Author: Nonprofit Commons

Jeff Ramos, Community and Content Manager at Games for Change (G4C), visited the Nonprofit Commons last week to discuss how G4C is on a mission to “catalyze social impact through digital games.” Every mother on an equally ambitious mission to curb the addiction of her 13 year-old’s videogaming habits can take a sigh of sweet relief knowing that all this gaming is for good cause thanks to organizations like G4C.  Founded in 2004, Games for Change has embraced the space between leveraging entertainment and engagement for social good.

Unlike its counterparts in the commercial gaming industry, G4C aims to: “bring together funders, NGOs, corporations, government agencies and educators to offer a new suite of services to guide organizations, and individuals that are actively pursuing games to further their public, philanthropic or academic mission.”

And let’s face it, they hit the sweetspot jackpot – because who would say no to making the world a better place by playing games? And as Jeff pointed out at the Nonprofit Commons, “games allow us to discuss complex subject matters in a context that is safe and allegoric. We can use game mechanics, metaphors, and clever storytelling to talk about a subject in a way that’s harder to do in traditional media.”

Read on for the full transcript from the Nonprofit Commons meetup on February 10, 2012….

CHAT LOG NONPROFIT COMMONS

February 10 2012

 

Nonprofit Commons Meeting

February 10, 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 Jeff Ramos, Games for Change
• 9:30am OpenMic/ Announcements

 

INTRODUCTIONS

[08:33]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): hi folks

[08:33]  CarynTopia Silvercloud: Caryn Heilman, Topia Arts Center, @topiaartscenter, www.TopiaArts.org in NYC today and in Berkshires later

[08:33]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): sorry had trouble logging in this morning

[08:34]  jefframos: Should I move?

[08:34]  Gentle Heron: Gosh isn’t it great when you can finally SEE the folks who are chatting to you? Hello everyone I managed NOT to sit on this morning.

[08:34]  Anastasios Aurotharius: hello Rik

[08:34]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): hold up things are still rezzing

[08:34]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): jeff feel free to sit in the audience until I call ou up later

[08:35]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): it looks like people might have started to introduce themselves?

[08:35]  jefframos: Oh, that’ s a good idea

[08:35]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): If it wasn’t stated before, welcome to the Nonprofit Commons weekly meetup.

[08:35]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m Rik Panganiban, community manager of the NPC.

[08:36]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m joined by Gliteractica Cookie, founder of the NPC.

[08:36]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): great to see everyone today!

[08:36]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Hi Rik

[08:36]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Hi Rik

[08:36]  Ozma Malibu: Hey Rik! And Glitter!

[08:36]  Glitteractica Cookie: welcome one and all

[08:36]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): AS always we start with introductions. So please type your real life name, location, organiation, URL and twitter handle into the text chat, if you like.

[08:37]  HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com @lovefoundation

[08:37]  Chayenn: Monique Richert, Protect Yourself 1, Inc., Baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org, @PY1US

[08:37]  Panny Bakerly: Jeanne Booth Freeport Historical Society, Freeport NY freeporthistorymuseum.org

[08:37]  Ozma Malibu: Sandy Andrews, Floaters Org, Arizona, Mexico and On The Road, @ozma

[08:37]  Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Sequim, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko

[08:37]  Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community Director, TechSOup Global, San Francisco, CA USA @suzboop @techsoup

[08:37]  Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org and now experimenting with Facebook, Twitter, and a blog, all available from our website.

[08:37]  Chad Mikado: Chad Gobert

[08:37]  bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Online Community Manager, TechSoup, www.techsoup.org @TechSoup @MichaelDeLongSF, San Francisco

[08:37]  Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri; www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir

[08:37]  DJ Earnshaw: Don Singleton, Tulsa, OK (DJ Earnshaw, Professor Viper) HelpingTulsa and APCUG, http://snipurl.com/tk41d @donsingleton

[08:37]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org

[08:37]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org

[08:37]  Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, Neenah Historical Society, Wisconsin USA

[08:37]  Aldon Huffhines: Hi. This is Aldon… Community Health Center Inc. in CT. Long time since I’ve been around…

[08:38]  Kali Idziak: Jessica Dally, Community Voice Mail, Seattle, WA http://www.cvm.org

[08:38]  Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Los Angeles, Health Care and Human Rights www.eldervoices.net

[08:38]  Anastasios Aurotharius: Ben Linson, engineer, entrepreneur, facilitator www.entrepreneurclubboston.org

[08:38]  Hour Destiny: Morris Cox, Mesquite NV, @morriscox (DAZ 3D just released a bunch of 3D software for free. Daz Studio Pro, Bryce 7 Pro, and Hexagon. https://www.daz3d.com/i/3d/free-3d-software-overview?home_5_btn=start Over $2300 worth for free.)

[08:38]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Rik Panganiban, Nonprofit Commons / TechSoup, Oakland CA, nonprofitcommons.org @betterverse @npsl

[08:38]  jefframos: Jeff Ramos, Brooklyn, NY. Community and Content Manager at Games for Change. http://www.gamesforchange.org/ – @G4C – @OhJeffRamos

[08:38]  Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Sonoma CA

[08:38]  alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup, San Francisco, Ca. @alebez

[08:39]  Adalace Jewell: Corine Van Hellemont, RoSa Library Brussels, Belgium http://www.rosadoc.be @adalace

[08:39]  Hour Destiny: Will Wright is StupidFunWill in SL. Too bad he’s not logged in.

[08:39]  Hi everyone

[08:40]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): welcoem, jac

[08:40]  jacmacaire Humby: Jacques Macaire HUMANBE http://www.humanbe.com Council and Action Tank on Sustainable Development France and International @Humanbe

[08:42]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): anyone else?

 

 

TECHSOUP UPDATES

[08:42]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): If not, let me call up Bulaklak to give our weekly rundown of TechSoup news and opportunities for you all

[08:42]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Bulaklak?

[08:43]  bulaklak: Hello!

[08:43]  Glitteractica Cookie: hello

[08:43]  bulaklak: I am going to keep it short and sweet today.

[08:43]  bulaklak: As you know we are in the midst of our Digital Storytelling Campaign

[08:43]  bulaklak: And we hope you will be submitting stories this month to win great prizes from our donor partners.

[08:44]  bulaklak: Please visit www.tsdigs.org to learn more about the challenge.

[08:44]  Glitteractica Cookie: it’s very easy, no professional equipment needed

[08:44]  bulaklak: And stay in touch with all of our learning opportunities by joining our Google Group

[08:44]  Aldon Huffhines: You can see what I’m up to at http://chc1.com http://community.chc1.com at @ahynes1 and @CHCConnecticut

[08:44]  bulaklak: http://bit.ly/lXf6fD

[08:44]  bulaklak: As Glitter said, it’s very easy

[08:44]  Glitteractica Cookie: we still have some educational webinars and twetchats about how to make a digital story too

[08:45]  bulaklak: And it’s a great way for your organization to take some time to frame your key messages and capture your hard work and passion

[08:45]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): It’s a good opportunity for example to make your first machinima if you haven

[08:45]  bulaklak: We have a tweet chat on Tuesday about social amplification

[08:45]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): haven’t before

[08:45]  bulaklak: And a webinar on Thursday about post-production

[08:45]  CarynTopia Silvercloud: great

[08:45]  bulaklak: All the details are at www.tsdigs.org

[08:46]  bulaklak: Thank you!

[08:46]  bulaklak: Have a great day!

[08:46]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thank you, bulaklak

[08:46]  Chad Mikado: Thanks for the info

[08:46]  bulaklak: Oh and one last thing

[08:46]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I hope folks are getting their digital stories ready!

[08:46]  bulaklak: It’s open to all social benefit orgs

[08:46]  bulaklak: You don’t have to be a 501c3

[08:46]  bulaklak: As long as you are fighting the good fight

[08:46]  bulaklak: =)

[08:46]  Glitteractica Cookie: And you can email any of us with questions at tsdigs@techsoup.org

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

 

MENTORS CENTRAL

 

[08:47]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Okay now for the re-branded Mentors Central

[08:47]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): who’s speaking for the Mentors today?

[08:47]  Zinnia Zauber: Today we have Jen!

[08:47]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I believe I am Rik

[08:47]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): The Mentors are our crack team of volunteer helpers , for folks new to SL or who just need some extra help with something

[08:48]  Zinnia Zauber: Rah Jen!

[08:48]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Go for it Jen!

[08:48]  Brena Benoir: Yay Jen

[08:48]  Gentle Heron: YAY Jen!

[08:48]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I’m using one of the tools from the Techsoup toolbox

[08:48]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Hope I’m getting it right

[08:49]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): One of the things I have thought about is what do we do with our office that can make our SL lifes better

[08:49]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): So my presentation has to do with Office Operations

 [08:50]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: A. Purpose of this presentation

[08:50]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     1)  To give NPC offices some ways to improve how they use their offices.

[08:50]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: B. What is the purpose of your office?

[08:51]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): This is the teachers friend

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: This is the teachers friend

[08:51]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): You put your presentation in it then control it line by line

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: You put your presentation in it then control it line by line

[08:51]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): saves having to type every time

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: saves having to type every time

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     a.  Why do you have an office at NPC?

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         1)  Educate public about your programs

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         2)  Attract possible volunteers

[08:51]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         3)  Interest potential donors

[08:52]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): If you have any questions please ask

[08:52]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: If you have any questions please ask

[08:52]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): The Hud is repeating everything I say, so bear with me

[08:52]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: The Hud is repeating everything I say, so bear with me

[08:53]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Think about why our office is here

[08:53]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Think about why our office is here

[08:53]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Might be useful for the digital story as well

[08:53]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Might be useful for the digital story as well

[08:53]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: C. Donations

[08:53]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     a.  Provide a way for visitors to donate, assuming you take donations.

[08:53]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     b.  Create an ALT to accept the donations to keep them separate from your personal L$ account

[08:54]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I found an ALT to take donations important for me

[08:54]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: I found an ALT to take donations important for me

[08:54]  Glitteractica Cookie: yes, we had machinima entries last year. WOuld love to get a few more this year

[08:54]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): It keeps the donations separate from my L$

[08:54]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: It keeps the donations separate from my L$

[08:54]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Makes the bookkeeping easier

[08:54]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Makes the bookkeeping easier

[08:54]  Zinnia Zauber: Great idea!

[08:54]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     c. Religiously thank everyone who donates.

[08:54]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I use the donation box in the NPC Toolbox

[08:54]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: I use the donation box in the NPC Toolbox

[08:55]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): It records who has donated and how much

[08:55]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: It records who has donated and how much

[08:55]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): It’s good to send an IM to each donor to thank them for their contributions and support

[08:55]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: It’s good to send an IM to each donor to thank them for their contributions and support

[08:55]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): You can put your logo on it

[08:55]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: You can put your logo on it

[08:55]  jacmacaire Humby: Bye everyone.. Have anice week-end

[08:56]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Glad to see you again Jac

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Glad to see you again Jac

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: D. Tracking Visitors

[08:56]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): How do you know who stopped by

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: How do you know who stopped by

[08:56]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): We know none of these offices are staffed 24 hours

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: We know none of these offices are staffed 24 hours

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     a.  Who came?

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         1) How do I know?

[08:56]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I use the Visitor Tracker from the NPC Tools in a box

[08:57]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): This tool will keep a list of who came by with the time

[08:57]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: This tool will keep a list of who came by with the time

[08:57]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): You can set it to send you and email if you like as well

[08:57]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: You can set it to send you and email if you like as well

[08:57]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I also have a security system that is set to monitor the comings and goings and inform me immediately.

[08:58]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I also have a security system that I use on my rentals

[08:58]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: I also have a security system that I use on my rentals

[08:58]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): It’s set to only monitor

[08:58]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: It’s set to only monitor

[08:58]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): The one I have will IM me when someone arrives and departs

[08:58]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: The one I have will IM me when someone arrives and departs

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         2) Database

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I keep a spreadsheet that I put the names of people who stop by.

[08:59]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I keep a spreadsheet of who stopped by our offices

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: I keep a spreadsheet of who stopped by our offices

[08:59]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Why would you want to do that?

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Why would you want to do that?

[08:59]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (can you wrap up in a minute or two, please)

[08:59]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): certainly

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: certainly

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I also keep track of the traffic values.

[08:59]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             Information is used to keep the board up to date.

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             NOTE: for Jan 2012 we averaged almost 5.2 people per day between NPC and our other location.

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     b.  What do you tell them?

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         1)  What if I’m not there and they want to contact me?

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I have an answering machine in my office they can use to IM me

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         2)  What information do I present to them?

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I have information on display as well as information for them to take

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             I go through the list and either I or a volunteer will look them up in search, send them a thank you for stopping by and send them our business card.

[09:00]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): We think the personal touch is a plus

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: We think the personal touch is a plus

[09:00]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             Each office volunteer has a business card. It’s a NC with information about the organization both SL and RL

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         3)  What if I’m not in SL when they stop by?

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:             IMs are emailed to me and they are monitored often.

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: E. Organizing your office

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     a.  Set up your office to reflect your organization’s character

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     b.  Set it up to allow your goals to be met in your interaction with visitors.

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     c.  The property description should be relevant to your organization as it shows up in search. This should be your elevator speech. It should also be used for the tour

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:     d. Make connections with others in your community

[09:01]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD:         I have a door to the Rainbow Gate, which is a connection to the LGBT community. I’m looking to see if we can have a similar scheme for the Veterans community. If it can be adapted, then it may be available to other communities as well.

[09:02]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): I’ll be working with the developer and we can adapt the gate to other communities

[09:02]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: I’ll be working with the developer and we can adapt the gate to other communities

[09:02]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ( we are going to have to move on, I’m afraid)

[09:02]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: F. Office Hours

[09:02]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (perhaps move to next week?)

[09:02]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Ok

[09:02]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Ok

[09:02]  Zinnia Zauber: Jen has so much to share with us!

[09:02]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Anyone with questions, please contact me

[09:02]  Jenelle’s Presentation HUD: Anyone with questions, please contact me

[09:02]  Gentle Heron: Great ideas, Jen.

[09:02]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): sorry, but I don’t want to neglect our featured guest

[09:02]  Zinnia Zauber: Maybe we can share more next week.

[09:02]  Gentle Heron: Looking forward to hearing the rest!

[09:02]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks so much Jen!

[09:02]  Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much Jen!!!

[09:02]  Brena Benoir: Thank you Jen, great job!

[09:02]  DyVerse Steele (dyverse): JEN!!!!!

[09:02]  DyVerse Resident: Jen!!!

[09:03]  Zotarah Shepherd: Good basic information for any new organizations to have in SL.

[09:03]  Veri Oddfellow: Brad Lewis, Great STrides, http://www.GreatStrides.org Damascus, MD, US *waves and smiles*

[09:03]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): to be continued!

[09:03]  Anastasios Aurotharius: ty Jen, interesting product

[09:03]  Namaara MacMoragh: thank you!! great info

[09:03]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): The tools from Techsoup are wonderful

 

GAMES FOR CHANGE

 

[09:03]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Okay Jeff can you come on down please?

[09:03]  jefframos: Hello!

[09:03]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Its an honor to have Jeff with use today from Games for Change.

[09:03]  Oronoque Westland: Hi Jeff!

[09:03]  Gentle Heron: Hello Jeff.

[09:04]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): He is the community and content manager at Games for Change

[09:04]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Welcome Jeff

[09:04]  Glitteractica Cookie: Welcome Jeff!

[09:04]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Who here knows about Games for Change already?

[09:04]  Glitteractica Cookie: I certainly do!

[09:04]  CarynTopia Silvercloud: I do

[09:04]  Oronoque Westland: Moi

[09:04]  bulaklak: Me!

[09:04]  Aldon Huffhines: I covered an early G4C conference as a blogger

[09:05]  Oronoque Westland: I used their toolkit with my students last semester…it worked great

[09:05]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok perhaps Jeff you could give the elevator pitch about who G4C is t ostart?

[09:05]  jefframos: Absolutely

[09:05]  jefframos: First off all, this is my first time ever using SL

[09:05]  jefframos: So, apologies for having a lame looking avatar!

[09:05]  jefframos: Then again, I dress similar in real life so you’re not missing out on much

[09:05]  Anastasios Aurotharius: welcome to Second Life, Jeff 🙂

[09:06]  jefframos: Anyway!

[09:06]  Adalace Jewell: welcome jeff

[09:06]  JerryBuchko: 😉

[09:06]  jefframos: Games for Change is a nonprofit organization started in 2004

[09:06]  jefframos: Our goal is to faciliate the conversation and the creation of video games made for social impact

[09:06]  jefframos: So we aim to leverage the unique properties of games not for entertainment, but for social change

[09:07]  jefframos: We do that in a handful of ways, primarily, an annual Festival that takes places in New York City

[09:07]  Hour Destiny: Like SimNonprofit? 🙂

[09:07]  jefframos: Not familiar with them, would love it if you could email me about them? jeff@gamesforchange.org

[09:08]  jefframos: What I do at G4C is everything on the community and content end.

[09:08]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (in case you want to see Jeff’s real life avatar: http://www.gamesforchange.org/bio/jeff-ramos/ )

[09:08]  Hour Destiny: Doesn’t exist, just an idea.

[09:08]  jefframos: So all tweets from @G4C are from me as well as many of the blog posts. In fact, if you email our general contact email or call us, you’ll get me

[09:08]  jefframos: On the content side, I act as an aggregator for some of the most meaningful content in our space

[09:09]  jefframos: I spend a lot of time reading blogs, researching academic papers, and communicating with others to find best practices, unique stories, and the most interesting examples of games for change to play

[09:10]  jefframos: To give a better sense of what we do, I also have to highlight the work of our co-presidents

[09:10]  jefframos: Asi Burak is a veteran game designer who created the award winning game platforms “Peacemkaer” and “Play The News”

[09:11]  jefframos: He has an important role in helping instiutiotions, game deisgners, foundations, and more create more sustainable and entertaining games for change

[09:11]  jefframos: He implements best practices from his career as well as his research to make sure the games deisgned in our space or engaging but also reach impact objects

[09:12]  jefframos: Our other co-president Michelle Byrd leads on partnerships and runs our annual Festival

[09:12]  Veri Oddfellow: Great team and y’all run a super Festival, too! I’ve been to all but one and love it!

[09:12]  jefframos: She takes her experience as a NPO and media veteran to advance the field and her background in putting together massive events is crucial to transforming our Festival

[09:13]  jefframos: Thanks Veri, last year was quite an adventure for everyone

[09:14]  jefframos: So that’s the basics of what we do. Since G4C received our new leadership back in 2010, the organiazation has been making strides to advance the field and our impact. And the main touch point is the Festival.

[09:14]  jefframos: Which we are already gearing up for and it’s in June!

[09:14]  jefframos: So, I know there may some questoins about the field and I’m curious Rik if it’s okay to have some folks ask questoins?

[09:14]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Its an awesome festival!

[09:14]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Sure?

[09:15]  jefframos: I hate being the only person talking in a room!

[09:15]  Gentle Heron: QUESTION- Jeff, in your taxonomy, is Second Life a game?

[09:15]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’d also like to hear what is the most buzz-generating new games in the social change gaming space?

[09:15]  Glitteractica Cookie: When I presented at G4C, it was not considered to be a game

[09:15]  Glitteractica Cookie: but that was 5 years ago

[09:15]  jefframos: I think SL is an envirnoment for it. In the same way alternate reality games use real life as a platform, there’s no reason why SL can’t be a platform too.

[09:16]  jefframos: Great idea Rik, I’ll share some examples as well

[09:16]  jefframos: Well, the field has changed so much in 5 years.

[09:16]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): what’s the new hotness?

[09:16]  JerryBuchko: Looked at from a different perspective, are the flight similators that pilots use to train considered games?

[09:16]  jefframos: I’ll highlight some great “real world” games to puncuate how SL can be used in teh same way

[09:16]  jefframos: To quickly answer Jerry’s question before I talk about examples, yes.

[09:17]  Oronoque Westland: Question — I used “Let the Games Begin: a toolkit for making a Game for Change ” with my class last term. Are you planning more resources that educators can use who may not be game developers themselves or may be novices?

[09:17]  JerryBuchko: Agreed… 🙂

[09:17]  jefframos: The field of simulation games is growing by leaps and bounds and has become vital for defense training,e tc.

[09:17]  jefframos: Oro, I’m working hard to build out our resoruces page: http://www.gamesforchange.org/learn/

[09:17]  Gentle Heron: Find the toolkit here: http://www.gamesforchange.org/learn/let-the-games-begin-a-toolkit-for-making-a-game-for-change/

[09:18]  jefframos: please email me with what you would love to see there jeff@gamesforchange.org

[09:18]  jefframos: Okay, so let’s talk about some games

[09:18]  Oronoque Westland: great—thanks

[09:18]  jefframos: First and foremost, I spend a great deal of time curating this page: http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/

[09:18]  Kratos Gauntlet R: 3417 bytes free

[09:18]  jefframos: The point is that there is no one place to find “games for change”

[09:19]  jefframos: there is no New Grounds or Kongregate for these kind of games. That’s a large part of how I’m helping the field

[09:19]  jefframos: Making sure that our community knows what are some of the best examples of games for change and who makes them and why

[09:19]  Hour Destiny: http://www.gamedev.net is a great resource for making any games.

[09:20]  jefframos: Sorry, froze there for a sec

[09:21]  jefframos: So Evoke is an interesting “alternate reality game” that ran a few years back but is having a “season 2” in latin america

[09:21]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/evoke/

[09:21]  Anastasios Aurotharius: no need to apologize…..freezing is par for the course in SL

[09:21]  DyVerse Steele (dyverse): microsoft is opening up their kinect development for both the xbox and for pc to game developers to create software

[09:21]  jefframos: The goal was to create a storyline and world that revolved around using our “super powers”, like entreprenurialism and team work to solve the world’s biggest problems

[09:22]  jefframos: and dozens of real world, social good start ups opened up because of this game

[09:22]  Hour Destiny: Unity3D, HeroEngine, and UDK are all free 3D game engines.

[09:22]  jefframos: Would be cool to see someone create a scenario in SL in the same way

[09:23]  jefframos: Macon Money is another great example of making real life into a game that can change a community

[09:23]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/macon-money/

[09:24]  jefframos: This game turned the process of finding the second half of a bill into a personal scavenger hunt that united opposing communities that would’ve never met

[09:24]  jefframos: and the money they gained by meeting was used for local businesses. So you got to meet new people and give money back to the community.

[09:24]  jefframos: Wouldn’t it be cool to have community building scavenger hunts in SL too?

[09:25]  jefframos: But let’s talk some newer games too

[09:25]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): those are really cool ideas!

[09:25]  jefframos: Yeah, I think SL is prime for creating some great stories in a way that’s comfortable for people to connect

[09:26]  Glitteractica Cookie: We’ve thought about savenger huntsin thepast bt never successfully got one off thr ground. I’d love to see us do it this time

[09:26]  jefframos: And games are a great place to talk about sensitive subjects too

[09:26]  Oronoque Westland: Global Kids has led the way with that in SL

[09:26]  jefframos: GK is great!

[09:26]  jefframos: The Korean G4C chapter created a wonderful point and click game about the demilitaized zone

[09:26]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/2011/12/nanu-planet-interview-suzanna-samstag-oh/

[09:26]  Gentle Heron: This sounds like things that have been done in SL, to be honest. Story telling, scavenger hunts, that’s why I asked about SL as game.

[09:27]  jefframos: I don’t know much about SL so if you know of stories that are worth sharing, please email me.

[09:27]  jefframos: So, the DMZ is a subject that’s very hard to speak about in Korean culture.

[09:27]  jefframos: But, games allow us to build a wrapper around a complex subject.

[09:28]  jefframos: We can use game mechanics, allegory, metahphors, and clever story telling to talk about a subject in a way that’s harder to do in traditional media

[09:28]  jefframos: The game reminds me a lot of the old school point and click games, but with the charm, design, and cultural sensitivity of today’s games for change.

[09:29]  jefframos: Another cool touch point that games for change are innovating on are social networking games

[09:29]  Oronoque Westland: “games” like ICED would work in SL

[09:29]  JerryBuchko: (reminds me of the role science fiction has in allowing people to process sensitive subjects…)

[09:29]  jefframos: Exactly Jerry

[09:30]  jefframos: Games allow us to discuss complex subject matters in a context that is safer and allegoric. It allows those without intimate knowledge to explore the key ideas in “their own langauge”

[09:31]  jefframos: And the idea of doing things in one’s own language is core to why games for change are exploring social networks as a platform

[09:31]  JerryBuchko: (but here we’re talking about allowing people to be an active participant in the story…”

[09:31]  jefframos: Right, the ARG style of gameplay is very important for that, but also very hard to orchesrate

[09:32]  JerryBuchko: (ARG style?)

[09:32]  jefframos: But I think mobilizing people in SL is easier than getting 10 people to do something in real life

[09:32]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): What is ARG?

[09:32]  jefframos: I’m sorry, “alternate reality game”

[09:32]  JerryBuchko: (thanks)

[09:32]  jefframos: The example I share, Evoke, is a great exmaple

[09:33]  jefframos: America2049.com is another example. ANd it’s a Facebook game. Which makes for a great segue

[09:33]  jefframos: So, in regards to getting people where they are comfortable…

[09:33]  jefframos: Since millions are on Facebook every day playing casual games and interacting with others AND spending real world dollars

[09:34]  jefframos: why not leverage those key functions for fun and social good

[09:34]  Oronoque Westland: Iced and Homeland Guantanamo us SL-like environments with avatars that have to make decisions

[09:34]  jefframos: I wrote about two great games that do just that

[09:34]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/2011/12/can-food-force-and-wetopia-change-the-social-gaming-industry/

[09:34]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (there;s already a guantanamo simulation in SL)

[09:35]  Oronoque Westland: the games for change website is a great resources for locating games

[09:35]  jefframos: Actually, back to Oro’s point on avatars….

[09:35]  jefframos: A great game to check out is A Closed World

[09:35]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/2012/01/closed-world-todd-harper-interview/

[09:35]  Oronoque Westland: Homeland Guantanamo is about a deportation camp experience

[09:36]  jefframos: It discussed gender in a way that uses the avatar as a basis for your unique intrepreation of the game’s mateiral

[09:36]  Glitteractica Cookie: The SL Guantanamo sim is called Gone Gitmo

[09:36]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): that’s neat, Jeff

[09:36]  jefframos: So by choosing the gender representation of your avatar, actually changes how you view the story.

[09:37]  Oronoque Westland: Question — there are many serious games that are developed then dropped (lack of resources, a school project and the term is over, whatever)…what can be done to keep those games alive?

[09:37]  jefframos: Right, so sustainability

[09:37]  jefframos: That’s a huge topic in our space

[09:37]  JerryBuchko: (agreed, very neat)

[09:37]  jefframos: Did anyone see the Double Fine Kickstarter campaign last night?

[09:37]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): yeah

[09:38]  jefframos: Double Fine has made some of the most beloved advenutre games around

[09:38]  jefframos: and the Kinect Sesame Street game

[09:38]  Veri Oddfellow: Brad Lewis, Great STrides, http://www.GreatStrides.org Damascus, MD, US *waves and smiles*

[09:38]  jefframos: they raised over $1mil in less than a day

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

[09:38]  jefframos: Granted, not eveyrone can do that at will but I’m currently exploring funding platforms and models

[09:38]  Veri Oddfellow: *nods* Sustainability is a huge issue.

[09:39]  Veri Oddfellow: Even when your game is well capitalized from existing large funders/companies.

[09:39]  Oronoque Westland: we have certainly lost some good ‘games” in SL because of this issue

[09:39]  jefframos: So, business models was the basis of a great panel at last year’s fest too

[09:40]  jefframos: And when we do our consulting with major clients, it’s a key aspect

[09:40]  Gentle Heron: QUESTION- What’s a good model of a sustained game?

[09:40]  jefframos: while I pull up some links, what are some of the sustainability challenges you’ve encoutnered?

[09:41]  Hour Destiny: Keeping people involved.

[09:41]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): so we should wrap up soon. What are some main opportunities and events people should keep an eye out for?

[09:41]  jefframos: Oh okay!

[09:41]  Ozma Malibu: Sustainability: Paying for the sim!

[09:41]  Oronoque Westland: Question — (sorry if I am hogging things a bit, but your work is so great) other than the conference do you offer workshops during the rest of the year…are you available to lead them if invited?

[09:42]  jefframos: Fist and foremost, our call for talks for this year’s Festival is still going on and ends NEXT week

[09:42]  Gentle Heron: Oro has a vested interest in this topic!

[09:42]  Oronoque Westland: heehee

[09:42]  jefframos: http://www.gamesforchange.org/2012/01/g4c-12-call-for-talks-presentations/

[09:42]  jefframos: Oro, feel free to email me your ?s

[09:42]  jefframos: So, we’re still looking for content for this year’s Festival.

[09:43]  jefframos: I’m curoius what sort of presentations, case studies and ideas the SL community could share

[09:43]  jefframos: Also, we’ll be announcing registration for the Festival very soon

[09:43]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): great

[09:44]  jefframos: The 9th Annual Festival takes place on June 18-20 in New York City

[09:44]  jefframos: Bookmark this page for all of the important dates and links: http://www.gamesforchange.org/festival/

[09:44]  jefframos: Also, is anyone going to GDC next month?

[09:44]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (game developers conference)

[09:44]  jefframos: We’ll be hosting a daylong summit about games for change

[09:45]  Oronoque Westland: NY Oro can afford (since it is home)

[09:45]  Hour Destiny: Only if someone pays for me ot. 🙂

[09:45]  jefframos: http://www.gdconf.com/conference/gamesforchange.html

[09:45]  jefframos: Our content is locked for GDC and we have some exciting talks lined up

[09:46]  JerryBuchko: Any capability to attend via telepresence?

[09:46]  jefframos: like how to use AAA game mechanics for games for change from how to design games with love as the core mechanic

[09:46]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We should probably wrap, as interesting as this is.

[09:46]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So how do people reach you if they have further questions or ideas?

[09:46]  Gentle Heron: I was going to ask the same as Jerry, but about PRESENTING remotely……

[09:46]  jefframos: To be honest, I’m not certain at the moment as we’re not the organizers. For our Festival, yes. We had 800 in attendance and 8000 live streaming in 2011

[09:46]  JerryBuchko: Thanks.

[09:47]  jefframos: So, we can be found on twitter @G4C or www.facebook.com/gamesforchange

[09:47]  jefframos: My direct email is jeff@gamesforchange.org

[09:47]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): awesome thanks

[09:47]  jefframos: I’d be happy to give youanswers, resources and more

[09:47]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Let’s thank Jeff for coming into the NPC to speak with us today.

[09:48]  Gentle Heron: Thank you Jeff. I hope you will have some time later to explore what’s going on in Second Life.

[09:48]  Namaara MacMoragh: thanks Jeff… great presentation

[09:48]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We’d love to have you back if you ahve other news and opportunities to announce.

[09:48]  JerryBuchko: Great talk! Thanks, Jeff!

[09:48]  Zotarah Shepherd: Thank you Jeff. Great to know about this.

[09:48]  jefframos: Sure. Most likely closer to the Festival would make sense to come back and chat about what’s on deck

[09:48]  Oronoque Westland: thanks so much…I will send you an email or maybe phone you since you are in my “hood”

[09:48]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): cool let’s look at May then perhaps

[09:48]  Veri Oddfellow: Great info … thanks, Jeff!

[09:49]  CarynTopia Silvercloud: thanks

[09:49]  jefframos: You’re welcome everyone. Thanks for making my first SL experience an easy one

[09:49]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): you did great!

[09:49]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we’ll post a transript of this session later, with a recap

[09:49]  Glitteractica Cookie: Yes, our own Ale Bezdikian , TechSoup Community Coordinator will write up a great recaps

[09:49]  Glitteractica Cookie: recaps

[09:49]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Okay so let’s move on to our final agenda item….

 

OPEN MIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

[09:50]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Open Mic / Announcements

[09:50]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Who has something to announce, put up your appendage?

[09:50]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): raises hand

[09:50]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): go ahead jen

[09:51]  DyVerse Steele (dyverse): raises hand

[09:51]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): Don’t forget, we have a Mentor’s meeting after this one

[09:51]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and then Dyverse

[09:51]  Gentle Heron: /me raises hand.

[09:51]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Dyverse and then Gentle

[09:51]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Jen, that’s right .Please come if you ahve questions about SL or the NPC you want answered.

[09:52]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Please stay here , that is.

[09:52]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Is that it, Jen?

[09:53]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ….

[09:53]  Jen (jenelle.levenque): That’s it for me

[09:53]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Ok go ahead Dyverse

[09:53]  DyVerse Steele (dyverse): Common Ground Feb 16th with the color Red and DJ Steele mark it on your calender and get your song requests in thank you that is all

[09:53]  DyVerse Steele (dyverse): via Zinnia

[09:53]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Common Ground is a monthly networking party with a different theme each month.

[09:54]  Brena Benoir: /me raises hand

[09:54]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): which reminds me, here’s all the relevant NPC links….

[09:54]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

 

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[09:54]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Go ahead Gentle, then Brena

[09:54]  Gentle Heron: For an easy opportunity to volunteer your knowledge and expertise, consider taking a survey. Several general public surveys related to topics such as the future of social work in SL are found here on the Healthinfo Island Research Pavilion: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/130/196/30

[09:54]  Gentle Heron: Some surveys even pay you for taking them!

[09:55]  Gentle Heron: Several are for specific populations, but some are general. Please participate.

[09:55]  Gentle Heron: That’s all.

[09:55]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks gentle

[09:55]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and last up, Brena!

[09:56]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): brena?

[09:57]  Brena Benoir: sorry I crashed

[09:57]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ah

[09:57]  Brena Benoir: Wharf Ratz is the weekly networking on Tuesdays from 7-9pm

[09:58]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): its the weekly networking DJed dance. It’s super fun and great way to connect with people here.

[09:58]  Brena Benoir: Please come join us and learn what is going on with your neighbors here in the community and meet new friends

[09:58]  Brena Benoir: thanks

[09:58]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thank you

[09:58]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok I think that’s it for this week folks.

[09:59]  Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks RIk

[09:59]  Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks all

[09:59]  MartinRJ: bye, everyone

[09:59]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Next week we have Arch Virtual talking about their work creating “virtual dubuque”

[09:59]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): It will be really interesting!

[09:59]  Brena Benoir: Mentor’s meeting in 5 minutes, please stay and join us if you need help or want to hear what we are working on

[09:59]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks for coming today

[09:59]  jefframos: Thanks everyone

[09:59]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and thanks especially to our guest Jeff Ramos from Games for Change!

[10:00]  Oronoque Westland: great meeting as usual

[10:00]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I wish you a great Friday and a restful weekend.

[10:00]  Veri Oddfellow: Great info … well done! Nice wings, dude! 😉

[10:00]  JerryBuchko: You too!

[10:00]  jefframos: sure. And be sure to email me at jeff@gamesforchange.org with ?s

[10:00]  Oronoque Westland: even if Rik kept changing before my eyes…heehee

[10:00]  Red (talkwithmarie): lol

[10:00]  Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): just making sure you are paying attention

[10:00]  Dancers Yao: thanks everyone

[10:00]  jefframos: Okay, bye everyone

Written by: alebez

Oftentimes people say and do things in cyberspace that they would ordinarily refrain from in our face-to-face world. Perhaps it’s the perception of anonymity that allows individuals to open up, feel more emotionally uninhibited, capable of expressing themselves more intimately. Researchers call this the online disinhibition effect. As the founder of Fearless Nation PTSD Support, Inc., Colleen Crary calls it just another day at work.

Last Friday, Colleen stopped by the Nonprofit Commons to discuss how her organization provides education and support to a multicultural community of PTSD sufferers, directly from SpotOn3D’s virtual facilities inworld. By harnessing the power of online disinhibition for good, Fearless Nation is among a growing movement of mental health professionals who are leveraging virtual technology to provide necessary resources for therapy and self-help.

So what’s the appeal of non-face-to-face therapy? One of the powerful advantages of cyberspace, as compared to the face-to-face world when it comes to platforms for mental health services, is that geographic location literally makes no difference. Online communities such as such as SpotOn3D and Second Life have the capacity to make global participation and interaction between members significantly more fluid. According to their website, Fearless Nation claims, “experimenting with one’s online identity and new ways of relating to others can result in insight and may help people work through personal issues. Under ideal conditions, those changes generalize to the face-to-face world.”

Fearless Nation PTSD Support, Inc. also offers creative services to their members. Individuals are encouraged to “explore your own imagination without boundaries, express yourself creatively like never before with this online medium. Recovery includes creative expression and we have many opportunities and several galleries dedicated to the art of our participants. Start a poetry slam, sing, play music, read your favorite poems, stories, or your own for a safe and accepting audience of fellow trauma survivors.” With many of their service offerings and channels going beyond static chats and photos, Fearless Nation provides ways patients can interface with “authentic interaction and shared experiences online – all in an immersive 3D environment where all interaction happens in real time, with real people.”

Would you go to virtual therapy?

For more information about Fearless Nation PTSD Support, Inc., please visit their website.

In the meantime, come visit us at the Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater tomorrow morning at 8:30am, where we’ll welcome Mr. Jeff Ramos, community and content manager of Games for Change.

Below is a transcript of Colleen’s visit to the Nonprofit Commons:

Nonprofit Commons Meeting
February 3, 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 Corner

8:55am Fearless Nation

9:30am OpenMic/ Announcements

CHATLOG

INTRODUCTIONS

[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): well lets get started
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Welcome to the Nonprofit Commons weekly meetup!
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I’m your community manager Rik Panganiban
[08:32] Glitteractica Cookie: The WONDERFUL Rik RIel!
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): To my right is Gliteractica Cookie, founder of the NPC
[08:32] Glitteractica Cookie: Allo!
[08:32] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We are so happy you are all here today
[08:32] Glitteractica Cookie: indeed
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): In a few minutes we are going to hear from the inspiring group Fearless Nation.
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): But first as always we start with introductions
[08:33] Chayenn: Monique Richert Protect Yourself 1, Inc., Baltimore MD , protectyourself1.org, @PY1US
[08:33] Red (talkwithmarie): Hi Anya!! Welcome
[08:33] HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com, @lovefoundation
[08:33] DJ Earnshaw: Don Singleton, Tulsa, OK (DJ Earnshaw, Professor Viper) HelpingTulsa and APCUG, http://snipurl.com/tk41d @donsingleton
[08:33] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org
[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] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org with BRAND NEW (!!!!) social media links to our blog, Facebook, and Twitter accounts so that I don’t need to announce them separately!
[08:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Please type into the text chat (if you wish) your real life name, organization, llcation in the real world, URL, and twitter handle.
[08:33] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, TechSoup, www.techsoup.org, @MichaelDeLongSF
[08:34] Chad Mikado: Chad Gobert; National Service Inclusion Project, UMass Boston; www.serviceandinclusion.org
[08:34] Panny Bakerly: Jeanne Booth, Freeport Historical Society & Museum, Freeport, NY freeporthistorymuseum.org
[08:34] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community Director, TechSoup San Francisco, CA USA @suzboop @techsoup
[08:34] Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, Neenah Historical Society, Wisconsin USA
[08:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Rik Panganiban, Nonprofit Commons / TechSoup Global, Oakland, CA, http://nonprofitcommons.org @betterverse @npsl
[08:34] Anya Ibor: Colleen Crary, M.A. – Fearless Nation PTSD Support – http://www.fearless-nation.org
[08:34] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup, www.techsoup.org, @alebez
[08:34] Anastasios Aurotharius: Ben Linson, Boston, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Educator
[08:34] Red (talkwithmarie): Marie C.-talkwithmarie, aka Red., Greater Boston, GIRLS Project/Girl TV/Talk!withmarie, http://youtube.com/girltvlive, http://youtube.com/talkwithmarie, @talkwithmarie
[08:34] Pathfinder Lester: John Lester, Chief Learning Officer, ReactionGrid, Montreal, http://about.me/pathfinder, @pathfinder
[08:34] Anya Ibor: waces to Marie
[08:34] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri, www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir
[08:34] Anya Ibor: *waves
[08:34] Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Sonoma, CA
[08:34] Hour Destiny: Morris Cox, Bureau of Driveby Hugging, Mesquite Nevada, @morriscox
[08:34] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Los Angeles, Health Care and Human Rights www.eldervoices.net
[08:35] Kali Idziak: Jessica Dally, Community Voice Mail, Seattle http://www.cvm.org @cvmnational @jessicadally
[08:35] Glitteractica Cookie: (waves at Zotrah… I’m going to sonoma for a yoga retreat this weekend!)
[08:35] LisaSchaefer Ruby: does anyone have any sl contacts in kabul?
[08:35] Glitteractica Cookie: Any more introductions?
[08:36] LisaSchaefer Ruby: Lisa Schaefer, GuruTapas, DC
[08:36] LisaSchaefer Ruby: does anyone have any sl contacts in kabul?
[08:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Lisa, not sure. Try the Four Bridges folks
[08:36] Zotarah Shepherd: /me waves (ooo nice!)
[08:36] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC, St. Louis MO @Coughran, @Innovaision
[08:36] LisaSchaefer Ruby: ty rik
[08:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): There’s an afghanistan museum there
[08:37] LisaSchaefer Ruby: it was empty when I stopped by there
[08:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Looks like that’s about everyone. This is for our records and the transcript later.

TECHSOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS

[08:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Next up, we have updates from TechSoup
[08:38] bulaklak: Howdy!
[08:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): AS you know, TechSoup is the sponsor of the Nonprofit Commons, and has regular opportunities for nonprofits related to technology
[08:39] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Go ahead Bulaklak
[08:39] bulaklak: Thanks to any of you who came to the Online Community Meetup the other night streamed into Second Life. It was a great talk and please look for the recap coming soon by our blogger Susan Chavez.
[08:39] bulaklak: As you all probably know by now, we are in the thick of our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge
[08:39] bulaklak: We’ve had one webinar and one tweet chat
[08:40] bulaklak: Please visit here to find out more about the online learning oppys coming up
[08:40] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/xDB8ZH
[08:40] bulaklak: And to stay on top of all things TSDigs, the best way is to join our Google Group
[08:40] bulaklak: You can do that here
[08:40] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/lXf6fD
[08:41] Glitteractica Cookie: tsdigs.org
[08:41] bulaklak: And just so you don’t think we are all TSDigs all the time, please also note some other upcoming webinars
[08:41] bulaklak: We have this events page where you can always find our latest
[08:41] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/wuL4PG
[08:41] bulaklak: There’s one coming up in March about the Digital Divide that should be pretty cool
[08:42] bulaklak: Lastly, please do sign up for our By the Cup Newsletter to find out lots more about everything we do
[08:42] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/A4WcQ9
[08:42] bulaklak: Thanks, all! And have a great weekend! Looking forward to the talk today.
[08:42] Second Life: CarynTopia Silvercloud is online.
[08:42] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks so much bulkalak
[08:43] Chayenn: Bulaklak u rock like usual
[08:43] Glitteractica Cookie: yes he does!
[08:43] bulaklak: blush

MENTORS CORNER

[08:43] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ok who is here on behalf of the Mentors?
[08:43] Zinnia Zauber: Today we have Gentle to share with us the Restrained Love Viewer.
[08:43] Gentle Heron: Me again.
[08:43] Gentle Heron: The NPC Mentors have been asked to speak about the various SL viewers. We’ve been doing this over the past few weeks.
[08:43] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): The Mentors are our crack team of volunteers, here to help both newbies and oldies be more comfortable and effective in SL
[08:43] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Gentle!
[08:44] Gentle Heron: I use the current Linden Lab viewer, and am happy to help others who use it. I use it because I don’t build or script or buy or any of those other things, I just need to be able to communicate. And many of the people I communicate with also have simple viewer needs, including my work with newcomers.
[08:44] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): The floor is yours Gentle
[08:44] Chad Mikado: whohoo Gentle! 🙂
[08:44] Gentle Heron: Numerous other viewers exist, some of which are authorized by Linden Lab for use inside Second Life. These are listed here:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory
[08:44] Second Life: Pooky Amsterdam is online.
[08:44] Gentle Heron: These viewers were developed from SL code, as modified by people far smarter than myself. They all have different features.
[08:44] Gentle Heron: Other viewers are not recognized by LL, for various reasons. Some viewers have even been banned from being used in SL.
[08:45] Gentle Heron: I’m going to chat with you today about a topic not many people are willing to admit they know anything about, unless you belong to the BDSM community.
[08:45] Gentle Heron: (BDSM stands for Bondage and Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission (DS), Sadism and Masochism (SM), all of which are role played in Second Life.)
[08:45] Gentle Heron: That topic is the Restrained Love Viewer, or RLV.

This is a Linden-recognized third party viewer, available here:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory/Restrained_…
[08:45] Gentle Heron: The Restrained Love Viewer works with a number of “toys” that are commonly used in BDSM role playing. This play involves two people, one of them the dominant who makes the rules for the other’s behavior.
[08:46] Gentle Heron: The dominant of the pair can restrict the second user from detaching worn items, receiving IMs, seeing local text chat, teleporting, etc. The dominant sets the constraints under which the second user must behave.
[08:46] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability spoke to Marine Kelly, the creator of RLV, about modifying the viewer for a non-role play use, and got permission to do so.
[08:46] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability now has a viewer that can be installed by a caregiver or guardian of a person with lowered mental capacity. That caregiver/guardian then sets behavior boundaries for the person using the protected viewer.
[08:46] Gentle Heron: Destinations can be white listed (“you can go here”) or black listed (“you can’t go there”). This can be much more specific than the G-sim restriction on those who register as 16/17-year olds, in that it is possible to restrict a person’s movements to a limited number of named sims.
[08:47] Gentle Heron: Persons with whom communication can occur are white or black listed similarly. (“You can see chat from AA and BB. You can receive IMs from AA, CC, and DD.”)
[08:47] Gentle Heron: Actions can be prohibited (e.g., you may not want the person to spend money, or to take off clothing).
[08:47] Hour Destiny: Could also be useful for minors.
[08:47] Gentle Heron: In other words, this modified viewer is used to protect the user, by allowing the caregiver/guardian to set up behavior rules in advance. One father of an adult son who is preverbal on the low end of the autism scale credits this viewer with allowing his son to enjoy SL events in our community with the rest of his family.
[08:48] Zotarah Shepherd: That would be ironic
[08:48] Gentle Heron: Please don’t ask technical questions about this viewer. I have no idea how it works originally nor how it was modified.
[08:48] Gentle Heron: I’m sharing this information with you to let you know that viewers created for specific uses can be adapted to other uses (by someone with far more technical knowledge than I possess).
[08:48] Gentle Heron: Thank you for your (shocked!) attention.
[08:48] Zinnia Zauber: hehe
[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much Gentle!
[08:49] Hour Destiny: An electrifying presentation.
[08:49] Red (talkwithmarie): awesome Gentle!
[08:49] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks Gentle
[08:49] DyVerse Steele (dyverse): use your resources its a great tool
[08:49] Zinnia Zauber: This is very important to share and to be shared with others who might want to use SL.
[08:49] Pathfinder Lester: thanks Gentle. nice work
[08:50] Zotarah Shepherd: Thank you Gentle
[08:50] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Is this the final instllment of this series of introductions to 3rd party viewers?
[08:50] bulaklak: Thank you!
[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: For now, yes.
[08:50] Hour Destiny: What is the name of the modified viewer?
[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[08:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Let me thank the Mentors for running with this idea that I suggested a couple of months ago
[08:51] Red (talkwithmarie): yay Mentors!
[08:51] Gentle Heron: Hour, we honestly haven’t named it.
[08:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Gentle was initially nervous about speaking about this, but has been doing a great job.
[08:51] Gentle Heron: We thought calling it the “Family Viewer” might be going too far.
[08:51] DJ Earnshaw: lol
[08:51] Pathfinder Lester: ha!
[08:51] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): We should combine all of these talks into one blog post
[08:51] Anya Ibor: :O
[08:51] Hour Destiny: *snicker* Yeah, that might be misconstrued
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: The Mentors would like your input on an upcoming corner.
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: So, I have a little homework.
[08:52] Dancers Yao: wonderful Gentle….
[08:52] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): yeah if anyone has ideas of what they would like the mentors to talk about, basic subjects that you could use help with, please suggest them to Zinnia
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: We would like to find out how you explain virtual worlds to people and encourage them to join us.
[08:53] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): or come to the Mentors meeting after this one at about 9:50
[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Please join in on the discussion, your insight helps us all.
[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[08:53] Hour Destiny: Why not have our own VW/grid for nonprofits and vendors?

FEARLESS NATION

[08:53] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Okay Anya can you come on down?
[08:53] Anya Ibor: sure
[08:53] Gentle Heron: YAY Anya!!!!!
[08:54] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Everyone please welcome Anya of Fearless Nation to the NPC
[08:54] Red (talkwithmarie): woot!woot! Anya!
[08:54] Francisco Koolhoven: /me claps
[08:54] Anya Ibor: Hello Everyone–and thank you for having me here today!
[08:54] Zotarah Shepherd: Welcome Anya
[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Anya!
[08:54] Anya Ibor: smiles…I’m not nervous at all! LOL
[08:54] Jen (jenelle.levenque): ********APPPLLLAAAUUUSSSEEE********
[08:54] Red (talkwithmarie): hehe
[08:55] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): okay for those that don’t know, can you give the elevator pitch about Fearless Nation ?
[08:55] Anya Ibor: Sure.
[08:56] Anya Ibor: Fearless Nation PTSD Support is a 501c3 NPO dedicated to providing FREE education and support–including consumer help–about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
[08:56] Anya Ibor: We also advocate for raising awareness and banishing the stigma associated with PTSD.
[08:57] Anya Ibor: We use virtual technology as part of our education and support program, aiding recovery thru the use of science-based virtual environments.
[08:58] Anya Ibor: We were in SL for 3.5 years. Then I pulled Fearless Nation out of SL.
[08:58] Anya Ibor: We have moved to a new Grid, and here is why: 1) Cost-Effective, 2) Looks/Feels Just like SL, 3) Child Safe, 4) Easy-To-Use Viewers, 5) Free uploads, group creation, and listings (Premium Accts), and 6) Low-To-No Lag.
[08:59] Anya Ibor: SpotOn3D is our new home now. I am rebuilding the sims there.
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): SpotOn3D was here last week at the NPC
[08:59] Anya Ibor: We have 4-5 weekly meetings that address PTSD, stress-reduction and addiction recovery.
[08:59] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): you can see the transcxript of their talk here : http://nonprofitcommons.org/content/transcript-npc-meeting-spoton3d-janu…
[09:00] alebez: and a recap of their visit in the TechSoup forums here: http://bit.ly/wgKIZF
[09:00] Second Life: Nany (nany.kayo) is online.
[09:00] Anya Ibor: So. There’s the basics of Fearless Nation. Thank you Rik 🙂
[09:00] Anya Ibor: Excellent!
[09:01] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): It must have been a hard decision to leave SL and start again on a new platform.
[09:01] CarynTopia Silvercloud: are returning vets taking advantage of your services?
[09:01] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): How did you go about finding a new home?
[09:01] Anya Ibor: Rik: SL’s switch to hard-to-use viewers and the conditions here made the decision to move easy.
[09:02] Anya Ibor: Caryn: Yes and No. We are trying to get them into SO3D.
[09:03] Anastasios Aurotharius: what are their misgivings?
[09:03] Anya Ibor: Rik: SO3D was suggested to me by a friend, the COO Tess Harrington and the staff at SO made FN feel very welcome. It really feels like a home. No more nonsense like in SL.
[09:04] Gentle Heron: Question: How long does it take to rebuild a community, Anya, once you move it to another venue? You had quite a thriving community here.
[09:04] Anya Ibor: The Vets? Well I know in SL I had trouble holding their attention because 1) They were too distrated with playing — Avoidance is a major feature of PTSD, and 2) The viewers became too difficult for Vets on heavy medication and with TBI
[09:05] Anya Ibor: Gentle–It has taken a bit more time than I anticipated, but the Holidays and our yearly event in November held it up mostly. We are hitting our stride now 🙂
[09:05] Anya Ibor: Especially with our weekly meetings
[09:06] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So participants in your support groups on Spoton3d are locked to your island? Is it a separate grid?
[09:06] Anya Ibor: Meeting Info can be found here: http://www.fearless-nation.org/Invitation.html
[09:06] Anya Ibor: Oh no, however, we have our environments on a Mature sim-sims
[09:07] CarynTopia Silvercloud: I will pass this on to some vets I know who might be interested in checking it out
[09:07] Anya Ibor: The meeting occure on the Open Public FN sim–the Library is there too.
[09:07] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): ah ok
[09:07] Anya Ibor: To access a Mature sim in SO3D, you must have payment on account. That reduces griefing and bad behavior.
[09:07] Ethelred Weatherwax: Sounds like something all of us should look into.
[09:08] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Can you give people a sense of what it might cost them to bring their nonprofit programs and activities to Spoton3D?
[09:08] Anya Ibor: Also–NO Child Avatars. They were VERY upsetting for us in SL…
[09:08] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Premium account is 2.99/mo
[09:08] Anya Ibor: We are on the Educational Grid of SO–so more serious work can occur–no furries, no child avies,more real purpose
[09:09] Anya Ibor: Cost is great there–$67 for a full prim sim per month
[09:09] Anya Ibor: Premium Acc’ts to own land are only $2.99 a month.
[09:10] Hour Destiny: And the support *has* to be way better. You even get responses.
[09:10] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): hour: ouch!
[09:11] Anya Ibor: Oh yes! The staff is wonderful–they will TP right to you, we chat in voice on Skype–I have rarely felt so supported and welcome in any world! It is a fantastic opportunity for Fearless Nation!
[09:11] Dancers Yao: did you keep anything here on SL?
[09:11] Anya Ibor: And one can enter through Facebook…that’s a nice feature–the viewer is VERY simple and easy to use. 🙂
[09:12] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): On a more general note, can you explain what makes your virtual support groups different from other forms of support that PTSD sufferers might get?
[09:12] Anya Ibor: I share a space with a dear friend–I come here now as an individual to keep up with mesh development, art and music. Our Art Sims at our Nov event were amazing! I love the art here.
[09:13] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): I.e. in-person, one-on-one therapy, web-based support ,etc?
[09:13] Anya Ibor: There’s a wonderful video by PookyMedia of the art event: http://youtu.be/1AsvouDKlpo
[09:13] Second Life: Mariagra Lamplight is online.
[09:14] Anya Ibor: Um, we are legally–no one is–allowed to provide psychiatric “therapy” online.
[09:14] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): there are definitely therapists who meet with clients in SL
[09:14] Anya Ibor: It breaks the Ethics and Code of Conduct by the APA/APA
[09:14] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): we’ve had some of them speak here
[09:15] Anya Ibor: Well, we provide peer-led support, education and information.
[09:15] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): nice
[09:15] Anya Ibor: That is what is legal. If a member successfully commits suicide–the family can sue the Grid, me, the NPO
[09:16] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh m
[09:16] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): oh my
[09:16] Anya Ibor: If the individual finds our mentoring and groups and environments “therapeutic” then it is in the eye of the beholder. We are not legally liable.
[09:17] Anya Ibor: The APA and APA are quite clear about Rules of Conduct and Ethics concerning online, non-RL therapy.
[09:17] Anya Ibor: We have a legal disclaimer and a lawyer on staff RL
[09:17] Gentle Heron: /me can relate to that, as a fellow peer supporter, Anya.
[09:17] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Are your activities similar to a RL support group? Or do you do things that are more virtual, like avatar customizing, play, building, etc?
[09:18] Anya Ibor: We do not give behavioral advise, advice on meds and anyone who is suicidal is advised to log off and contact emergency numbers.
[09:18] Second Life: Zinnia Zauber is offline.
[09:19] Second Life: bulaklak is online.
[09:19] Anya Ibor: YEs–Our support groups–and please every one please feel free to stop by–encourage interaction, creativity–we wil be having workshops and one creator will give skills-building classes.
[09:20] Anya Ibor: Oh–and we do NOT have immersive envirionments that recreate Iraq or “re-traumatize” people–those were developed for phobias. Phobias and trauma are two distinctly different conditions.
[09:21] Coughran Mayo: Peer Support, or “coaching” is one thing, but I would want to voice concerns about doing any counseling on any VW platform in which the client’s personal identifying information is held by the host, and the counseling interaction (voice or text) becomes part of the host’s global database. Confidentiality issues should be taken into consideration for client protection (HIPPA, etc.)
[09:21] Second Life: moo Money is offline.
[09:21] Anya Ibor: We kept getting mixed up with T2 – that Gov’t site, whose creators based their content on FN’s sims…that was another SL problem: IP infringement.
[09:22] Anya Ibor: Coughran: That’s why we do not do “therapy” 🙂
[09:22] Anya Ibor: We may consider it with our own servers someday–and only with APA/APA and legal blessings.
[09:22] Dancers Yao: a good source for online therapy issues and APA ethics questions is www.telementalhealth.com
[09:23] Anya Ibor: Did I answer everyone’s questions properly? 🙂
[09:23] Coughran Mayo: Also The Online Therapy Institute, whose principals are SL participants
[09:23] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Yes this has been great!
[09:23] Red (talkwithmarie): thx Anya:) lot of great info!
[09:24] Anya Ibor: I do hope you’ll visit us in SO3D..it’s really a very community-minded and nice place.
[09:24] Gentle Heron: /me would suggest the Online Therapy Institute as potential future NPC guests (hint hint Rik!)
[09:24] Sarvana Haalan: Sally S. Cherry, MT(ASCP), Baltimore, MD, http://Twitter.com/SarVana
[09:24] Ixmal Supermarine: Thank you Anya!
[09:24] Pathfinder Lester: Thanks Anya. sounds like you’re doing great work. well done!
[09:24] Francisco Koolhoven: Thanks Anya, great info
[09:24] Anya Ibor: If any of you have questions please drop me a notecard — Thank you so much and have a lovely weekend All! 🙂
[09:24] Gentle Heron: Thanks Anya for all you do.
[09:24] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): it sounds super challenging and inspiring what you are doing
[09:24] Coughran Mayo: Contact DeeAnna Madfes inworld for OTI
[09:24] Sarvana Haalan: Awesome Anya
[09:24] Anya Ibor: Thank you Gentle :-))) Everyone…
[09:25] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I’ve been spending some time in SO3D
[09:25] Jen (jenelle.levenque): The help has been fantastic
[09:25] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): and a powerful use of virtual worlds to provide real world help
[09:25] Jen (jenelle.levenque): No ticket, just an IM to the help group and within minutes they were restarting a sim
[09:25] Anya Ibor: I love it there–feel much safer and watched over by the rid–SO3D saved Fearless Nation 🙂
[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Lets thank Anya for sharing her work and her experiences as a nonprofit with us
[09:26] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Definitely a lot to think about .
[09:26] bulaklak: Thanks, Anya!
[09:26] Red (talkwithmarie): applause!!
[09:27] Anya Ibor: That’s right. I’ve never felt so good in the Virtual. I encourage everyone to give it a try–it’s not about leaving SL like I did, but about trying out a different approach.
[09:27] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I think that we will always need a presence here to help direct traffic
[09:27] Anya Ibor: Again TY Everyone…and Hurrah for everything the NPC and TecSoup does! Bravo!
[09:27] Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks Anya!
[09:28] bulaklak: That’s great advice across the board, Anya. New perspectives are healthy!
[09:28] Sarvana Haalan: TechSoup rocks!
[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): It’s alwas to good for nonprofits to know their options and what new technologies are out there to deliver their services to their stakehodlers
[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Whether its virtual tools, social media tools, webinars, whatver
[09:28] Anya Ibor: nods 🙂
[09:28] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): That’s what TechSoup is all about.
[09:28] Sarvana Haalan: so many nonprofits are not aware of the great resources offered via TechSoup. 🙁
[09:29] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Helping nonprofits make the most effective technology decisions to do what they do better

OPEN MIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

[09:29] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So let’s transition to our last agenda item: open mic announcements.
[09:29] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Firstly here’s all the ways to find the NPC on the internet….
[09:29] Hour Destiny: And some think TechSoup is too good to be true. 🙂 Took a lot to convince a local nonprofit to sign up.
[09:29] 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
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http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/128/22…
[09:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Please follow us in whatever ways you feel comfortable.
[09:30] Glitteractica Cookie: Thanks all of you for your kind words about techsoup. We may hit you all up for some testimonials. Also, don’t forget to enter in the TSDIGS challenge and win great prizes!
[09:30] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): So who has an announcement? Put your apendage up, please and I will call on you.
[09:30] Gentle Heron: /me has three events this weekend to announce.
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): (Gentle is the hardest working avatar in the metaverse!)
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): anyone else?
[09:31] Panny Bakerly: indeed
[09:31] Gentle Heron: no, but my community is busy!
[09:31] Sarvana Haalan: me
[09:31] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Go ahead Gentle, and the Sarvana
[09:32] Gentle Heron: Once again Virtual Ability has a busy weekend coming up of public events:

TODAY 1pm PST/SLT
Research Pavilion, Healthinfo Island
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/133/196/30
[09:32] Second Life: Charles2 McCaw is offline.
[09:32] Gentle Heron: RTI International will be recruiting survey participants from the US who have or had any of the following conditions (diabetes, cancer, HIV, chronic pain) to take a short survey and earn a thousand Linden dollars. RTI will explain the survey and privacy procedures today, or contact the coordinator directly: k/mecunning (Katherine Cunningham).
[09:32] Gentle Heron: Please participate if you qualify. Ask for a notecard to pass to your friends!
[09:32] Gentle Heron: TODAY 4pm PST/SLT A topic we’d all rather not think about, but need to know about.
Waiting for the World to Wake Up to Trauma’s Toll
Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability island
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23
[09:32] Gentle Heron: This talk is going to frame many of the problems of the world today in the context of the outcomes of early trauma and abuse. Through this lens the idea of Sanctuary and Trauma-informed Care become the only way to move to the future.
[09:33] Gentle Heron: PRESENTER BIO: DrFran Babcock is the avatar of a long time Occupational Therapist and administrator in a psychiatric hospital. She has 30 years of experience in Behavioral Health, and is an advocate for the needs of the mentally ill.
[09:33] Gentle Heron: TOMORROW Feb 4, 5:30 pm
Human Factors and Universal Design: Light, dark, sound, and noise
Presenter: Julie (Lolli) Bluebird
Sojourner Auditorium, Virtual Ability island
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/53/172/23
[09:33] Gentle Heron: Introduction to the effects of light, dark, sound and noise in our home environments; the pros and cons and what we can do to help ourselves.

PRESENTER BIO: Julie Bluebird is from the UK and has a background in psychology.
[09:33] Gentle Heron: These are two more in Virtual Ability’s distributed conference series “Waiting for the World to Change.”
[09:33] Gentle Heron: (done)
[09:33] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): whew!
[09:34] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Go ahead Sarvana
[09:34] Sarvana Haalan: Capacity Building through Virtual Worlds, March 15, Baltimore, MD . For local nonprofits especially faith-based orgs. We will be coming in-world for a mixed reality presentation.
[09:34] Sarvana Haalan: On my way to Ohio University…. hope to share NPC info with contacts there
[09:35] Sarvana Haalan: another local npo has joined TechSoup… wooot
[09:35] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks Sarvana
[09:36] Sarvana Haalan: Much appreciated to everyone’s support ad help
[09:36] Sarvana Haalan: You guys rock indeed!!
[09:36] Sarvana Haalan: that’s it for me… and I am out of here..
[09:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): awesome
[09:36] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Any other announcements?
[09:37] Brena Benoir: Mentors Meeting Right after a short break
[09:37] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): Check the blog nonprofitcommons.org for the chatlog from this session and other news
[09:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): thanks everyone for coming this morning
[09:38] Pathfinder Lester: thanks for organizing!
[09:38] Pathfinder Lester: take care folks. have a good weekend.
[09:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): If there’s speakers or topics that you’d like us to feature in teh future, contact us at nonprofitcommons@techsoup.org
[09:38] Rik Panganiban (rik.riel): have a great Friday everyone!
[09:39] Glitteractica Cookie: bye!
[09:39] Brena Benoir: Mentors Meeting in 5 minutes
[09:39] alebez: have a great weekend everyone!
[09:39] Namaara MacMoragh: 🙂
[09:40] Glitteractica Cookie: bye all
[09:41] Chayenn: bye have a nice week end

Written by: alebez