of course welcome to join in
[09:31] Clover Dezno: it is a very inclusive community
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): how often does your average tiny spend in inworld, you think?
[09:31] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): so you should try to have a story for yourself-a persona when you are tiny?
[09:31] Wynx Whiplash: interesting question
[09:31] Zayn Till: i would have no idea myself. probably varies?
[09:31] Clover Dezno: not necessarily Bath, we are not a role play community
[09:31] Teal Freenote: No its not role paly, but if you hang round tinies much, you will see each is unique
[09:32] Zayn Till: oh yes very true.. not a role play group by any means
[09:32] Etheria Parrott: some have disabilities and stay on for many hours every day and others work during the day and come there to chill after work
[09:32] Clover Dezno: when I say “in character”, I mean tiny avis, and as much silliness as makes you happy 🙂
[09:32] Wynx Whiplash: You don’t *need* a persona, but people usually develop them over time. They become attached to their avatars
[09:32] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): /me nods! I get it! I went to one of your dances and had a ton of fun!
[09:32] Zayn Till: ~*~ OSSM!!!~*~
[09:32] Zayn Till: 🙂
[09:32] Teal Freenote: And some culture has developed over the years … language, behaviors, silly jokes.
[09:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): so perhaps at a minimum once a day?
[09:32] Wynx Whiplash: WAFFLES
[09:33] Zayn Till: ***Yeap***
[09:33] Zayn Till: could be ..
[09:33] karmagirl Avro: someone said dancing 😀
[09:33] Clover Dezno: it is a place where peopel can truly go and experience a second childhood, get the weight of the real world off thier shoulders for a little bit, and not have to deal wiht much of the drama that we see in biggie sims
[09:33] Teal Freenote: woooohooo
[09:33] Etheria Parrott: yes at any one time you will see a very long list of memebers on our Frinds of Raglan Shire chat group list
[09:33] Clover Dezno: like any other sim, the active population cycles over time
[09:33] Etheria Parrott: typos hell today 😉
[09:33] karmagirl Avro: ::FAINT!::
[09:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I think there is a real challenge in bridging the gap between online communities primarily focsed on fun and socializing and the serious issues and causes we ahve represented here.
[09:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we also have fun events and dances, but probably not the kind of constant engagement that you guys sustain.
[09:34] Zayn Till: for an example of community creativeness, involvement and fun.. heres a video of last weeks Raglan SHire Steam Punk Mardi Gras Parade we had.. we invited the community to make parades and be in the parade. we had 25 floats as created by communuity members. it was amazing to see. 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0RUWsEV240
[09:35] Zayn Till: parade floats 🙂
[09:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice!
[09:35] Clover Dezno: there is Rik, but we believe that the FUN is one path to helping others
[09:35] karmagirl Avro: /me adjusts her birdnest hairdo and gives the birds a treat
[09:36] Clover Dezno: if we cna put a smile on people’s faces when they come to Raglan,m then we have already done soem good. If we can take that smile and turn it into something real, like in kickstarter, then we will have accomplished something worthwhile
[09:36] Clover Dezno: because if we cna make it throught his difficult period of resource gathering, we feel that we cna really be a force for good.
[09:36] Zayn Till: but the combination of Cute adorable critters, a whimsical backdrop on which to tell stories against, and a goal of using it all to do some actual good beyond just making a buck .. THIS is what we’re trying to do with Jazz apws as we take all of this to the next stage,
[09:37] Clover Dezno: YESH
[09:37] Zayn Till: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Bringing joy and fun to people’s lives is itself a laudable cause, so we wish you luck with this
[09:37] Clover Dezno: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:37] Wynx Whiplash: Thank you, Rik!!!
[09:37] Teal Freenote: ***Woot Woot ***
[09:37] Zayn Till: Thanks for letting us come and talk with you all today!!
[09:37] Etheria Parrott: thank you 🙂
[09:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and we’d love you guys to come back for some of our events and parties with the “biggies”
[09:37] karmagirl Avro: i feel like tiny vanna white
[09:37] karmagirl Avro: ~*~ GO TEAM TINY!!!!!! ~*~
[09:37] Namaara MacMoragh: (applause)
[09:38] Clover Dezno: and please come ou to play with us in Raglan!
[09:38] Zotarah Shepherd: ‚úø(`’‚Ä¢.¬∏(`’‚Ä¢.¬∏ ‚ùÅ ¬∏.‚Ä¢’¬¥)¬∏.‚Ä¢’¬¥)‚úø
[09:38] Zotarah Shepherd: ♫ ´•.¸¸.♫ *A*P*P*L*A*U*S*E* ♫.¸¸.•`♫
[09:38] Zotarah Shepherd: ‚úø(¬∏.‚Ä¢’¬¥(¬∏.‚Ä¢’¬¥ ‚ùÅ `’‚Ä¢.¬∏)`’‚Ä¢.¬∏)‚úø
[09:38] Zayn Till: Thank Yoo 😀
[09:38] Etheria Parrott: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:38] Clover Dezno: ty
[09:38] Jen (jenelle.levenque): ********APPPLLLAAAUUUSSSEEE********
[09:38] karmagirl Avro: /me points to signage for kickstarter 😉
[09:38] Zotarah Shepherd: Thank y ou
[09:38] Clover Dezno: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:38] jacmacaire Humby: Thanks .. and bravo.. 🙂
[09:38] Teal Freenote: /me curtsies
[09:38] HB Eternal: Awesome!
[09:38] karmagirl Avro: ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨ APPAWS! ‚ô©‚ô™‚ô´‚ô¨
[09:38] Panny Bakerly: „ã°
[09:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and if you are inspired to explroe Raglan Shire, I believe there is a tiny avatar giver behind me
[09:38] Bathsheba Vizenor (bathsheba.darkfold): Thanks so much!
[09:39] Zayn Till: no jhehe
[09:39] karmagirl Avro: no that was for you
[09:39] karmagirl Avro: ::FACEPAW!!::
[09:39] Wynx Whiplash: ooops, nope
[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): super fun and inspiring!
[09:39] Etheria Parrott: oops no that was a gift from Wynx to you Rik
[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (oh snap)
[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok don’t take that!
[09:39] Zayn Till: OH SNAP!
[09:39] Wynx Whiplash: *facepaws*
[09:39] karmagirl Avro: yes since u said ninja was best u can do
[09:39] karmagirl Avro: ::FACEPAW!!::
[09:39] Etheria Parrott: we has some free ones in the welcome centre
[09:39] Zayn Till: true!
[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): please delete that from your chat log!
[09:39] Wynx Whiplash: yesh!
[09:39] Teal Freenote: ¬∑^¬∑^¬∑””Giggles”” ¬∑^¬∑^¬∑
[09:39] Wynx Whiplash: XD
[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (snort)
[09:39] karmagirl Avro: as well as other gifts like clothes and noms

OPEN MIC / ANNOUNCEMENTS

[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok now the time that you have been waiting for…. Open Mic Announcments
[09:40] Etheria Parrott: you will be a handsome tiny
[09:40] Teal Freenote: Welcome Center: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Raglan%20Shire/170/124/41
[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): who has something to announce for our community?
[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I know Namaara has something
[09:40] Namaara MacMoragh: I do
[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): great, anyone else?
[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: me, please
[09:41] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok namaara and then Zinnia
[09:41] Namaara MacMoragh: thank you… This is Brain Injury Awareness Month. I have a gift/info giver to share with everyone.
[09:41] Namaara MacMoragh: we have lots of events and presentations of interest
[09:41] Namaara MacMoragh: so please support and join us… thanks
[09:41] Namaara MacMoragh: (that’s it)
[09:41] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Namaara I can put one out here
[09:41] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): And please send taht info to our google group
[09:42] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Namaara!
[09:42] Namaara MacMoragh: wonderful
[09:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): BTW we have a boatload of social media I should annouce that anyone in our community can use
[09:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

Nonprofit Commons blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life
Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh
Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

About TechSoup:
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
http://flavors.me/techsoup
http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

Weekly Networking Event: Wharf Ratz, Aloft, Tuesdays, 7-9pm SLT
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/168/22…

Monthly Networking Event (3rd Thursday):
Common Ground, Plush, 5PM-7PM SLT
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/128/22…
[09:42] Etheria Parrott: ooh
[09:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Thanks Namaara. Zinnia?
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: CommonGround Networking Party is Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:00 – 7:00 PM SLT
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Please join us the Third Thursday of the Month for a CommonGround at Aloft Nonprofit Commons with DJ DyVerse Steele!
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: CommonGround is a monthly, fantastical, color themed networking and fundraising event bringing community and causes together!
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Our color theme is GREEN for March! Dress up and join the party!
[09:43] Zayn Till: w00t Green
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: See you guys there in Green!
[09:43] Sarvana Haalan: CommonGround rocks!
[09:43] Etheria Parrott: ~*~*~HEDGE!!!~*~*~
[09:43] HB Eternal: wear your spinach
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: lol
[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you guys!
[09:44] jacmacaire Humby: green… 🙂
[09:44] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ah my favortite color
[09:44] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): any other announcements
[09:44] Sarvana Haalan: ditto right after teal… haha
[09:44] Teal Freenote: :)) yay teal
[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: You can wear Teal in May when our color is Aqua then.
[09:45] Teal Freenote: 🙂
[09:45] Sarvana Haalan: cool
[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: We love teal, it is a very supportive color!
[09:45] HB Eternal: the rainbow connection in common grounds
[09:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): if not, I’ll close this meeting for today
[09:45] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): raises hand
[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: that is right!
[09:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh Dyverse, go ahead
[09:46] Teal Freenote: Thank you all for having us over. Fantastic place and meeting
[09:46] Sarvana Haalan: it’s my main org color
[09:46] Teal Freenote: applause for all you all do
[09:46] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you guys for coming!
[09:46] Zayn Till: is
[09:46] Zayn Till: ~*~ OSSM!!!~*~
[09:46] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks teal
[09:46] Clover Dezno: BRAVO!!!!!!
[09:46] Clover Dezno: ***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE***********
[09:46] Clover Dezno: .;:+*’`’* APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE *’`’*+:;.
[09:46] Clover Dezno: ‚ô´~~‚ô´~~APPLAUSE~~‚ô´~~‚ô´
[09:46] karmagirl Avro: Thank You!
[09:46] Panny Bakerly: thank you!
[09:46] Wynx Whiplash: Thanks!!!
[09:47] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): wait wit Dyverse has the floor
[09:47] Zayn Till: Thank Yoo 😀
[09:47] Clover Dezno: Thank you!!!
[09:47] Etheria Parrott: thank you 🙂
[09:47] Teal Freenote: tiny HOOOOOOOO!!!
[09:47] Zayn Till: can we river dance?
[09:47] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): in a sec
[09:47] Namaara MacMoragh: hehe
[09:47] karmagirl Avro: WAIT FOR ITTTT…..WAIT FOR ITTTTTT!!!!
[09:47] Zayn Till: oops wait till Dyverse done!
[09:47] karmagirl Avro: ::FAINT!!!::
[09:48] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Mr Dyverse?
[09:48] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): I will be hosting house for health fundraiser to raise funds to become a nonprofit and every friday we wil be having a dance at health commons
[09:48] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I know you have a fundraiser gig later today
[09:48] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): i am trying to raise 300 us dollars to become 501 c 3
[09:48] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice, we need more events over there
[09:49] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): waht time is the dance?
[09:49] Sarvana Haalan: when, Dy? where?
[09:49] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): visit www.restorecenterforhealthyliving.com for more info
[09:49] Sarvana Haalan: great!
[09:49] Zinnia Zauber: Awesome DyVerse!
[09:49] Zayn Till: w00t 🙂
[09:50] karmagirl Avro: dancing?
[09:50] karmagirl Avro: not yet?
[09:50] Sarvana Haalan: Dancing…. wooot!!!
[09:50] Zayn Till: river dance of appreciation!!!
[09:50] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks Dyverse. go ahead and tweet out the info when you can
[09:50] Teal Freenote: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ~
[09:50] Wynx Whiplash: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ~
[09:50] Glitteractica Cookie: I’m gonna bounce. We hope you all vote for yr favorite digital story and we really hope some of you can make it to the march 28th screenign event
[09:50] Zayn Till: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ! ~
[09:50] Etheria Parrott: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ~
[09:50] Clover Dezno: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ~
[09:50] karmagirl Avro: ~ Time to Tiny River Dance ~
[09:50] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): o/
[09:50] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): || Yaaaaaaaay n Stuff!!!!!
[09:50] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): /
[09:50] Zayn Till: Hoooo!
[09:50] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok I think we are done here
[09:50] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): Tiny river dancing
[09:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): you can only keep the tinies contained for so long
[09:51] Zayn Till: thanks Rik, thanks all! Happy Friday!
[09:51] Wynx Whiplash: rofl, yep
[09:51] Teal Freenote: omg. yus
[09:51] Zotarah Shepherd: Wonderful!
[09:51] Namaara MacMoragh: thanks all… have a great weekend
[09:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks for coming everyone!
[09:51] karmagirl Avro: this is true 😉
[09:51] jacmacaire Humby: Have a nice week-end Rik..
[09:51] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Great meeting Rik
[09:51] Teal Freenote: happy to see you all today 🙂 thankyou
[09:51] karmagirl Avro: fueled by waffles and clamato
[09:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and thanks especially to our new tiny friends
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: Okay! Mentors Meeting in 5 minutes!
[09:51] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thank you Tinies for coming
[09:51] Zayn Till: ~*~WAFFLE!!!!!!~*~*
[09:51] karmagirl Avro: JAZZ PAWS!
[09:51] Zotarah Shepherd: Thank you Rik
[09:51] Wynx Whiplash: Thanks for having us!
[09:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): please stick around if you have questions about SL or need help
[09:51] Zayn Till: *wave&
[09:52] Zotarah Shepherd: Thank you Tinies!
[09:52] alebez: Thank you all, and thank you tinies!
[09:52] DyVerse Jeffery-Steele (dyverse): feel free to send friendship requests
[09:52] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Hingfeng, I’m looking at you
[09:52] jacmacaire Humby: Bye everyone.. and have a nice week-end too..

Written by: rikomatic

We’ve got something a little bit different for this Friday’s Nonprofit Commons: Jazz Paws! Every once in awhile, we welcome to the NPC interesting sub-cultures and communities in the virtual world that we think might have something instructive to share with us as nonprofits and charities. The tiny community is one such group that I’ve long been a fan of.

“Jazz Paws” is an Atlanta-based entertainment production company charged with bringing the whimsical world of Raglan Shire and its denizens, the tiny animals that inhabit it, to life. A for-profit company, their larger goal is not only to entertain but also raise funds and awareness for different causes and charities. They have a Kickstarter campaign to launch an animated series based on Raglan Shire. This could be our most adorable Nonprofit Commons meeting EVER.

Join us starting at 8:30am PT as we welcome Jazz Paws to the NPC, as well as get some knowledge from our Mentors and get news and announcements from across the nonprofit world in Second Life and beyond. See you then!

March 9, 2012, 8:30am PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA

• 8:30am Introductions
• 8:40am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45am Mentors Central
• 8:55am Jazz Paws and the Tiny Community in SL
• 9:25am OpenMic/ Announcements

Written by: rikomatic

Here is the full transcript of our last Nonprofit Commons Meeting on March 2 with the Brain Energy Support Team. Enjoy!

AGENDA

8:30am Introductions
8:40am TechSoup Announcements
8:45am Mentors Central
8:55am Brain Energy Support Team (BEST)
9:25am OpenMic/ Announcements

[08:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): morning all!
[08:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): welcome
[08:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): just one sec as I send out last minute notices
[08:31] bulaklak: Hi!
[08:31] Panny Bakerly: phew…made it.
[08:31] Panny Bakerly: Moring all
[08:31] bulaklak: Nice camo
[08:31] Buffy Beale: Hi Panny 🙂
[08:32] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Hi Glitter

[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): welcome to the nonprofit commons

[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I assumin are you all there, even as you are still rezziing.

[08:33] Jen (jenelle.levenque): /me waves at Rik

[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m Rik Panganiban, community manager around these parts.

[08:33] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): good morning 🙂

[08:33] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Mawnin

[08:33] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Mornin Dyverse

[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): If this is your first time, the Nonprofit Commons holds weekly meet ups for the nonprofit community and our friends to talk about relevant issues, developments and projects

[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Today we are fortunate to have Namaara McMoragh with us to tal kabout her new project.

[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): But that’s coming a bit later…

[08:34] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): First up, we start with introductions

[08:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Please type into the text chat your real life name, organization, location in the world,website and twitter handle, if you like

[08:35] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women

[08:35] HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com , @lovefoundation

[08:35] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Sequim, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko

[08:35] Panny Bakerly: Jeanne Booth, Freeport Historical Society, Freeport, NY www.freeporthistorymuseum.org

[08:35] DJ Earnshaw: Don Singleton, Tulsa, OK (DJ Earnshaw, Professor Viper) HelpingTulsa and APCUG, http://snipurl.com/tk41d @donsingleton

[08:35] Eme Capalini: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org

[08:35] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri, www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir

[08:35] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org, now enhanced with blog, Facebook, and Twitter all available from that URL.

[08:35] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Los Angeles, Health Care and Human Rights

[08:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): its for our use now and for the chatlog for later

[08:35] Chayenn: monique richert, protect yourself 1, inc, baltimore MD , protectyourself1.org, @PY1USmonique richert, protect yourself 1, Inc , baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org, @PY1US

[08:35] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org

[08:35] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup Global, San Francisco, Ca. @TechSoup, @alebez

[08:36] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community and Social Media Directior, TechSOup @suzboop @techsoup San Francisco, CA USA

[08:36] CarynTopia Silvercloud: caryn Heilman Topia arts center Berkshires MA www.topiAarts.org @topiaartscenter

[08:36] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Online Community Manager, TechSoup, San Francisco, CA, USA, @MichaelDeLongSF @TechSoup, www.techsoup.org

[08:36] fate Paule: Penn Condoll, www.brainenergysupportteam.org, Brain Energy Support Team BEST, located in Tacoma Washington

[08:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Rik Panganiban, Nonprofit Commmons, TechSoup, oakland CA, http://nonprofitcommons.org , @npsl @betterverse

[08:36] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Ricky Davis, San Antonio, TX @Dyverse_Steele DJ for Common grounds and Restore Center for Heatlhy Living www.restorecenterforhealthy.com

[08:37] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): Jerry Buchko, Private Practice Financial Counselor, Personal Finance Coach & Tutor, @jerrybuchko, http://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrybuchko

[08:37] Anastasios Aurotharius: Ben Linson, Boston, www.entrepreneurclubboston.org

[08:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): great to see you all here!

[08:38] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Carl Icann, Guest Lecturer, Rockcliffe University

[08:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Next up is the TechSoup Update

[08:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Bulaklak?

[08:39] bulaklak: Hello!

[08:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): TechSoup is the sponsor of the Nnprofit Commons

[08:39] bulaklak: Great to be here today.

[08:39] bulaklak: So, I want to report the great news that we have had a super successful Digital Storytelling Challenge. We got more than 250 submissions!

[08:40] Anastasios Aurotharius: wow…fantastic!

[08:40] HB Eternal: yay!

[08:40] bulaklak: So a huge THANK YOU to all who submitted. We are going through those now and there are so many amazing stories.

[08:40] Buffy Beale: wow

[08:40] bulaklak: Community voting for the Audience Choice Award begins on Monday, March 5 and runs through March 12

[08:40] bulaklak: So come cast your vote for your favorties.

[08:40] Buffy Beale: that’s a lot from the first year of 100 or so, well done

[08:40] bulaklak: Thanks, Buffy!

[08:40] bulaklak: It’s a great feeling.

[08:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Who here submitted a story?

[08:40] bulaklak: I know Buffy did!

[08:41] Chayenn: PY1 did

[08:41] bulaklak: And Chayenn, of course!

[08:41] Brena Benoir: PFH

[08:41] Buffy Beale: yes, I did 🙂

[08:41] Dancers Yao: we did

[08:41] bulaklak: PY1 does great things with video.

[08:41] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): WOOT!!!!!

[08:41] bulaklak: Video and George Clinton

[08:41] Chayenn: thank you

[08:41] bulaklak: hehe

[08:41] HB Eternal: we did and have already had over 500 views in 36 hours

[08:41] Buffy Beale: yay HB!

[08:41] bulaklak: Wow, HB!

[08:41] Buffy Beale: hiya Jac 🙂

[08:41] bulaklak: Super cool.

[08:41] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): /me sheds a tear of joy

[08:42] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): I did

[08:42] bulaklak: So please do come vote March 5 – 12 and the winners of the Audience Choice Awards will get an iPad and a Lytro camera, respectively. Courtesy of Blazon and SurveyMonkey.

[08:42] bulaklak: www.tsdigs.org

[08:42] bulaklak: Just a few other quickies here.

[08:42] jacmacaire Humby: Jacques Macaire HUMANBE http://www.humanbe.com Action Tank and Council on Sustainable development France and International @Humanbe

[08:42] bulaklak: Two free webinars coming up.

[08:42] bulaklak: One on March 6 with our partner SAP who makes Business Objects.

[08:43] bulaklak: They will be teaching you how you can report your data and make it dazzling.

[08:43] bulaklak: Register for that here

[08:43] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/w1lTTD

[08:43] bulaklak: It’s on March 6

[08:43] bulaklak: Sorry, March 8

[08:43] bulaklak: On March 6 our TechSoup for Libraries program is putting on a webinar about bridging the digital divide

[08:44] bulaklak: A really interesting and important topic

[08:44] bulaklak: It’s also free and you can register here

[08:44] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/xREkOs

[08:44] bulaklak: And lastly, in case any of you don’t know about it, our TechSoup for Libraries program is pretty awesome

[08:44] Gentle Heron: /me hopes you are reaching out to the library community in SL for that one

[08:44] bulaklak: Learn more about it here

[08:44] bulaklak: And follow them on Twitter

[08:45] bulaklak: http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/

[08:45] bulaklak: @TechSoup4Libs

[08:45] bulaklak: And that is all I got for today!

[08:45] bulaklak: Thanks all.

[08:45] bulaklak: Have awesome weekends.

[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): /me has been so far unsuccessful at bring someone from the SL library comunity to talk here at the NPC

[08:45] Buffy Beale: thanks bulaklak

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: what about Sarah? She would do it

[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): so if you have friends and contacts, that would be great

[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): who is Sarah?

[08:45] Glitteractica Cookie: yes, Sarah Washburn… our techsoup libraries person

[08:45] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): sorry fromthe SL community

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: or her colleague stephanie

[08:46] bulaklak: I can talk to Sarah

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: tweet at them

[08:46] bulaklak: And see if she’s up for it

[08:46] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): not TechSoup community

[08:46] bulaklak: I am sure she would love to do it

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: if not, stephanie will be

[08:46] bulaklak: Or Stephanie

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: they’ve done it before

[08:46] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Gentle was suggesting the SL community of librarians

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: And there’s always the info isle folks

[08:46] Eme Capalini: There is a Second Life Library 2.0 group you can join. You can talk to the officers about posting a notice for you.

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: we can make this happen

[08:46] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): yeah I haven’t found anyone there who has responded to me

[08:47] bulaklak: Seems like good network weaving to happen.

[08:47] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): so if anyone else can be in touch and connect them to to me that would be great!

[08:47] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks!

[08:47] bulaklak: All right. Thanks, folks!

[08:47] Chayenn: thanks bulaklak

[08:48] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Ok now we are Mentors Central

[08:48] Zinnia Zauber: Eme Capalini, Vice President for Virtual Ability, will share the Loyola Marymount research on benefits of virtual world use.

[08:48] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Who speaks for the Mentors?

[08:48] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Eme!

[08:48] Zazoom Zimminy: /me whispers Kyle Reis, Grants Managers Network, NYC

[08:48] Gentle Heron: Eme will, thank you.

[08:49] Buffy Beale: Cheering for Eme!

[08:49] Eme Capalini: Good morning, and thanks for inviting me here today to share with you about the benefits people with disabilities get from being in a virtual world.

[08:49] Eme Capalini: Just a quick reminder of why this is an important topic. One out of every five avatars you meet in SL belongs to someone with one or more disabilities – physical, mental, emotional, or sensory.

[08:49] Eme Capalini: I’m Eme Capalini from the Virtual Ability non-profit peer support community here in SL. We have over 650 members now, and we provide a variety of kinds of support, education, services, and a strong sense of community for our membership. I’m the Vice President for Development for our 501(3)c corporation.

[08:50] Eme Capalini: Until recently, when we spoke of the benefits of virtual worlds, we mainly had anecdotal evidence in four categories.

[08:50] Eme Capalini: I’m going to share with you some quotes I’ve heard from our community members that fit into these categories.

[08:50] Eme Capalini: Learning benefits abound in Second Life.

[08:50] Eme Capalini: Although people don’t typically come into SL seeking peer support for their disability, once they hook up with one of the over 120 different peer support groups here, they can learn quite a lot!

[08:51] Eme Capalini: Plus of course, all the formal (e.g., college classes) and informal (e.g., SL classes) learning opportunities here.

[08:51] Eme Capalini: You might not think of distraction as a benefit, but to people with severe disabilities, getting their mind off their pain is important.

[08:51] Eme Capalini: Doctors in burn clinics use virtual ice worlds, where the patient can throw snowballs at penguins and ice gnomes, to distract the patients from the agony of burn debridement, bandage changes, and the other painful treatments they must undergo.

[08:52] Eme Capalini: For medical benefits, there has been some research, so the evidence of benefits isn’t just anecdotal.

[08:52] Eme Capalini: Researchers confirm that people can improve their concentration, their social skills, even their spatial awareness, simply by interacting with others in a virtual world setting.

[08:52] Eme Capalini: I think that social benefits are probably the most important to people with disabilities, who are often socially and physically isolated. Imagine being able to make friends with people your own age when you’ve spent half your life lying in bed seeing only your family and nurses!

[08:52] Eme Capalini: It’s a lot easier to “be yourself” around other people if they aren’t put off by seeing your scars or withered limbs.

[08:52] Eme Capalini: We’re finally making progress on gathering research evidence to support what we hear from our community members.

[08:53] Eme Capalini: The psychology department at Loyola Marymount University in California recently gave a poster presentation about research they conducted in collaboration with Virtual Ability.

[08:53] Eme Capalini: The research consisted of a survey given to people who identified themselves as having a disability. The survey was given during their first week in Second Life, and repeated after 3 months here.

[08:53] Eme Capalini: It was a small study, but the results are significant, as they are the first of their kind to be done in SL.

[08:54] Eme Capalini: Participants in the study completed a variety of standardized measures that were selected to assess their psychological well-being and adjustment.

[08:54] Eme Capalini: There was no treatment in this study. The participants didn’t have to attend classes, report in regularly, keep a diary, or anything else regulated. They could do whatever they pleased.

[08:54] Eme Capalini: The majority logged in frequently, and for extended periods. They became immersed in their second lives.

[08:54] Kali Idziak: /me whispers Jessica Dally, Community Voice Mail, Seattle, WA

[08:54] Eme Capalini: When they first came into SL, the measures indicated that the majority of participants showed clinical signs of depression. That’s not unexpected, in a group of people among whom half were severely disabled.

[08:55] Eme Capalini: Overall, the research showed that simply being in a virtual world, doing whatever you wanted to do, was very helpful. Statistically, the newcomers after 3 months were less depressed, less anxious, and less lonely.

[08:55] Eme Capalini: They also were had a more positive outlook on themselves, were more satisfied with their lives, and had higher self-esteem.

[08:55] Eme Capalini: I’m happy to answer your questions now. I’d also like to encourage you to think about all the benefits you’ve received from being in a virtual world.

[08:55] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): godo to know!

[08:55] Eme Capalini: /me smiles

[08:56] Buffy Beale: clapping, thanks Eme

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: This awesome!

[08:56] Eme Capalini: Thanks again for inviting me to speak with you today. If you have further questions, please send me an IM.

[08:56] Gentle Heron: Thank you Eme for giving this report.

[08:56] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): clapping

[08:56] bulaklak: Wow, that is really fascinating!

[08:56] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): Are there plans to expand the research?

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Eme!!!

[08:56] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): good stuff

[08:56] fate Paule: Incredible work!! thank you so much

[08:56] Gentle Heron: @Jerry- VAI is working with several researchers at the moment.

[08:56] Brena Benoir: Thank you for sharing Eme!

[08:56] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and a great transition for our featured speaker…

[08:56] Eme Capalini: My pleasure

[08:57] Rhiannon Chatnoir: /me popped in just a bit ago… hi all

[08:57] Buffy Beale: Question: Has there been an increase in the number of people joining you in Second Life for this use?

[08:57] Eme Capalini: We’d love to repeat it with a larger group.

[08:57] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): o/

[08:57] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): || Yaaaaaaaay n Stuff!!!!!

[08:57] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): /

[08:57] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Eme

[08:57] Gentle Heron: @Buffy- We now number over 650 members.

[08:57] Buffy Beale: fantastic!

[08:57] Eme Capalini: Absolutely Buffy

[08:57] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): @Gentle, Would love to hear more as the research progresses.

[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): might be a full featured presentation rather than a Mentors Corner

[08:58] Buffy Beale: thanks Gentle and Eme

[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok we need to move on though right now

[08:58] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Namaara can you come on down?

[08:58] Namaara MacMoragh: good morning

[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Namaara!

[08:58] Buffy Beale: cheering for Namaara!

[08:58] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[08:58] Gentle Heron: YAY Namaara.

[08:58] Namaara MacMoragh: Wow! What a great presentation Eme. Virtual Ability rocks!! And I’m so glad we’re collaborating on Brain Injury Awareness Month.

[08:59] fate Paule: *claps * 🙂

[08:59] Eme Capalini: Thanks 🙂

[08:59] Namaara MacMoragh: But I better stick to my notes or I’ll wander off into someone else’s time… hehe.

[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We are happy to have Namaara MacMoragh here to talk with us about recent work being done to help people with brain injuries using VWs

[08:59] Namaara MacMoragh: Thank you Rick, and everyone here, for the opportunity to speak with you today.. I’d like to start by telling you a little about myself and my work. Then share with you about brain injury and brain injury awareness month in SL.

[08:59] Namaara MacMoragh: I am a consultant with GReat Kreations (http://greatkreations.com). which was founded in 1995 to meet the growing demand for services by nonprofit organizations in the US.

[09:00] Namaara MacMoragh: A lot has happened through the years and I now work collaboratively with colleagues and clients around the world as my work continues to evolve around issues of organizational sustainability and continuance.

[09:00] Namaara MacMoragh: But, in 2008 I was working on developing virtual staff and workplaces that allowed greater flexibility to meet the needs of my clients without increasing the burden of costs during an economically turbulent time.

[09:00] Namaara MacMoragh: That’s how I wound up in Second Life.

[09:00] Namaara MacMoragh: In late 2008 I began attending NPC meetings and events and met fate Paule at a Tuesday gathering at Wharf Ratz. fate is the Executive Director of a Washington State nonprofit; Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) .

[09:00] Namaara MacMoragh: fate is with us today to answer questions as they come up. Say hi, fate.

[09:01] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: Rah fate!

[09:01] Gentle Heron: Hello Fate and welcome.

[09:01] fate Paule: hello everyone 🙂 thanks for letting us be here

[09:01] Namaara MacMoragh: I’ve been working with fate on a variety of projects ever since — at the BEST SL office on Etopia and in the RL BEST office in Tacoma WA.

[09:01] Namaara MacMoragh: BEST was founded in 2008 and is the leading organization of individuals with brain injury and their caregivers providing peer-to-peer support, resources, and access to services for those with brain injury and their caregivers.

[09:02] Namaara MacMoragh: BEST is a leader in training for support group facilitators, professionals, and educators. Through their mentoring program, Project PEER, BEST also offers a unique way of empowering individuals with brain injury and their caregivers. You can find out more at http://projectpeer.org

[09:02] Namaara MacMoragh: Our goal is to create engagement around the real issues of brain injury that go beyond the injury itself. An injury occurs in a moment. The cognitive, emotional, physical challenges that alter someone’s life often last for many years and often go unaddressed.

[09:02] Namaara MacMoragh: Second Life offered us an opportunity to work together building an organizational foundation for BEST while living 3,000 miles apart. It was 6 months after we began working together in SL that we actually met in RL for a board training session in 2009.

[09:02] Namaara MacMoragh: March is the official month for Brain Injury Awareness. BEST, Etopia, and the fabulous folks at HealthInfo Island (yay Gentle and crew!} have worked together to create a celebration and awareness campaign that includes presentations, displays, concerts, gift hunt, and more to raise awareness about, and raise dollars for, brain injury.

[09:03] Namaara MacMoragh: We are collaborating with others in SL who are providing support,information & referral, and social opportunities for individuals with brain injury as well as training and resources for professionals and educators.

[09:03] Namaara MacMoragh: I’m especially excited to work with Gentle Heron of Virtual Abilities. I’ve learned a lot and so appreciate the ideas, support, and … well … at the expense of gushing… everything. As an aside, it’s been wonderful to watch the growth of such a valuable organization here in SL.

[09:03] Gentle Heron: /me points to the VAI team!

[09:03] Namaara MacMoragh: Thank you again, Gentle, for the wonderful slide presentation about brain injury. I hope everyone will visit HealthInfo Island to learn about brain injury and more.

[09:03] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[09:04] Namaara MacMoragh: you guys reall do rock!!

[09:04] Namaara MacMoragh: Another great relationship that has been forged because of our work in Second Life is with Zinnia Zauber. She is working with BEST to create an original branding element (hope I said that right) for the hospital bags BEST and Headstrong are giving families of individuals that are hospitalized with brain injury.

[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Namaara!

[09:04] Buffy Beale: Rah Z!

[09:04] Namaara MacMoragh: These collaborations would not have happened without a community such as Nonprofit Commons in Second Life and the commitment of TechSoup Global to support and foster nonprofits around the world. I was living in NY when I started working with fate. Zinnia and Gentle are also in other locations than in my neighborhood.

[09:05] Namaara MacMoragh: We have a lot of great events, presentations, displays, and builds across sims we are highlighting during Brain Injury Awareness month and throughout April and May, with a huge World-wide brain injury picnic day on June 16th.

[09:05] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (wow fantastic!)

[09:05] Veri Oddfellow: *waves* Hi all … Brad Lewis, Great Strides, Damascus, MD, US http://www.GreatStrides.org

[09:05] Namaara MacMoragh: This is our collective opportunity to also showcase the work we do here to families, professionals, and funders.

[09:05] Namaara MacMoragh: When I started working with BEST we had a shoestring budget. BEST then became lead on a Support Group Infrastructure Project in the state of Washington.

[09:05] Namaara MacMoragh: This year they recieved independent funding from the state to not only continue their work with support group development, but to administer mini-grants to groups across the state. This increase in funding is because of the way BEST has used SL and other virtual work tools to communicate, train, and support facilitators and others.

[09:06] Namaara MacMoragh: These are just some of the ways we work with real people on real issues in virtual worlds.

[09:06] Namaara MacMoragh: We invite you to visit Etopia Eco-Communities, the BEST office, and HealthInfo Island throughout the month to learn more and get some cool gifts.

[09:06] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (oo free stuff)

[09:06] Namaara MacMoragh: Please IM me and I’ll get our info giver to you to help us promote brain injury awareness throughout March.

[09:07] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We’re happy to host signage here for the month

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: (note to self… don’t wear gesture hud next time you speak)

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: Visit http://etopiaisland.org for updates, clues, and event information.

[09:07] Gentle Heron: he he he Namaara!

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: thank you Rick

[09:07] fate Paule: hehe

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: Also, you can learn more about BEST at http://brainenergysupportteam.org and Virtual Ability at http://virtualability.org

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: And that’s all I wanted to say as far as canned speaches go.

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: Please ask questions

[09:07] Namaara MacMoragh: fate is here and so is Gentle

[09:08] Namaara MacMoragh: (hugs you guys for always catching my back)

[09:08] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Question does Best offer support training here in sl or a class online somewhere?

[09:09] Buffy Beale: Question: Do you plan to or use any other virtual worlds?

[09:09] fate Paule: We have our support group facilitatorwebinar at BISGN.org

[09:09] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Question: can you say more about why Second Life was chosen for working with people w brain injuries over other kinds of technologies?

[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: right now we’re only in SL Buffy, but I’ve looked at OpenSims

[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: SponOn3D

[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: and others

[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: SL is the most robust so far

[09:09] Jen (jenelle.levenque): QUESTION: Do you have any support specifically for veterans

[09:09] Namaara MacMoragh: (even if the most expensive)

[09:10] fate Paule: In real life we work really closesly with local and state vet organizations

[09:10] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Does BEST have a page on facebook we can like?

[09:10] Namaara MacMoragh: @Rik … we use GoTo to facilitate meetings and traingings. We chose SL because of robustness.

[09:10] fate Paule: as a vet myself, these issues are very close to my heart

[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brain-Energy-Support-Team/165908016753065

[09:10] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thank you Fate

[09:11] Namaara MacMoragh: @Rik… there are many reasons why a virtual world is appealing for briain injured indv

[09:11] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): ty Zinnia

[09:11] Namaara MacMoragh: A lot of the noise, lights, and cognitive overload triggers aren’t here

[09:11] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): The DoD has a SL sim focused on recovering vets, but I’m not sure how active it is…

[09:11] fate Paule: I actually came to sl to help the Washington Dept of veterans see if virtual worlds could provide support and couceling for returning vets with PTSD and TBI

[09:11] Buffy Beale: Thanks Namaara

[09:12] Gentle Heron: @Rik- The answers to that question of why virtual worlds appeal to those with brain injuries are as varied as the symptoms those injuries cause.

[09:12] Namaara MacMoragh: in addition in the case of multiple physical challenges virtual environments facilitate opportunities for success that RL situations may not

[09:12] Namaara MacMoragh: yes Gentle… thank you

[09:12] Namaara MacMoragh: (sometimes I get wordy)

[09:13] Namaara MacMoragh: DId I lose questions?

[09:13] Namaara MacMoragh: I’d like to make sure we answer you…

[09:13] fate Paule: As a person with a brain injury, i found sl perfect at many points of my recovery

[09:14] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I think Virtual Worlds work because they can be tailored with relative ease to provide the needed environments

[09:14] fate Paule: challenges with sensory overload, made activities like shopping impossible in rl

[09:14] Namaara MacMoragh: yes

[09:14] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): @Jen, Yes.

[09:14] Namaara MacMoragh: I work with clients in SL to collaborate on a number of sustainability issues organizationally

[09:14] fate Paule: in sl, I can control the stimulus and enjoy many activities that I can’t in sl

[09:14] Namaara MacMoragh: SL is a perfect collaboration environment

[09:15] Zinnia Zauber: It really is!

[09:15] Namaara MacMoragh: I was part of a caregiver group that shopped, “ate out” and generally had fun here

[09:15] fate Paule: as people who experienced brain injuries start to redefine their new selves and idenity after a brain injury, it has such potential to positively affect folks

[09:15] Namaara MacMoragh: often caregivers can’t leave a brain injured family memeber alone

[09:15] Namaara MacMoragh: SL provides a fun and social environment too

[09:16] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): /-50 SKILL:3

[09:16] Namaara MacMoragh: in addition to working here I love living er playing here

[09:16] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): And those connections are enhanced by this experience of shared space…

[09:16] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): /me says ooops

[09:16] Namaara MacMoragh: yes Jerry

[09:16] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[09:16] fate Paule: i apologize if I missed any questions

[09:17] Namaara MacMoragh: any other thoughts? questions? experiences? to share

[09:18] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): are there things you wish you could do in SL to support your target audience that we could pass along to the Linden Lab folks?

[09:18] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): So did I hear that there are inworld support groups connecting those with TBI?

[09:19] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): Along with connecting caregivers…

[09:19] Namaara MacMoragh: @Jerry yes

[09:19] Gentle Heron: Yes Jerry, come visit the Path of Support and we can point them out.

[09:19] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): Excellent, thank you

[09:20] Namaara MacMoragh: I’ve loved being here today. And again, thank you to NPC, VAI, BEST, Zinnia… everyone for working with us this month (and for the past three years) to make SL such a vital part of how we connect

[09:20] Namaara MacMoragh: Oh

[09:20] Namaara MacMoragh: Rick… re LL

[09:20] fate Paule: I think that Gentle has created a great service through virtual abilities island

[09:20] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Rah! Gentle

[09:20] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you guys! You do so much and it is wonderful to be part of the team!

[09:20] Namaara MacMoragh: There are a number of things I can share with you… I’ll IM or email you.

[09:20] fate Paule: sl can be somewhat ovwerwhelming at first, so ease of use is important

[09:20] Buffy Beale: Gentle rocks!

[09:20] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): for sure, fate

[09:20] Namaara MacMoragh: VAI has an easy way to bring new users into SL

[09:21] Christopher Saldana: Speaking of which I have redone the Wounded Warrior SL Vet Center, and would like to get with those whom would like to connect to the island

[09:21] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Christopher, that’s great

[09:21] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): what is the SLURL?

[09:21] Buffy Beale: It’s too bad they can’t ban the emoticons that spit out lines and lines of characters at events, I always remember Gentle saying how hard that is for people with disabilities

[09:21] Namaara MacMoragh: Chris, I’d love to talk more with you about March and mutual promotion, too.

[09:22] fate Paule: wonderful Christopher i’ll have to check it out again

[09:22] Christopher Saldana: awesome, sorry please I don’t want to take away from anything here, I would love to share what we do after this.

[09:23] fate Paule: yes buffy, things like flashing dancefloors and signs can give some of us migrains or seizures

[09:23] Namaara MacMoragh: great Chris…

[09:23] fate Paule: but the beauty of sl is that I can control this

[09:23] fate Paule: and still dance 🙂

[09:23] Buffy Beale: yes and yay for that 🙂

[09:23] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[09:23] Gentle Heron: /me knows how to turn off particles because of visual issues in SL

[09:23] Namaara MacMoragh: I like techno… fate can’t do it

[09:24] fate Paule: hehe

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: I get to listen to my tunes. She to hers and we can hang out in the same clubs

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: lol

[09:24] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): lol 🙂

[09:24] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice

[09:24] Buffy Beale: lol

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: particles are the same thing, yes Gentle

[09:24] Zinnia Zauber: This are important issues that people might want to learn more about.

[09:24] Gentle Heron: That’s one advantage of virtual worlds…. adaptability.

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: okay… Rick is up

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: think I should sit

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: lol

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: thank you again for letting me present today.

[09:24] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂

[09:24] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Thanks Namaara, that was really inspiring!

[09:24] Buffy Beale: Thanks Namaara, and to Eme and Fate and Gentle for all you do

[09:25] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): Claps Very Loudly!!!!

[09:25] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): clap

[09:25] bulaklak: Really great stuff!

[09:25] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I love to hear these stories about how the NPC is facilitating collaborations among our members!

[09:25] Chad Mikado: applause

[09:25] Gentle Heron: Great information Namaara and Fate.

[09:25] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): as well as all the great work being done to help real people with real needs

[09:26] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): @Rik, Exactly!

[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): please be in touch with Namaara if you ahve further questions or want to help out

[09:26] Namaara MacMoragh: definitely IM me

[09:26] Namaara MacMoragh: and friend me… it’s the easiest way for me to keep up

[09:26] Namaara MacMoragh: (promise not to spam you)

[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and now its your turn to share with the community any relevant events, news, announcements from your group

[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): its Open Mic

[09:27] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Who has something to share?

[09:27] Carl Solutionary (carlicann): Free Conference in SL starts March 15 (Thursday): Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education – Register at: http://vwbpe12.eventbrite.com/ Many of us here today are speakers…

[09:27] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): please put up your appendage and I’ll call on you

[09:27] Gentle Heron: I do Rik. Three things, and one is an NPC collaboration.

[09:27] Zinnia Zauber: Yay! Looking forward to it!

[09:27] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks for th reminder Carl!

[09:27] Gentle Heron: Thanks for sharing that Carl… I bet several NPCers are going to present.

[09:28] Zinnia Zauber: I have one, please.

[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’d love for someone from VWBPE to present here about plans for this years conference

[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Ok Gentle and then Zinnia

[09:28] Gentle Heron: OK then! Virtual Ability has lots of great events coming up this weekend and next week. Here’s a sample:

[09:29] Gentle Heron: SAT March 3, 10am PST/SLT

“For the Love of Chocolate”

a workshop presented by Vera Zhaoying, head of Ann Myers Medical Center, that explains the medical benefits of chocolate, and includes an exercise activity.

[09:29] Eme Capalini: Yum!

[09:29] Gentle Heron: he he he

[09:29] Gentle Heron: also SAT March 3, 2-4 pm PST/SLT

New artist at Cape Able Art Gallery: Taralyn Gravois

Come meet the artist, check out her work, and dance to the tunes of DJ Mateo Secretspy.

[09:29] Gentle Heron: **Special event WED March 7, 9 am PST/SLT

NPC’s own Jacmacaire Humby (JACQUES MACAIRE, founder and director of HUMANBE) will describe their project to develop an eco-positive house appropriate for people with disabilities. Housing is a significant issue for this group. This presentation is another in the “Waiting for the World to Change” series sponsored by Virtual Ability.

[09:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): /me applauds

[09:30] Buffy Beale: yay Jac!

[09:30] Gentle Heron: If you would like a notecard about the chocolate event, the art gallery opening, or the presentation on eco-friendly housing, please send me an IM. Thanks!

[09:30] Gentle Heron:

[09:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks gentle

[09:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Zinnia?

[09:30] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: CommonGround Networking Party is Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:00 – 7:00 PM SLT

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: Please join us the Third Thursday of the Month for a CommonGround at Aloft Nonprofit Commons with DJ DyVerse Steele!

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: CommonGround is a monthly, fantastical, color themed networking and fundraising event bringing community and causes together! Our color theme is GREEN for March! Dress up and join the party!

[09:31] Gentle Heron: YAY DyVerse!

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: Enjoy networking and dancing among other nonprofits and supporters! Learn more about what nonprofits, educators, humanitarians, scientists, and artists accomplish in Second Life at the Nonprofit Commons at this fun and informative event.

[09:31] Buffy Beale: yay and I don’t have to change for this one 🙂

[09:31] Buffy Beale: my colours I mean

[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: This is where connections are made and teams are build!

[09:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): lol

[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: Yes, Buffy you are all set!

[09:32] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): and word is a lot of people from VWBE will be at the common grounds for this month so a great opportunity to come and spread the word

[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: These communuity events like CommonGround and Wharf Ratz are very important to support and attend.

[09:33] HB Eternal: and they are fun too!

[09:33] Zinnia Zauber: We have lots of different people from all over the grid join us.

[09:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): sweet

[09:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): any other annpouncements?

[09:33] Zinnia Zauber: They are not just NPC folks and we forge amazing connections dancing away.

[09:33] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): raises hand

[09:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): go ahead dyverse

[09:35] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): I now have 24/7 nonprofit oriented radio station that announces different actitiviies for non profits if you have an ad for your non profit in mp3 format or would like one created please get with me or if you would like the stream info for your land IM me

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: Rah DyVerse!!!!

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: It is so awesome!

[09:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): wow please send me the info on this

[09:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that’s great

[09:35] Jerry Buchko MA AFC (jerrybuchko): Wow, that’s really cool!

[09:35] Buffy Beale: wow DyVerse do you have the link to it?

[09:36] Brena Benoir: Awesome DyVerse

[09:36] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): http://blue.neostreams.info:8219 that is the stream

[09:36] Brena Benoir: /me raises hand for open mic

[09:36] Buffy Beale: thanks, nice going!

[09:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok Brena with teh last announcement?

[09:38] Brena Benoir: PFH is increasing our use of social media tools. We have a Facebook page going where we will be sharing development and information about projects and upcoming things that people can get involved in. Please join our Facebook page for updates, click like and please post that I referred you to this page if you are just joining us on FB.

[09:38] Brena Benoir: https://www.facebook.com/pfh.org

[09:38] Brena Benoir: reference Brenda B as the referral please

[09:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice

[09:38] Brena Benoir: Thank you!

[09:39] Brena Benoir: Thanks for NPC members who are contributing to our page by sharing SL related posts

[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): okay thanks for coming to another interesting and informative Nonprofit Commons meeting

[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): as alwasy you can find us online here:…..

[09:39] Zinnia Zauber: It is great how we make connections here and support each other out there!

[09:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

Nonprofit Commons blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

Twitter: http://twitter.com/npsl

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nonprofitcommons

Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TechSoup-Second-Life

Google Calendar: http://bit.ly/2tMEYh

Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

About TechSoup:

http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp

http://flavors.me/techsoup

http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

Weekly Networking Event: Wharf Ratz, Aloft, Tuesdays, 7-9pm SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/168/22…

Monthly Networking Event (3rd Thursday):

Common Ground, Plush, 5PM-7PM SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/128/22…

[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Otherwise we’ll see you here next week at this time

[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Havea great friday and weekend everyone!

[09:40] Glitteractica Cookie: thanks as usual, Rik

[09:40] Glitteractica Cookie: bye all

[09:40] jacmacaire Humby: Bye Rik.. 🙂

[09:40] James at Lloud (lloud.laffer): bye and thanks

[09:40] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Mentors meeting right after this one for anyone who has questions or needs help

[09:40] jacmacaire Humby: and Gli.

[09:40] Buffy Beale: thanks Rik, this was a great meeting

[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: Mentors Meeting at 9:45!

[09:41] jacmacaire Humby: Bye everyone

Written by: rikomatic

Here’s an update on the TechSoup Storytelling Challenge, for those of you that submitted and those who want to supports others who did submit. We are happy to announce that “Audience Choice Awards” are now open for voting through Sunday, March 11 at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Thank you so much for your patience as we worked through some technical issues. So, without further adieu… Here’s How it Works:

• · Go to TSDigs.org
• Select “Vote for Video” or “Vote for Photo Sets”
• Find your favorite organization by the name of the person who submitted the video or photo set, not the organization.
• Vote! (If you happen to encounter a “parsererror” message, simply click OK and you will still get through.)

Some Tips and Guidelines:

• You can vote more than once and for more than one video – but please use this privilege wisely! We hope to see you use this to support fellow nonprofit and social good storytellers. (We’ll be on the lookout for spammers and the like.)
• Videos or photo entries that went over the required length or otherwise did not meet submission guidelines have been removed from the voting and judging. However, they will be included on our YouTube playlist and Flickr sets (coming soon!).

The Prizes!

• Top voted video will receive an iPad 2, compliments of our contest platform Blazon!
• Top voted photo will receive a Red Hot Lytro camera, thanks to SurveyMonkey!
• We’ll also be selecting a handful of notable entries to screen at our Awards Ceremony in San Francisco, March 28!

Good luck!

Written by: rikomatic

Namaara MacMoragh, who will be speaking about the work of the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST), a group that since 2008 has been providing peer-to-peer support, resources, and access to services for those with brain injury and their caregivers. Find out how they are providing their services in the real world and in Second Life at this upcoming NPC meeting!

We’ll also get some virtual world knowledge from our Mentor’s team and close with open mic for any announcements relevant to nonprofits. Join us starting at 8:30am PT at the Plush Nonprofit Commons amphitheater.

AGENDA

March 2, 2012, 8:30am PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA

• 8:30am Introductions
• 8:40am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45am Mentors Central
• 8:55am Brain Energy Support Team (BEST)
• 9:25am OpenMic/ Announcements

Written by: rikomatic

As you should know by now, this month TechSoup is sponsoring the Digital Storytelling Challenge . I’m challenging all groups active in Second Life — whether your are an official 501(c)(3) or not, wherever you are in the world — to send in your digital story before the February 29 deadline.   We will be hosting nonprofits and the public to the Nonprofit Commons in March for the award ceremony, so it would be great to see our community represented wll in the submissions and the winners!

While you could spend a lot of time creating the perfect video or slide show, all really only takes as little as an hour to create a digital story for your nonprofit. It can be as little as 5 images that you stitch together to tell a narrative about your group, or a quick video you create with your phone.

The best and the brightest submissions will be rewarded with fabulous prizes donated by our our partners, including:

• a Cisco Flip digital camera
• a 1 terabyte portable hard drive by Seagate
• Adobe video production software
• an Apple iPad
• and more!

So what are you waiting for?

What’s your organization’s story? Share it now!

Written by: rikomatic

This Friday, February 24, Widget Whiteberry, producer of the long-running virtual talk show “Virtually Speaking” will be the featured guest at the Nonprofit Commons weekly meetup. “Virtually Speaking” presents live, in-depth, conversations with “authors, bloggers, publishers, scientists and educators, pundits and public officials before a lively, well informed and chatty virtual studio audience.” Learn more about how this innovative talk show uses different social media and a virtual space to outreach to different audiences. Join us at the Plush Nonprofit Commons amphitheater.

As usual, we begin news from the NPC sponsor Techsoup, get some knowledge at Mentors Central, and close with an open mic for announcements.

See you this Friday starting at 8:30am PT!

Nonprofit Commons Meeting

February 24, 2012, 8:30am PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

AGENDA

• 8:30am Introductions
• 8:40am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45am Mentors Central
• 8:55am Widget Whiteberry, producer of “Virtually Speaking”
• 9:25am OpenMic/ Announcements

Written by: rikomatic