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TechSoup’s Community Forums with Jayne Cravens for September 28th NonProfit Commons Weekly Meeting

This Friday, September 28th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Jayne Cravens, who will speak to us about TechSoup’s Community Forums.

Jayne Cravens is an internationally-recognized trainer, researcher and consultant. Her work is focused on communications, volunteer involvement, community engagement, and management for nonprofits, NGOs, and government initiatives. She is a pioneer regarding the research, promotion and practice of virtual volunteering, including virtual teams, microvolunteering and crowdsourcing, and she is a veteran manager of various local and international initiatives. She has been interviewed for and quoted in articles in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, as well as for reports by CNN, Deutsche Well, the BBC, and various local radio and TV stations. Resources from her web site, coyotecommunications.com, are frequently cited in reports and articles by a variety of organizations, online and in-print. Jayne received her BA in Journalism from Western Kentucky University and her Master’s degree in Development Management from Open University in the U.K. She is currently based near Portland, Oregon in the USA.

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, September 28th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

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

AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Featured Presenter: Jayne Cravens
  • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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Transcript for the September 21st NPC Meeting – 5th Anniversary Celebration and Featuring Marnie Webb

On Friday, September 21st meeting featured the community coming together to celebrate the NPC’s 5th Anniversary, this included Marnie Webb, the Co-CEO of Tech Soup along with mentors and other long-time community members presenting.

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, September 21st, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

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

 

AGENDA

  • 8:30 am Introductions
  • 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 am Mentors Central
  • 8:55 am Main Speaker: Ale Bezdikian
  • 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org 

 

 

– Unabridged Transcript –

 

 

INTRODUCTIONS

 

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week’s Nonprofit Commons Weekly meeting!

[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team.

[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today’s Agenda:

 

8:30 AM Introductions

8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements

8:45 AM Nonprofit Commons History – Buffy Beale

9:00 AM All Star NPC Members’ Stories for the Future – Ozma Malibu, Jacmacaire Humby, and Coughran Mayo

9:30 AM Nonprofit Commons All Star Awards – Brena Benoir and Zinnia Zauber

9:45 AM Open Mic / Announcements

 

[08:38] Panny BakerlyPanny Bakerly claps

 

[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a few links to start off the meeting. 

 

Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

  • Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
  • Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
  • 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
  • http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

  • http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
  • http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: So, let’s start off with introductions!

[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.

[08:39] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women

[08:39] Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Santa Rosa, CA

[08:39] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Sequim, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko

[08:39] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing, http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL Remora (203,148,21), Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing, http://www.projectjason.org.

[08:39] Adalace Jewell: Corine Van Hellemont, RoSa Library, Brussels – Belgium @adalace

[08:39] MarnieWebb: marnie webb w/ techsoup global

[08:39] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC St. Louis MO @Coughran, @Innovaision

[08:39] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community Director, TechSoup San Francisco CA SUA @suzboop @techsoup

[08:39] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri, www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir

[08:39] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup, SF, Ca. @TechSoup, @alebez

[08:39] Pathfinder Lester: John Lester, Montreal, Chief Learning Officer at ReactionGrid, http://about.me/pathfinder, @Pathfinder

[08:39] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Online Community Manager, TechSoup Global, San Francisco, CA www.techsoup.org, @TechSoup @MichaelDeLongSF

[08:39] Panny Bakerly: Jeanne Booth, Freeport Historical Society, Freeport, NY freeporthistorymuseum.org

[08:39] Svea Morane: Brian Kaihoi, Mayo Clinic, www.mayoclinic.org

[08:40] Ozma Malibu: Sandy Andrews, Floaters technology outreach, currently in Arizona, @ozma

[08:40] Tank Thibedeau: Ricky Davis, San Antonio, TX http://www.urbanskribbles.net

[08:40] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir is Joyce Bettencourt, Community Manager for NonProfit Commons, Boston, http://joycebettencourt.com, @RhiannonSL

[08:40] Chayenn: monique Richert. Protect Yourself 1, Inc , Baltimore MD , protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US , @PY1US

[08:40] Par: Bartholomew Cubbins, generic volunteer, north of Baltimore MD, no website or twitter

[08:40] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Inc Los Angeles, CA www.eldervoices.net

[08:40] Ozma Malibu: Bartholomew! indeed.

[08:40] Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, Neenah Historical Society, Wisconsin USA

[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great – any others?

[08:41] Panny BakerlyPanny Bakerly waves to Ethelred

[08:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ok … let’s move on to TechSoup Announcements

[08:41] CarmenLittleFawn: Lorna Hawkins, Executive Director Drive By agony, California http://lornah.wix.com/keepingkidssafe

 

TECH SOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS – FEATURING MARNIE WEBB

 

[08:41] bulaklak: Howdy, folks! Excited to be here in this very festive environment today.

[08:42] Carl Solutionary: Carl Icann http://carlicann.wordpress.com For Rockcliffe U, Etopia, & Feed-A-Smile: At 8am slt every Sunday, I lead Humane Education Drum Circles – Now with Poetry! Founder of Occupy Virtual Worlds http://www.facebook.com/groups/231407276985298/

[08:42] bulaklak: And super excited to welcome our co-CEO Marnie Webb

[08:42] Glitteractica Cookie: woot

[08:42] Zinnia Zauber: Rah!

[08:42] bulaklak: But first want to tell you about a webinar next week I am also very excited about.

[08:42] Gentle Heron: Hello and welcome Marnie.

[08:42] Magic Pathfinder: Magic Pathfinder (any1.gynoid), Faculty at New Citizens Inc (NCI), Teaching hands-on Artificial Intelligence and Pathfinding in Second Life – More Info: http://any1gynoid.wordpress.com/

[08:42] bulaklak: I don’t think I am allowed to say “excited” any more times today.

[08:42] CarmenLittleFawn: HAHAH

[08:43] bulaklak: So as you all may know, we have a terrific initiative called TechSoup for Libraries

[08:43] bulaklak: Where public libraries, like nonprofits, are eligible for tech resources through TechSoup

[08:43] bulaklak: Next week they are putting on a free webinar on the topic of community content creation

[08:44] bulaklak: They will be talking with the Escondido Public Library, who has a fantastic program called LibraryYOU

[08:44] bulaklak: where they put the content creation tools in the hands of its patrons

[08:44] bulaklak: in order to let them share knowledge with each other

[08:45] bulaklak: the webinar will look at ways that any library, nonprofit, or other type of social benefit org can find those hidden gems of content producers in their own communities

[08:45] bulaklak: That is on 9/25 and here is the link to register

[08:45] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/Uee1ZI

[08:45] bulaklak: As always with our webinars, if you request captioning 72 hours in advance, that is something we can provide

[08:45] bulaklak: to make them more accessible

[08:46] bulaklak: It will also be recorded and archived

[08:46] bulaklak: And that is all I got for today!

[08:46] bulaklak: Thanks, all!

[08:46] CarmenLittleFawn: ty 🙂

[08:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: As Bulaklak mentioned, we have a special guest today., Marnie Webb, who is the co-CEO of TechSoup Global. She is very interested in how communities — online and offline — work.

[08:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Marnie if you want to say a few words 🙂

[08:46] MarnieWebb: Hello everyone.

[08:47] Veri Oddfellow: *Waves* HIya Marnie! Glad to see you.

[08:47] CarmenLittleFawn: Hi 🙂

[08:47] MarnieWebb: I work with Susan at TechSoup and, as a part of my job, I work a lot with communities.

[08:47] MarnieWebb: And, by many measures, this community

[08:47] Orange Planer: Welcome to Second Life. If we can obfuscate you in any way, let me know.

[08:47] MarnieWebb: The one that we are in here

[08:47] MarnieWebb: is the most engaged community in which we operate.

[08:47] Veri Oddfellow: LOL Orange!

[08:47] MarnieWebb: And I don’t think that has very much to do with second life

[08:47] MarnieWebb: though it provides the place

[08:48] MarnieWebb: I think it has a lot to do with the way the community engages over time to make this place a destination

[08:48] MarnieWebb: We’ve learned a lot from all of you

[08:48] MarnieWebb: From these weekly meetings

[08:48] MarnieWebb: From the projects in which you are engaged

[08:48] MarnieWebb: and over the last five years

[08:48] MarnieWebb: you keep coming back

[08:48] MarnieWebb: and interacting

[08:48] MarnieWebb: and growing this place

[08:48] MarnieWebb: into the robust community it is today

[08:49] MarnieWebb: and I want to thank you.

[08:49] MarnieWebb: So,

[08:49] Glitteractica Cookie: and you have remained at 35 ppl per mtg. which is solid

[08:49] MarnieWebb: Thank you.

[08:49] Glitteractica Cookie: Thank you for supporting this endeavor

[08:49] Buffy Beale: cheering!

[08:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Thanks Marnie for taking the time to come in-world with the NPC community today!

[08:49] CarmenLittleFawn: yay

[08:49] Veri Oddfellow: *applause*

[08:49] MarnieWebb: Thank you for letting me visit

[08:49] Coughran Mayo: Come back soon!

[08:49] MarnieWebb: And, you know, teleporting me here.

[08:49] MarnieWebb: Does anyone have any questions?

[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Marnie! It is wonderful to have your support of our community’s efforts!

[08:50] MarnieWebb: About TechSoup or why we think this is important.

[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: questions?

[08:50] Buffy Beale: It’s been an amazing adventure, long live TechSoup!

[08:50] Orange Planer: I’d state the obvious question, but it’s obvious.

[08:50] Buffy Beale: Question: Do you feel supporting the NPC has been good for TechSoup?

[08:50] MarnieWebb: Yes, it’s been very good for TechSoup.

[08:51] MarnieWebb: We’ve had engagement with projects

[08:51] Glitteractica Cookie: which is…Orange?

[08:51] MarnieWebb: — like last week’s talk about the Mayo clinic work —

[08:51] MarnieWebb: that we wouldn’t have exposure to otherwisse

[08:51] Orange Planer: “Why does TechSoup feel that Second Life/NPC is important?”

[08:51] Gwendolyn McGinnis: there is no music here ?

[08:51] Buffy Beale: that’s great to hear Marnie ty

[08:51] MarnieWebb: and that has helped us grow the ways that we work in other communities and in real life

[08:51] Gwendolyn McGinnis: or my damn computer sux again ?

[08:51] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Gwen, no during the meeting it is text only

[08:52] MarnieWebb: We feel it’s important because it’s a place where people can come together

[08:52] Buffy Beale: perfect, it’s the same for the orgs here I think, connecting with others

[08:52] MarnieWebb: when we started this we were at an event

[08:52] Gwendolyn McGinnis: ha sorry

[08:52] MarnieWebb: where Ansche Chung talked about how second life

[08:52] MarnieWebb: transported her out of a rural communitiy in china and provided access

[08:52] MarnieWebb: we are all about using technology to provide people with access

[08:52] MarnieWebb: and second life is a venue in which that can happen.

[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Marnia, how do you feel we can collaborate in the future using social media and virtual worlds?

[08:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other questions.. I know Marnie only has a few minutes left

[08:53] Orange Planer: OK, if that isn’t a clear statement of support for what we all believe in, I don’t know what is.

[08:53] Buffy Beale: Encouraging to hear Marnie, thank you!

[08:53] MarnieWebb: I think that we can use virtual worlds and social media to model interactions that we could never have in real life

[08:53] MarnieWebb: as these technologies get stronger and easier to access

[08:54] MarnieWebb: and have more tools — even things like google glasses or mapping overlays —

[08:54] MarnieWebb: that allow us to blend the different environments

[08:54] MarnieWebb: i think that we’ll find that we are able to solve problems around specific issues

[08:54] MarnieWebb: and move those issues — the issues we are all committed on working on — forward.

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: Are you excited to see more and more of that engagement?

[08:55] MarnieWebb: (I’m super impressed by some of William Gibson’s books and I think those have some hints of that in their art projets)

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: We know we have to help train people to use these tools and this is a super forum to do it in.

[08:55] MarnieWebb: Anything that brings engagement across communities and provides avenues for interaction and creativity is important

[08:55] MarnieWebb: anything that helps bring more community to our community is valuable.

[08:56] Ozma Malibu: Marnie you are SO ENCOURAGING thank you.

[08:56] Glitteractica Cookie: She’s pretty cool

[08:56] MarnieWebb: Thank you all.

[08:56] CarmenLittleFawn: I knew of techsoup from the 90’s through California Wellness Foundation, a lot was going on back then, and it was not until I came to second life that I really utilized what you have to offer

[08:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes to community, creativity and collaboration

[08:56] MarnieWebb: Thank you all for letting me drop in today.

[08:56] MarnieWebb: In real life, i’m sitting in a room filling up with our IT staff and I’ve got to go to that meeting.

[08:56] Pathfinder Lester: well said, marnie

[08:56] MarnieWebb: I’m sorry to have to leave mid way through.

[08:56] Buffy Beale: Oh Marnie come take one of the tours, like a magic carpet ride 🙂

[08:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: We are happy you took time to Marnie 🙂

[08:57] Panny Bakerly: Thank you Marnie

[08:57] CarmenLittleFawn: tyMarinie

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you for joining us today!

[08:57] Gentle Heron: Thanks for coming Marnie.

[08:57] Orange Planer: Not that you have tons of time, but if you have questions for anybody, feel free to drop in, send an IM or notecard.

[08:57] Namaara MacMoragh: Thank you Marnie

[08:57] Rhiannon Chatnoir: And, of course any time you want to drop in the future.. would be wonderful

[08:57] CarmenLittleFawn: nice meeting u

[08:57] MarnieWebb: Nice meeting all of you.

[08:57] Rhiannon Chatnoir: let’s thank Marnie !

[08:57] Veri Oddfellow: Thanks, Marnie! Be well!

[08:57] MarnieWebb: Now: celebrate!

[08:57] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Yay!

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!

[08:57] Buffy Beale: Cheering!!!

[08:57] Glitteractica Cookie: Bye marnie

[08:58] CarmenLittleFawn: eheheh have a great day

[08:58] Coughran Mayo: *air horn*

[08:58] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great !

[08:58] bulaklak: woo hoo!

[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: lol

 

NONPROFIT COMMONS HISTORY – FEATURING BUFFY BEALE

 

[08:58] Rhiannon Chatnoir: So, now we can move to the parts of today’s agenda that start our day long celebration

[08:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Lets welcome Buffy up here to talk about NonProfit Commons history

[08:59] Coughran Mayo: Yay, Buffy!

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Buffy!

[08:59] CarmenLittleFawn: clapping

[08:59] Ozma Malibu: Yay Buffy!

[08:59] Buffy Beale: Wow this cupcake is comfy

[08:59] Gentle HeronGentle Heron applauds for Buffy and sits at her feet.

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: How about you guys join the audience now?

[08:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂

[08:59] Zotarah Shepherd: Of course

[08:59] Buffy Beale: lol it’s ok I like to rub shoulders with the brass

[08:59] Panny BakerlyPanny Bakerly starting to sink into the icing

[09:00] Buffy Beale: please do stay

[09:00] Coughran Mayo: Bruce Springsteen is here?

[09:00] Coughran Mayo: oh you said brass, not boss

[09:00] Buffy Beale: ooooooo hope so, hi Bruce

[09:00] alebez: 🙂 buffy

[09:00] Buffy Beale: lol C

[09:00] Buffy Beale: ok so….

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: We are thankful to have Buffy share with us her insight of the NPC History.

[09:00] Buffy Beale: Hello and good morning-afternoon-evening wherever you are in the world today, here you are joining in with others from around the world. Isn’t that just the best thing about Second Life… we can connect from anywhere.

[09:00] Buffy Beale: Today marks a special day but every Friday is special to me because of our weekly meetings here at the Nonprofit Commons (NPC), where we’ve been meeting now for 5 years. Five years of packed agenda’s, that is no small feat.

[09:00] CarmenLittleFawn: mmhmm

[09:01] Buffy Beale: There are so many here today who have been here longer than I have, so I’ll just share one of my first impressions.

[09:01] Buffy Beale: I think most know the story of how I found the NPC, seeing TechSoup in someone’s group, looking them up and dropping off a notecard to thank them.

[09:01] Buffy Beale: The organization I volunteer for in Real Life, Bridges for Women has used TechSoup for years and it’s because of TechSoup we can afford to keep current with our software.

[09:02] Buffy Beale: I say it a lot, and I’ll say it again…. Long Life TechSoup!

[09:02] Buffy Beale: Not long after, Glitteractica Cookie (what a name lol!) invited me to join here and the rest is history.

[09:02] Veri Oddfellow: Amen, sista!

[09:02] Glitteractica Cookie: I’m so glad we stayed

[09:02] Buffy Beale: lol Veri 🙂 ty Glitter

[09:02] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes

[09:02] Buffy Beale: I’ll never forget my first meeting here, and surprise that it was more than just a group meeting to chit-chat, like many group gatherings. No, it was being engaged with an interesting presentation and an opportunity to make an announcement should I have one for Bridges.. I was impressed from the get-go and dazzled by the concept of having an office here for Bridges.

[09:02] CarmenLittleFawn: mmhmm

[09:03] Buffy Beale: But, that first meeting was a milestone for me.

[09:03] Buffy Beale: When Glitteractica Cookie asked us to say our real names and location, I froze. I mean, this is the internet and one is supposed to stay safe and not reveal one tiny thing about ourselves… to say my name out loud was terrifying!

[09:04] CarmenLittleFawn: she crashed

[09:04] Par: I guess she was too terrified

[09:04] CarmenLittleFawn: hehehehe

[09:04] CarmenLittleFawn: Par

[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: aww

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: oh no.. Zinnia do you want to come up and fill in any gaps

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: We all know that we crash once and awhile.

[09:05] CarmenLittleFawn: oh yes

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: That is why it is so important to have supportive peeps

[09:05] Coughran Mayo: whenever I type an exclamation point, I crash too

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: to pick us up and help us move on.

[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: nod

[09:05] CarmenLittleFawn: nods

[09:05] Conover’s Flight-Helper 6.3.3 (WEAR ME!): Flight-helper is ready and operational.

[09:05] Coughran Mayo: wb Buffy

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: Buffy is such a great example of what this community is.

[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: Welcome back!

[09:05] CarmenLittleFawn: wb

[09:05] Buffy Beale: oh my stars lol what a time to crash

[09:06] Buffy Beale: I’m sorry all 🙂

[09:06] CarmenLittleFawn: np

[09:06] Glitteractica Cookie: whenever I tlak about our super users and our biggest ambassadors across all channels, I invoke buffy

[09:06] Buffy Beale: composes herself…

[09:06] Zinnia Zauber: I know that because of Buffy’s encouragement, I became more engaged because I felt welcome.

[09:06] CarmenLittleFawn: 🙂

[09:06] Zinnia Zauber: Please Buffy, continue.

[09:06] CarmenLittleFawn: yes she is a gem

[09:06] Buffy Beale: as I was saying…

[09:07] Gentle Heron: You said “terrified” and disappeared. It was perfect timing, Buffy! Very dramatic.

[09:07] Buffy Beale: to say my name out loud was terrifying!

[09:07] Buffy Beale: lol Gentle

[09:07] Buffy Beale: I only had a few minutes to decide… was I in or out.

[09:07] Buffy Beale: My screen lit up with names of the others; I was mesmerized by the sound-off of names and locations from all over the world. People like Coughran and Ozma and Glitteractica and InKenzo merrily typed out their info without hesitation.

[09:07] Buffy Beale: It didn’t matter if they were a pink cat or a green fairy giant… these were real people

[09:08] Buffy Beale: If they could do it, so could I as it gave me the confidence to jump in too. I’ve never looked back.

[09:08] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂

[09:08] Buffy Beale: LOL now it’s a race between myself and a few others to be first, mostly HB who teases me every time he ‘wins’, my how times have changed.

[09:08] Buffy Beale: It still gives me a warm feeling those morning introductions to see where we’re all from. Truly we are a global community of caring people who want to make a difference in the world. It doesn’t get much better than that.

[09:08] Buffy Beale: I’d like to thank you Susan, er Glitter for having the vision and gumption to make the Nonprofit Commons a reality. It couldn’t have been easy, 5 years ago this virtual reality was such a big question mark for a lot of reasons, mostly because it was thought it is NOT a place for serious happenings.

[09:08] Buffy Beale: We know better now.

[09:09] Buffy Beale: I know it takes a team behind you too, so a hearty thank you to everyone from TechSoup, here we are 5 years under our belts.

[09:09] Buffy Beale: It’s been great having alebez and bulaklak join in too, so thanks you two you’re doing a fantastic job, as is Rhiannon.. our fearless leaders 🙂

[09:09] Glitteractica Cookie: Yes, it’s been challenging to convince them to take it seriously at times. The Congressional hearing helped though

[09:09] Veri Oddfellow: Here, here! Yay Glitter!

[09:09] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes!

[09:09] Buffy Beale: I can well imagine!

[09:09] Buffy Beale: Also, it’s been so wonderful to have people like Parhelion Palou, Brena Benoir and Zinnia Zauber take the time to create this festive meeting place today, hearty applause to you for your hard work! Please forgive me if I’ve left anyone out 🙂

[09:09] Buffy Beale: This is a time to celebrate the past today and rejoice in the fact we passed this important milestone; onwards we go to the future because when virtual reality becomes mainstream (which I believe it will), we’ll be ready.

[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much Buffy! We have a great team!

[09:10] Buffy Beale: We are the pioneers.

[09:10] Buffy Beale: Thank you everyone for coming today and yehaaaa… let the party begin 🙂

[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: Rah!

[09:10] Buffy Beale: Standing ovation for the NPC!

[09:10] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Buffy! You inspire us all!

[09:11] Brena Benoir: Woohoo Buffy!

[09:11] CarmenLittleFawn: yes she is 🙂

[09:11] Glitteractica Cookie: standing ovation for buffy

[09:11] Coughran Mayo: Thanks, Buffy!

[09:11] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great.. Zinnia why don’t you come up and lead us into the All Stars part of this

 

ALL STAR NPC MEMBERS’ STORIES FOR THE FUTURE

 

[09:11] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Buffy!

[09:11] alebez: Woot!

[09:11] Buffy Beale: oh you silly Glitter lol

[09:11] Namaara MacMoragh: YaY Buffy!

[09:11] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you everyone for joining us today!

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: We have some All Star NPC Members’ Stories for the Future

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: I want to start with Ozma

[09:12] Buffy Beale: Cheering for Oz!

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: Ozma can you join me up here please?

[09:12] Veri Oddfellow: Yay Oz!

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Ozma!

[09:13] Ozma Malibu: Am I still here? yes.

[09:13] Ozma Malibu: Gonna talk fast – lots of people I want to mention. If I crash, just know that I love you all. Glitter, I hope Marnie & all see the transcript and all the good things we are saying about TechSoup.

[09:13] Ozma Malibu: I work with Floaters.

What is Floaters?

[09:14] Ozma Malibu: Founded in 1994, Floaters is a technology outreach organization that seeks to extend technology to everyone, especially to those least likely to have such access. Floaters has worked primarily with people who have been homeless. 

 

Floaters Organization is located in Arizona, Mexico and “On the Road” (some of our members live in vehicles.)

[09:14] Ozma Malibu: Floaters isn’t just about the technology. The actual tech is only a small part of having access and using it. A program like this is also about envisioning pathways and empowering people to build their way to the life they want.

[09:14] Glitteractica Cookie: I will share this with Marnie, no prob

[09:14] Ozma Malibu: Floaters operates through participatory action research, where people get together and decide together on the goal. Everyone’s voice is equal, because everyone’s knowledge is equal.

[09:15] Ozma Malibu: How Did Floaters Arrive in Second Life?

 

Ozma came into being in 2006, my second attempt at getting into Second Life. (I will not go into the confusion of the first attempt.) In 2006, though, I had a flesh and blood mentor, someone who could guide me through and get me started.

[09:15] Ozma Malibu: It wasn’t long before, wandering about on Info Island, I found the TechSoup sign next to a stone circle of seats.

[09:15] Ozma Malibu: I knew that in Real Life, TechSoup was very good at organizing things, and that was exactly what I needed, someone to organize the chaos of Second Life. So I signed up immediately And that is how I met Glitteractica Cookie!

[09:16] Ozma Malibu: When the first island, Plush, was gifted to the NonProfit Commons, Floaters moved into our current location, Office 17.

[09:16] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂

[09:16] Ozma Malibu: Office 17 became both a virtual Community Technology Center and a virtual gallery where we tried out ideas that we might use in a Real Life gallery someday.

[09:17] Ozma Malibu: And I am still pinching myself, because that’s exactly what happened. Floaters is now working with a 2-year timeline to renovate a house in an historic district in Mesa, Arizona, a little adobe home, and create a gallery there, helping to bring this little neighborhood back (there were 17 foreclosures on one 3-block street).

[09:17] Buffy Beale: YAYY!

[09:17] Ozma Malibu: The reason for the 2-year timeline is that in 2 years, the Phoenix light rail will reach downtown Mesa, Arizona, about two blocks from the planned gallery. We envision people taking the light rail downtown, and walking the two blocks to our little gallery and drinking iced tea and admiring the art.

[09:17] Ozma Malibu: AND So much of this is due to TechSoup and the Nonprofit Commons. I can’t imagine how this would have happened otherwise. We have gained so much confidence from the interesting projects that Office 17 has played host to.

[09:17] Ozma Malibu: A word about Networking in Second Life:

[09:18] Ozma Malibu: Everybody says it, and it’s true: networking opportunities are more useful, interesting, deeper, and fun in a virtual world than in a world of just email and text chat.

[09:18] Ozma Malibu: Floaters has collaborated with other nonprofits whose avatars Ozma met right here. Finding that a group of us worked on issues of homelessness, we got together and worked out plans for a project called Transitions that would provide a path upward for people in need of a “new life.” The project would require some funding to really take off, but we were able to run a pilot project, and we learned some interesting things and I think we can say that the people who participated did benefit from the project.

[09:18] Ozma Malibu: This bit is long but needs to be said. The story of the pilot was published as a article in the Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments. The editor for the project was Bluewave Ogee, a member of the Nonprofit Commons at the time, a lovely person who was already famous for having written the first all-digital dissertation. Her work relied on video, and there was really no other way to present her findings. Bluewave died a few years ago, but not before successfully piloting, on a large scale, the use of Second Life in higher education; and before she passed away, Texas received funding for every State institution of higher learning, and every course, to have access to a space in Second Life.

[09:18] Ozma Malibu: There are other people here today with whom I have worked for so long that I really trust them, and know them better than many people whom I have worked with in Real Life.

[09:19] Coughran Mayo: She was great!

[09:19] Gentle HeronGentle Heron misses Bluewave

[09:19] Ozma Malibu: I am so grateful to TechSoup who supported us, Glitteractica who made the community work through sheer force of will, and the volunteers who live here and built so much. I want to personally Zinnia, whose idea this celebration was, from the bottom of my heart — for all she has done, and for leading us through the summer. Yay Zinnia!

[09:19] Buffy Beale: me too 🙁

[09:19] Zinnia Zauber: It was Buffy’s idea!

[09:19] Buffy Beale: miss Bluewave but Yay to Z!

[09:19] Ozma Malibu: = Buffy sorry.

[09:20] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Ozma! We have a wonderful team that could make Buffy’s idea become so sweet!

[09:20] Buffy Beale: it was a group idea 🙂

[09:20] Ozma Malibu: One more thing I beg you, please don’t let Zinnia burn out. She is so full of creative ideas, she is so willing to share, and I just don’t know what we would do without her “super hero” spirit. (Once, she made us all super hero capes.) Please, next time she or another mentor asks for help, jump in. If you’re like me, you may worry that you don’t have the skills to build cupcakes. But that’s OK. You learn. You’ll be mentored, for free, to learn the skills you need. Seriously, how could you ask for more?

[09:20] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you so much. Ozma!

[09:20] Coughran Mayo: Zinnia is the Always Star!

[09:21] Ozma Malibu: I am focusing on Zinnia here because she helped so much this summer, but truly, this applies to all the volunteers who are volunteering!

[09:21] Brena Benoir: Woohoo Zinnia!

[09:21] CarmenLittleFawn: ty Ozma

[09:21] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, C! Our Mentors are All Stars!

[09:21] Ozma Malibu: Whew!

[09:21] Ozma Malibu: that’s it thanks.

[09:21] Zinnia Zauber: Yay!

[09:21] Buffy Beale: Great job Oz!

 

[09:21] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you so much, Ozma! You are such a great spirit and force for good!

[09:22] Zinnia Zauber: I want to welcome Rik up here to share with us!

[09:22] Rik Panganiban: who’s that guy?

[09:22] Zinnia Zauber: Come on down!

[09:22] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol

[09:22] Buffy Beale: whoohooo Rik is in the house!

[09:22] Rhiannon Chatnoir: wooo hooo

[09:22] Glitteractica Cookie: Woo+!

[09:22] Rik Panganiban: WOOT!!!!!

[09:22] Buffy Beale: welcome home Ric 🙂

[09:22] alebez: woooooo

[09:22] CarmenLittleFawn: yay Rik

[09:22] Glitteractica Cookie: I like that Oz said I made the community work thru ssheer force of will

[09:23] Chayenn: hello rik good to see u

[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: RIK!!

[09:23] Gentle Heron: Good to see you again Rik.

[09:23] Rik Panganiban: morning friends!

[09:23] Rhiannon Chatnoir: try the blue or pink cupcake maybe?

[09:23] CarmenLittleFawn: you did Glitter she is right

[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: heh

[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: i am willful

[09:23] Rik Panganiban: sending virtual hugs all around

[09:23] CarmenLittleFawn: u have to be to do all this

[09:23] Rik Panganiban: It’s been too long since I’ve been here and I’ve missed you all

[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂

[09:24] Rhiannon Chatnoir: aww

[09:24] CarmenLittleFawn: nice to see u again Rik

[09:24] Rik Panganiban: Can I start by saying that I love what you’ve done with the place?

[09:24] Rik Panganiban: 😉

[09:24] Zinnia Zauber: Thanks, Rik!

[09:24] Rik Panganiban: I’m getting a tooth ache just sitting here

[09:24] Buffy Beale: lol!

[09:24] CarmenLittleFawn: hehehe

[09:25] Rik Panganiban: Seriously, the place could use a bit of color, so I see Zinnia’s influence and I like it!

[09:25] Zinnia Zauber: 😉

[09:25] Zinnia Zauber: That’s my job!

[09:26] CarmenLittleFawn: 🙂

[09:26] Rik Panganiban: Anyway, congrats to you all for what you have buildt together over the past 1825 days in the virtual world

[09:27] Rik Panganiban: It’s a testament to the vision of TechSoup, Glitter and the hundreds of others who have come and put their energy, time and exertise into this place

[09:27] Rik Panganiban: And I count myself lucky that I got to play some part in that as your community manager

[09:28] Buffy Beale: you did a great job for us Rik

[09:28] Glitteractica Cookie: indeed

[09:28] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes – amazing job Rik

[09:28] Rik Panganiban: Currently I’m pretty far from the virtual world as a technology educator at the California Academy of Sciences in SF.

[09:28] Rik Panganiban: But its never very far from my thoughts.

[09:28] Gentle Heron: Gotta educate those profs about virtual worlds, Rik.

[09:29] Rik Panganiban: My goal is to help teens to explore their science interests and telling compelling stories using technology.

[09:29] CarmenLittleFawn: that is great Rik

[09:30] Rik Panganiban: And from a larger perspective, I think there is a great challenge in creating online spaces where kids can learn about the world, science, sustainability and themselves in a safe and engaging way.

[09:30] Panny BakerlyPanny Bakerly looking at Rik’s charleston pics

[09:30] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great focus – maybe you can come back sometime and speak/update us on that more Rik 🙂

[09:30] Zinnia Zauber: We will have to all work together for sure!

[09:31] CarmenLittleFawn: nods

[09:31] Rik Panganiban: And right now there are a lot of great digital tools that we are looking at, from 3D modeling software, virtual environments like the Blu, and collaborative game spaces like Minecraft.

[09:31] Rik Panganiban: And it looks like Linden Lab is expanding their offerings to other creative apps and spaces as well.

[09:31] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes

[09:31] Glitteractica Cookie: we should have them come and talk to us about them

[09:32] CarmenLittleFawn: mmhmm

[09:32] Rik Panganiban: So the challenge for us is how to use the right tools to bring the right content to this next generation of leaders, scientists, and citizens.

[09:32] Rik Panganiban: We’re still figuring that out for ourselves at the academy.

[09:33] Rik Panganiban: So we look to places like the NPC as a great forum for smart people to help us find some answers

[09:33] Gentle Heron: The right answer is: “There is no one right answer.”

[09:33] Rik Panganiban: better answers

[09:34] Rik Panganiban: So my time here is limited, but I wanted to give you some idea of what my current challenges and projects are.

[09:34] Zinnia Zauber: That is wonderful, Rik!

[09:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great and thanks Rik 🙂

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: We know that we will be connecting more and thankful that you could share with us!

[09:35] Buffy Beale: thanks Rik glad to hear life is treating you well

[09:35] Rik Panganiban: I’m super excited to hear about all the great stuff that is happening here

[09:35] CarmenLittleFawn: yes it is Rik and best to you on your project

[09:35] Rik Panganiban: And hopefully I will have more to share in the future that might be relevant for the NPC community.

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: Yay!

[09:35] Rik Panganiban: you all rock!

[09:35] Rik Panganiban: WOOT!!!!!

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: As do you, Rik!

[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much!

[09:35] CarmenLittleFawn: claps

[09:36] Buffy Beale: Cheering!!

 

[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: Now, I would like to have another All Star join us up here! Coughran!

[09:36] Glitteractica Cookie: W00=!

[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: Please come on down!

[09:36] CarmenLittleFawn: claps

[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, C!

[09:36] Buffy Beale: Yayyyyy C! You are the rock of the NPC!

[09:36] Glitteractica Cookie: woo+

[09:36] Coughran Mayo: Like my outfit?

[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: You know I do!

[09:37] Zinnia Zauber: How about mine?

[09:37] Coughran Mayo: Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking….

[09:37] Brena Benoir: lol

[09:37] Buffy Beale: lol

[09:37] Gentle HeronGentle Heron sends Coughran hugs, but tries not to trap his typing hands.

[09:37] Coughran Mayo: I’m happy to be able to be here today to share with you some of my history with the NonProfit Commons in Second Life.

[09:37] Coughran Mayo: I’m not sure what the “all star” designation that was given to me (and some others) in regards to this meeting, I suspect it’s a lot like other things in my life – if you stick around long enough, sooner or later you get credit for something, whether you deserve it or not. Or else you get blamed!

[09:37] Coughran Mayo: It is certainly true that I have some longevity with the NPC, although I hasten to mention that there were already people in SL, working hard on the founding of the organization, by the time I showed up in February of 2007. At the time, SL was about 3 and a half years old, and it was already a busy place – although certainly not on the scale of today.

Today, when you log in, you will usually see somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 concurrent users. Back when I first discovered it, Second Life usually had about 13,000 users on at any given time.

[09:38] Buffy Beale: lol C you deserve the credit

[09:38] Coughran Mayo: One of the first things I did when I got logged into SL in 2007 (once I figured out how to score a few Linden dollars so I could upgrade my beginner avatar) was to use the internal search function to look for things that interested me. I searched for “addiction”, “counseling”, “therapy” and the like. One hit I got from a search for “nonprofits” was to a kiosk – I think it was on one of the Info Islands – that announced the formation of the NonProfit Commons. Beyond the obvious reference to NPC, I also saw that TechSoup was the organizer of this new collaboration group. I was already familiar with TechSoup, as my non-profit had benefited several times from their software donation program.

[09:38] Coughran Mayo: Those of you who are not familiar with this program, if your non-profit ever buys software, really owe it to yourselves to check it out. Just go to http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp and you will see how you can get some massively discounted deals on most of the useful software programs a non-profit might need.

[09:39] Coughran Mayo: Anyway, following up on the in-world notice about NPC, I first met Glitteractica Cookie, who explained to me what the project was all about, and after taking care of all of the details – providing evidence of my employer’s non-profit status (I worked at Preferred Family Healthcare at the time) and filling out the application, I was given one of the very early spaces here on Plush Non-Profit Commons, which was the only sim that NPC had at that time. I believe that our first office was Number 03. Later we moved into the inner circle, where the TechSoup office is now.

[09:39] Coughran Mayo: At the beginning, there were only a handful of offices filled up, but over the next several months NPC was filled in with a diverse slate of nonprofits, including many who are still involved: RoSa, Boomer Esiason Foundation, Bridges for Women, Great Strides, Giving Circles Network, and Garden for the Missing, just to name a few. I was able to learn from all of these new colleagues, people I would never have met in real life.

[09:40] Coughran Mayo: I still have some photographs from the dedication ceremony for Plush, where I was asked to be a speaker, and also serve as “security” 

[09:40] Coughran Mayo: Over time, NPC continued to grow and add members and when Aloft NPC opened, I asked for a space there in order to create Wharf Ratz, where we have been having our Tuesday Night Extraordinary Dance Extravaganza each week for about four years now. A lot of you may not know this, but the reason for the name of Aloft comes from the original tenant/owner of the property, Starwood Hotels. They were testing the concept of a new, businessperson-focused hotel, to be call Aloft, and set up a demo version of their hotel on the parcel, soliciting comments and suggestions from SL visitors. Some of the ideas people sent them were incorporated into the final design of the Aloft chain, which now has nearly 500 locations around the world. If you look at the Wikipedia entry for Aloft, there is a mention of the Second Life project. When Starwood was finished with their project, they had a contest to give away the sim to a nonprofit, and the winner was one of the NPC members, which led to Aloft becoming the second Sim on the NP

[09:40] Coughran Mayo: C “archipelago”

[09:41] Coughran Mayo: Following an initial attempt to use SL as a way to “recruit” clients who needed the behavioral health counseling services that Preferred Family Healthcare offered – after all, among 14,000 concurrent users we could statistically expect to find 700 or 800 people with alcoholism or addiction problems – we decided at PFH that a better use for the virtual world technology was to maintain connectedness with our “real world” clients who had accessibility challenges. A series of events, both planned and unexpected, led us to getting an initial project funded through a grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health, and over the next three years we were able to win around 3 million US dollars in grant funding from various sources to try using virtual world based counseling for different user groups. Today, virtual counseling is a significant part of Preferred Family Healthcare’s product line. Clearly our NPC involvement played a big part in that happening.

[09:42] Coughran Mayo: In November of 2011, I left PFH to start my own consulting firm, Innovaision LLC. Although I do work with nonprofits on strategic planning, grantwriting, and innovative problem solving, the main focus of my work is building virtual environments for counseling and teaching purposes, and training agencies to use these environments to advance their mission. After nearly one year, Innovaision is quite successful, and I can truthfully say that a significant foundation for this success derives from my initial visit to Second Life, and the inclusion in the NonProfit Commons project over the past five years!

[09:42] Glitteractica Cookie: great story

[09:42] CarmenLittleFawn: yes 🙂

[09:43] Coughran Mayo: And, although I have left PFH, I ‘m happy that Brena Benoir is still here representing PFH at NPC, she has great ideas and boundless energy!

[09:43] Brena Benoir: Thank you C!

[09:43] Coughran Mayo: Beyond the history and success I have noted, I would also want to say that NPC involvement has, importantly, introduced me to many clever and thoughtful people, many of whom have become true friends over time. One of the pleasures I have had in developing these friendships has been meeting a lot of you in person during my travels. Those of you who haven’t see the “Wall of Fame/Shame” at Wharf Ratz should come by sometime and see the many photos I have taken with myself and my real life Second Life friends. I always remember that there are real people behind each avatar in SL, and in my experience, most of those people are really fantastic!

[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Wall of Fame!

[09:44] Coughran Mayo: the rest are just “sorta fantastic”

[09:44] Biji Mornington: heh

[09:44] Coughran Mayo: I’m looking forward to continuing to collaborate with others in the nonprofit world in Second Life, and the ongoing success of NPC. 

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk with you today. Here’s to five more years!

[09:44] Glitteractica Cookie: Tanks for all you do, coughran

[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir Rhiannon Chatnoir has hugged Coughran in RL

[09:44] Gentle HeronGentle Heron cheers

[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Coughran!

[09:44] CarmenLittleFawn: claps

[09:44] Coughran Mayo: 🙂

[09:44] Biji Mornington: Yay Coughran!

[09:44] Tank Thibedeau: woooo tah

[09:44] Namaara MacMoragh: Yay Coughran!

[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: You are amazing, man!

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all for speaking about NPC!

[09:45] Zotarah Shepherd: Yay

[09:45] Buffy Beale: Cheering!!!

 

NONPROFIT COMMONS ALL STAR AWARDS

 

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: I want to have Brena join us up here please!

[09:45] Ozma Malibu: Yay Brena!

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: We have been inspired by so many of you!

[09:46] CarmenLittleFawn: claps

[09:46] Gentle Heron: Go Brena!

[09:46] Brena Benoir: Good Morning NPC!

[09:46] Chayenn: good morning Brena

[09:46] CarmenLittleFawn: 🙂

[09:46] Brena Benoir: I have had the privilege of working with many people on various events throughout my involvement here at NPC

[09:46] Buffy Beale: Cheering for Brena!!!

[09:47] Brena Benoir: The amount of energy, time, dedication, and immersion that goes in to planning events for the community takes a massive amount of work.

[09:48] Brena Benoir: Often times there is a lot of background work going on to make these things happen

[09:48] Brena Benoir: There are a core that seem to volunteer each and every time

[09:48] Brena Benoir: Without those people, we could not make these events happen

[09:49] Ozma Malibu: You are one of them, Brena

[09:49] Brena Benoir: With that being said, I would like to recognize some people who made this event happen today for us.

[09:49] Brena Benoir: Thank you Ozma

[09:50] Coughran Mayo: Yay, Ozma

[09:50] Brena Benoir: First off, I would like to recognize Zinnia. She has spent countless hours trying to coordinate details, makign textures, getting materials, etc. Without her involvement this event would not have been possible

[09:50] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Brena! 🙂

[09:50] Zotarah Shepherd: Yay Zinnia!

[09:50] Ozma Malibu: Zinnia!!!

[09:50] Biji Mornington: Woo hooo Zinnia!

[09:51] CarmenLittleFawn: YaY YaY

[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: I am honored to have such a professional team!

[09:51] Brena Benoir: It is with truly heartfelt appreciation for your dedication to this community that I present these flowers to you as a show of appreciation for everything you are as a person and what you give to this community

[09:51] Brena Benoir: Thank you Zinnia!

[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!!!

[09:51] Ozma Malibu: Hurray!!!

[09:51] Tank Thibedeau: WOOOO TAH ZInnia !!!!!! claps claps

[09:51] Par: Yay, Z

[09:52] Veri Oddfellow: Huzzah!

[09:52] Chayenn: wonderful

[09:52] Glitteractica Cookie: Yay Z

[09:52] Buffy Beale: Yeehaaa Z you’re a rocker!

[09:52] CarmenLittleFawn: Whooot Whooot

[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: *blush*

[09:52] Buffy Beale: bright fuschia I hope

[09:52] Brena Benoir: Our community landscaper, builder, all around fixer-upper, Mr. Parhelion Palou

[09:52] Chayenn: bravo zinnia

[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Par!

[09:52] Buffy Beale: Wooot Par!!

[09:53] CarmenLittleFawn: YaY Par

[09:53] Namaara MacMoragh: yay Zinnia!

[09:53] Par: I didn’t volunteer … everyone else took one step back

[09:53] Ronnie Rhode: Yay Brena, Zin and Par!

[09:53] Brena Benoir: I truly appreciate you sacrifice of sleep on many occasions to make things happen for the events in this community

[09:53] Ozma Malibu: And you never know what to expect from Par! Yay Par!

[09:53] Buffy Beale: Mr behind-the-scenes master builder here

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great

[09:53] Coughran Mayo: Par is awesome

[09:53] Coughran Mayo: total volunteer!!!

[09:53] Chayenn: yes he is

[09:53] Biji Mornington: Yay Par!

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: congratulations to you all and thanks so much for all of your efforts

[09:53] Buffy Beale: and ace flyer!

[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: we are going to have to wrap things up for the meeting

[09:53] Ozma Malibu: Yes, yay Brena, Zinnia and Par!

[09:54] Brena Benoir: There is no way to recognize each person that has contributed to every event since I hav ebeen here in the NPC, however I know that there are the handful of people that keep coming back to make events happen for this community and I am proud to be part of that team.

[09:54] Brena Benoir: Thank you

[09:54] Namaara MacMoragh: I just want to thank everyone who contributes to the richness of NPC.

[09:54] Gentle Heron: Sincere thanks to Brena, Zinnia, Par, and all the folks in NPC who do the work here.

[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: but thanks again to everyone who spoke, helped set up and organized today’s celebration!

[09:54] Chayenn: bravo brena

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: Brena makes so much happen here and we are thankful for her work!

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all for being All Stars in our community!

[09:55] CarmenLittleFawn: ty Brena

[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Zinnia if you want to paste in the rest of today’s celebration agenda

[09:55] Glitteractica Cookie: thanks all.. I unfortuantely need to jump out for another mtg at 10

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: Without you, we wouldn’t be a community!

[09:55] CarmenLittleFawn: bye Glitter tc

[09:55] Glitteractica Cookie: just wanted to say THANK YOU for all you have done in the past 5 years

[09:55] Zinnia Zauber: 3:30 – 5:00 PM SLT

DJ DyVerse Dance Party Meet and Greet at CommonGround Aloft Nonprofit Commons. Enjoy networking and dancing among other nonprofits and supporters!

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: Learn more about what nonprofits, educators, humanitarians, scientists, and artists accomplish in Second Life at the Nonprofit Commons at this fun and informative event.

Aloft Nonprofit Commons (59,68,25)

[09:56] Buffy Beale: thanks Glitter it’s been a delightful experience for me and for Bridges for Women

[09:56] Glitteractica Cookie: You all have changed my life

[09:56] Pathfinder Lester: congrats everyone. very inspiring to hear everyone’s experiences here.

[09:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: aww thanks Glitter!

[09:56] Glitteractica Cookie: seriously

[09:56] Buffy Beale: wow Glitter mine too

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Glitter!

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: You changed ours!

[09:56] Buffy Beale: great to see you here Path!

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: 8:30 – 10:30 PM SLT

Active Collaborative Community Planning Workshop to create solutions for all our unify goals for the Virtual Vision 2020 – an initiative to develop a plan for the Second Life community at Plush Nonprofit,

[09:56] Buffy Beale: yours was the first avatar to scare me 🙂

[09:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: we all are so appreciative of this amazing space and community that you were the catalyst of.. hugs all around to Glitter!

[09:56] Zinnia Zauber: All Second Life Communities are welcome to participate in building partnerships and solutions. http://www.virtualvision2020.com

Plush Nonprofit Commons (88,126,26)

[09:57] Buffy Beale: but turns out you’re a teddy bear 🙂

[09:57] Zinnia Zauber: Please join us for all these events!

[09:57] Glitteractica Cookie: And you all have no idea how many times i endured the chucking about the silly avatars, etc, and then proved them wrong when they saw this community’s reach and affect

[09:57] Buffy Beale: ohh I can imagine Glitter lol

[09:57] CarmenLittleFawn: nods

[09:57] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thank you for that Glitter

[09:58] Glitteractica Cookie: That’s why I can still have the suport from the leadership team to do this program… b/c of all you do

[09:58] Glitteractica Cookie: ok, with that… ciao for now

[09:58] alebez: thank you everyone. this community is amazing. i have to take off as well.

[09:58] Rhiannon Chatnoir: take care Glitter and thanks..

[09:58] Panny Bakerly: ty Glitter

[09:58] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you and take care!

[09:58] Zotarah Shepherd: Thank you Glitter and all wonderful NPC folk!

[09:58] CarmenLittleFawn: bye alebez, bye Glitter

[09:58] Rhiannon Chatnoir: going to close things out here for today’s meeting.. enjoy the events for the rest of the day

[09:58] Jane Birdsong: Thanks all.

[09:58] Glitteractica Cookie: My wonderful community coordiantor, Ale, is the glue that keeps my crazy plans together, so she needs to go project manage our next mtg!

[09:59] Zinnia Zauber: Please join us for the group hug in the back

[09:59] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Ale!

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: feel free to sneak in any announcements to get put into the transcript

[09:59] Buffy Beale: you go ale!

[09:59] Biji Mornington: Congratulations to all who have contributed to the success of NPC! Gotta run.

[09:59] CarmenLittleFawn: hugs

[09:59] Buffy Beale: ohh yeah the group hug 🙂

[09:59] Pathfinder Lester: take care folks. i have to run.

[09:59] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir hugs

[09:59] HB Eternal: Oooo we like group hugs!

 

[09:59] Rhiannon Chatnoir: And again, here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life: 

 

  • Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
  • Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
  • 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
  • http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

  • http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
  • http://flavors.me/techsoup

 

 

Thanks everyone and see you next week!

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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Join us on September 21 for the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life 5th Anniversary Celebration

Friday, September 21 at the Nonprofit Commons (NPC) on Plush and Aloft
with events throughout the day and festive formal dress encouraged!

5th Anniversary Celebration Events happen at 8:30 AM, 3:30 PM, 8:30
PM, and 3:30 AM. Please see details below:

8:30 – 10:00 AM SLT
Morning Nonprofit Commons Meeting including NPC History, Awards, and
All Star NPC Members Coughran Mayo, Jacques Macaire and much more at
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

Meeting Agenda
8:30 AM Introductions
8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements
8:45 AM Nonprofit Commons History
9:00 AM All Star NPC Members’ Stories for the Future
9:30 AM Nonprofit Commons All Star Awards
9:45 AM Open Mic / Announcements

3:30 – 5:00 PM SLT
DJ DyVerse Dance Party Meet and Greet at CommonGround Aloft Nonprofit
Commons. 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.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/59/68/25

8:30 – 10:30 PM SLT
Active Collaborative Community Planning Workshop to create solutions
for all our unify goals for the Virtual Vision 2020 – an initiative to
develop a plan for the Second Life community at Plush Nonprofit
Commons Amphitheater. All Second Life Communities are welcome to
participate in building partnerships and solutions.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

Workshop Agenda
8:30 PM Introductions
8:40 PM Explanation of Community Planning and Virtual Vision 2020 Purpose
8:50 PM Breakout groups discussion of goals and identification of who
might help achieve goal
9:20 PM Presentation of breakout group solutions and strategies
9:40 PM Build partnerships to lead by example

3:30 – 4:30 AM SLT Live Music Meet and Greet at CommonGround Aloft
Nonprofit Commons.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/59/68/25

Please Come Join the Nonprofit All Stars!

Written by: Zinnia Zauber

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Nonprofit Commons in Second Life 5th Anniversary Celebration

Friday September 21 at the Nonprofit Commons (NPC) on Plush and Aloft with events throughout the day and festive formal dress encouraged!

The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a community of social benefit organizations managed by a community of volunteers and sponsored by the nonprofit organization TechSoup Global.

http://www.nonprofitcommons.org

5th Anniversary Celebration Events happen at 8:30 AM, 3:30 PM, 8:30 PM, and 3:30 AM. Please see details below:

 

8:30 – 10:00 AM SLT

Morning Nonprofit Commons Meeting including NPC History, Awards, and All Star NPC Members Coughran Mayo, Jacques Macaire and much more at Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater.

Meeting Agenda

  • 8:30 AM Introductions
  • 8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements
  • 8:45 AM Nonprofit Commons History
  • 9:00 AM All Star NPC Members’ Stories for the Future
  • 9:30 AM Nonprofit Commons All Star Awards
  • 9:45 AM Open Mic / Announcements

 

3:30 – 5:00 PM SLT

DJ DyVerse Dance Party Meet and Greet at CommonGround Aloft Nonprofit Commons. 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.



8:30 – 10:30 PM SLT

Active Collaborative Community Planning Workshop to create solutions for all our unify goals for the Virtual Vision 2020 – an initiative to develop a plan for the Second Life community at Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater. All Second Life Communities are welcome to participate in building partnerships and solutions.

Workshop Agenda

  • 8:30 PM Introductions
  • 8:40 PM Explanation of Community Planning and Virtual Vision 2020 Purpose
  • 8:50 PM Breakout groups discussion of goals and identification of who might help achieve goal
  • 9:20 PM Presentation of breakout group solutions and strategies
  • 9:40 PM Build partnerships to lead by example



3:30 – 4:30 AM SLT

Live Music Meet and Greet at CommonGround Aloft Nonprofit Commons.

Please Come Join the Nonprofit All Stars!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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TRANSCRIPT OF SEPTEMBER 14TH NPC MEETING – BRIAN KAIHOI OF THE MAYO CLINIC

The Friday, September 14th meeting featured featured Brian Kaihoi of Mayo Clinic speaking on using #virtualworlds for patient care, research, #education & #healthcare administration. 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, September 14th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26
 
AGENDA
• 8:30 am Introductions
• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45 am Mentors Central
• 8:55 am Featured Presenter: Brian Kaihoi
• 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements
 
http://nonprofitcommons.org
 
– Unabridged Transcript –
 
INTRODUCTIONS
 
[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week’s Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!
[08:36] Kate Miranda: Hope I didn’t sit on anyone
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team
[08:37] Buffy Beale: heyyy Kate 🙂
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today’s Agenda:
 
8:30 am Welcome & Introductions
 
8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
 
8:45 am Mentors Central
 
8:55 am Mayo Clinic’s Virtual World Activities with Brian Kaihoi
 
9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a few links to start off the meeting.
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:
 
Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
 
Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
 
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
 
http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons
 
About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:
 
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
 
http://flavors.me/techsoup
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: So, Hello everyone, let’s start off with Introductions!
[08:38] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.
[08:38] Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, Neenah Historical Society, Wisconsin USA
[08:38] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC St. Louis MO @Coughran, @Innovaision
[08:38] HB Eternal: Harold W Becker, The Love Foundation, Florida, http://www.thelovefoundation.com @lovefoundation
[08:38] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org
[08:38] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing, http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL Remora (203,148,21), Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing, http://www.projectjason.org.
[08:38] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Health Care and Human Rights
[08:38] Zinnia Zauber: Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Sequim, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. http://www.sequimartsalliance.org http://www.facebook.com/sequimartsalliance @renneemiko
[08:38] Svea Morane: Brian Kaihoi, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN www.mayoclinic.org
[08:38] Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Santa Rosa, CA
[08:38] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri, www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir
[08:38] Lyssa AskJAN.org: Lyssa Rowan, Job Accommodation Network, Morgantown WV http://AskJAN.org @JANatJAN
[08:38] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Online Community Manager, TechSoup Global, @TechSoup @MichaelDeLongSF www.techsoup.org, San Francisco, CA U.S.A.
[08:38] Chayenn: monique Richert, Protect Yourself1, Inc ., Baltimore MD, protectyourself1.org , facebook.com/py1us, @PY1US
[08:39] Jerod Bagley: Jerry Stapleton, University of Illinois at Chicago. gstapltn@uic.edu
[08:39] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup, SF, Ca. @TechSoup, @alebez
[08:39] Oronoque Westland: Roberta Kilkenny, Hunter College, City University of New York
[08:39] Namaara MacMoragh: Gloria Kraegel, nonprofit development http://greatkreations.com on behalf of BEST http://brainenergysupportteam.org and Etopia EcoCommunities, http://etopiaisland.org … Tacoma WA @go4victory
[08:39] Amy Waverider: Amy Waverider virtual ability
[08:39] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir is Joyce Bettencourt, Online Community Manager for NPC/Techsoup, Boston, MA, http://joycebettencourt.com @NPSL @RhiannonSL
[08:40] Magic Pathfinder: Magic Pathfinder (any1.gynoid), Faculty at New Citizens Inc (NCI), Teaching hands-on Artificial Intelligence and Pathfinding in Second Life – More Info: http://any1gynoid.wordpress.com/ AND I JUST RELEASED A FREE COOKBOOK! Eeeeep! http://www.mediafire.com/view/?170fmba35afu30c
[08:40] Tank Thibedeau: Ricky Davis if you have me on twitter as @dyverse_steele delete that account it has been hacked
[08:40] Tank Thibedeau: new twitter coming soon
[08:40] Zinnia Zauber: aww, Good to know Tank.
[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: anyone else with introductions?
[08:41] Tank Thibedeau: San Antonio TX http://www.urbanskribbles.net
[08:41] Ozma Malibu: Sandy Andrews, Floaters Org, Arizona, Mexico, On the Road. @ozma
[08:41] Pathfinder Lester: John Lester, Chief Learning Officer, ReactionGrid. http://about.me/pathfinder Living in Montreal, Canada. @Pathfinder
[08:42] Buffy Beale: yay Path!
[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Great to see you all!
[08:42] Zotarah Shepherd: Hi Path
[08:42] Kate Miranda: Linda Rogers, Toronto Ontario, Creative Works Studio, a program of St. Michael’s Hospital’s Inner City Health programs …. and Music Island here in SL 🙂
[08:42] Tori Landau: Patricia Dean,volunteer event coordinator for the Open University’s Deep Think sim. www.open.ac.uk
[08:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Lets move to TechSoup Announcements…and if you havent introduced yourself, feel free to sneak that in during
[08:43] Kate Miranda: http://musicisland.spruz.com for Music Island
 
TECH SOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
[08:43] bulaklak: Hiya! I am Michael and I am the online community manager at TechSoup
[08:43] Grace McDunnough: Rhonda Lowry, Media and Technology Strategist for Turner Broadcasting @gracemcdunnough
[08:43] Buffy Beale: yay bulaklak!
[08:44] bulaklak: thanks, Buffy
[08:44] ThinkererSelby Evans: Thinkerer Melville http://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/
[08:44] bulaklak: So just a quick question first before I get to the big announcement
[08:45] bulaklak: And this is probably a no brainer for this crowd . . .
[08:45] bulaklak: But how many of you have moved a significant amount of your org’s work into the cloud?
[08:45] Buffy Beale: Thinker! Great to see you
[08:45] ThinkererSelby Evans: Hi Buffy
[08:45] Gentle Heron: None, Bulaklak.
[08:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes to the cloud!
[08:46] Coughran Mayo: 20%
[08:46] ThinkererSelby Evans: My blog work is all in the cloud
[08:46] Buffy Beale: about 10 % and growing
[08:46] bulaklak: Great! Anyone else?
[08:46] Magic Pathfinder: <— uses cloud storage for file sharing… e.g. http://www.mediafire.com/view/?170fmba35afu30c my cookbook
[08:46] ThinkererSelby Evans: In the blog site or in Google drive
[08:46] Pathfinder Lester: most of ReactionGrid’s “stuff” lives in the cloud. all documents and project management data are hosted in the cloud.
[08:46] Tori Landau: Nothing I do with the OU is in the cloud but started using it for first time this week to do with something else
[08:46] Oronoque Westland: never knew what the difference was between the cloud and a host’s server
[08:47] Tank Thibedeau: I have some of my itunes music in the cloud
[08:47] ThinkererSelby Evans: I view the hosts server as part of thecloud
[08:47] Zotarah Shepherd: I have not used the cloud at all.
[08:47] Pixel GhostPixel Ghost is a Registered Nurse who had an interview Wednesday for her first nursing job (hope I get hired) and is continuing her education with online classes through a state accredited university
[08:47] bulaklak: So . . . the reason I ask is that TechSoup mounted a massive survey last year, reaching out in 22 languages to 88 countries
[08:47] bulaklak: We got more than 10.5k responses
[08:48] Zotarah Shepherd: Best of luck Pixel
[08:48] Jerod Bagley: My own unit uses the cloud for a lot of shared resources. But institution wise use is small.
[08:48] bulaklak: And our wonderful tech analyst Ariel Gilbert Knight worked diligently on creating a report to analyze the results
[08:48] bulaklak: We just released the results and analysis yesterday
[08:48] bulaklak: With the executive summary in 22 languages
[08:49] bulaklak: There’s some interesting stuff in here about how NGOs are using (or not) the cloud and what their perceptions of the technology are
[08:49] bulaklak: Here is the link
[08:49] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/NGOCloud
[08:49] bulaklak: I hope you will share this far and wide and enjoy reading it over
[08:49] bulaklak: And perhaps at a future time we could have Ariel join us to talk about it
[08:49] Gentle Heron: What’s the Readers Digest version of the findings?
[08:49] Gentle Heron: Do we or don’t we?
[08:49] bulaklak: Gentle, the link will take you to a blog written by our marketing copywriter
[08:50] bulaklak: That sums things up nicely
[08:50] bulaklak: And if you want to do the deeper dive, you can download the report from there
[08:50] Gentle Heron: You don’t want to put anything in the record here, now?
[08:50] bulaklak: Oh sure I can give you some factoids
[08:50] Gentle Heron: Thanks!
[08:50] bulaklak: • 90% of respondents worldwide are using cloud computing
[08:50] bulaklak: • 60% say lack of knowledge is the greatest barrier to adoption
[08:51] bulaklak: • 79% say the greatest advantage of adoption is easier software/hardware administration
[08:51] bulaklak: • 47% say cost-related changes and ease of setup would be the greatest motivators for moving their IT to the cloud
[08:51] bulaklak: • 53% report plans to move a “significant portion” of their IT to the cloud within three years
[08:51] bulaklak: So those are some of the high level findings
[08:51] bulaklak: And many more here http://bit.ly/NGOCloud
[08:51] Gentle Heron: Thank you.
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Thanks Bulaklak 🙂
[08:52] bulaklak: And that’s all I’ve got for today!
[08:52] Jerod Bagley: Yes, thanks for the summary
[08:52] Buffy Beale: thank you bulaklak
[08:52] bulaklak: Have a great meeting and a great weekend!
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Great – lets move on to Mentors Central
 
MENTORS CENTRAL
 
[08:52] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today for Mentor Central we have Brena Benoir to speak, let’s welcome her up and please start whenever your ready.!
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Brena!
[08:53] Buffy Beale: yayyy Brena!!
[08:53] HB Eternal: BB Rocks!
[08:53] Gentle Heron: Go Brena!
[08:53] Brena Benoir: Good morning everyone
[08:53] Brena Benoir: As you can see from the poster this morning our topic is SMART Goals
[08:54] Brena Benoir: we have focused on the community concept lately and I thought this woudl help orgs look at why they are here and what their goals are and help examine those closer
[08:54] Brena Benoir: This morning we will be taking a look at the SMART goal concept. The hopes is that this will allow us
to set goals for our work within in our organizations. We all have different goals when we start work
in virtual worlds. Anywhere we go, sometimes we are able to achieve goals, sometimes we are not. 
When we don’t feelings build and disappointment sets in and leads to a sense of failure and desire to give up.
[08:55] Brena Benoir: Understanding the SMART Goal concept will allow us to set better goals and focus on what we are really
setting out to achieve, experience the feeling of successes, and continue our growth.
[08:55] Brena Benoir: S=SPECIFIC 
 
This aspect tackles the who, what when, where, whys. It’s focuses on the details. 
For example: I want to lose weight. This is not specific for some of these reasonsS=SPECIFIC 
 
This aspect tackles the who, what when, where, whys. It’s focuses on the details. 
For example: I want to lose weight. This is not specific for some of these reasons
[08:56] Brena Benoir: What are some reasons why this doesn’t meet the specific criteria?
[08:56] Gentle Heron: doesn’t set a numeric goal
[08:56] Brena Benoir: right
[08:56] Tank Thibedeau: no time frame
[08:56] Brena Benoir: correct
[08:56] Brena Benoir: what does healthy mean?
[08:56] Brena Benoir: What might be a way to restate this in to something specific?
[08:57] bulaklak: I want to lose 60 lbs by Christmas
[08:57] Brena Benoir: good job bulaklak!
[08:57] Coughran Mayo: bukalak: see me!
[08:57] bulaklak: (that’s my fantasy)
[08:57] Brena Benoir: moving along to the second part
[08:57] Brena Benoir: M=MEASURABLE
 
Establishing the guidelines about how to assess overall progress on the goal. 
Examples of measures could be: 
I will lost 10 pounds within the next 3 months.
I will hold an event in my office one time each month to support the goal of fundraising for my org in 
the virtual setting. 
My organization will sponsor an event 4 times a year in my NPC space to educate about addiction
and mental health issues.
[08:58] Brena Benoir: This give us something measure or quantify in some way our goal by
[08:59] Brena Benoir: A=ATTAINABLE
 
This step encourages us to look at the details of how we go about accomplishing our goals. What supplies,
resources, education, etc. will we need in order to accomplish our overall goal. Working on this step
allows us to formulate the substeps to help work to achieve the small successes to work towards
our overall goal.
[08:59] Brena Benoir: We want to make sure they are achievable from the start of settign them
[08:59] Brena Benoir: R=Realistic
 
This step addresses a major component we address in the substance abuse field, that is willingness. 
We look at our willingness to accomplish the goal and our ability to do so. If we set goals that we 
know that we cannot accomplish, we set ourselves up for failure from the start.
[09:00] Gentle Heron: That helps with motivation, right?
[09:00] Brena Benoir: That is correct
[09:00] Brena Benoir: if we feel they are out of reach from the start, we already feel at a disadvantage
[09:00] Brena Benoir: Many children say I want to become a professional athlete someday. If they aren’t working on their athletic
abilities growing up that isn’t a possibility at all. The reality is that is a small portion of 
them will actually achieve that goal and many of these have honed and worked on their skills for years.
[09:01] Brena Benoir: If your org has a fundraising goal in world, ask yourself what is a realistic amount to target in virtual worlds.
[09:01] Brena Benoir: our last component is Timely
[09:01] Brena Benoir: T=TIMELY
 
This is where we establish a set time frame in order to accomplish our goal. 
 
Example: My organization is new to NPC, I want others to learn about my organization and what we do.
[09:01] Brena Benoir: I will sponsor an event in my NPC space within one month of being granted tenant space in NPC where I will 
educate attendees about my organization and mission statement. 
 
I will meet 3 new members of organizations each month to improve my network in NPC.
[09:02] Brena Benoir: The SMART goal concept is acceptable for use across the spectrum from personal use to nonprofit 
sector use to corporate use and anywhere in between.
[09:02] Brena Benoir: I strongly encourage you to look your involvement 
in this community and virtual worlds in particular and do some self questioning to see if your 
organization’s goals are consistent with your mission statement and your purpose in 
being here in a virtual capacity.
[09:03] Brena Benoir: here are a couple of sources you can explore should you want further information: http://www.oma.ku.edu/soar/smartgoals.pdf
http://topachievement.com/smart.html
[09:03] Brena Benoir: Any questions?
[09:03] Gentle Heron: Very smartly done, Brena.
[09:03] Buffy Beale: that was great Brena thanks!
[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: This is awesome!
[09:04] Buffy Beale: lol Gentle
[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Brena – Thanks for leading Mentors Central today!
[09:04] Oura Scribe: applauds
[09:04] Brena Benoir: Thank you Gentle 🙂
[09:04] Gentle HeronGentle Heron hopes we can continue with these types of sessions!
[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you so much!
[09:04] Tori Landau: Many thanks Brena and very useful
[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Here, here, Gentle!
[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Catch up with Brena and ask questions after too 🙂
[09:04] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Brena!
 
FEATURED PRESENTER
 
[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: OK – time for today’s main speaker.
[09:04] Pathfinder Lester: good advice all around
[09:04] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome Brian Kaihoi (Svea Morane in SL), who will report on Mayo Clinic’s virtual world activities in the areas of patient care, research, education and administrative services.
[09:04] Buffy Beale: a reminder that the mentors meet after this meeting so if anyone has any questions or needs help please do join in
[09:05] Buffy Beale: cheering for Svea!
[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: come up and grab a seat Svea 🙂
[09:05] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Svea!
[09:05] Svea Morane: Hi there. It is very good to be with you to share what Mayo Clinic is doing in Second Life. The fact that we are having this meeting is one reason we are excited about Second Life. The community and the relationships that are developed here are examples of the interactions that make for better healthcare.
[09:05] Zotarah Shepherd: Yay Svea!
[09:05] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a bit about our speaker…
 
Brian Kaihoi has been with Mayo Clinic for 35 years. During that time he has held a variety of administrative and operational positions. As a member of the consulting staff of Mayo Clinic, Brian has worked with the Mayo Medical School and Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education on content development and delivery strategies. Currently, Brian is the Mayo Foundation Web Administrator, working with all Mayo Clinic Web activities, and works with the Center for Innovation, which is finding ways to transform the way health care is experienced and delivered.
[09:05] Svea Morane: I coordinate our Second Life activities, as part of my role as the Web administrator at Mayo Clinic. I have been with Mayo Clinic for 39 years serving in a variety of roles around education, technology and business.
[09:05] Svea Morane: I want to give you a little background on Mayo Clinic as an organization, then talk about our Second Life activities and how they fit into our larger organization. The copy from the slides will appear in local, so I will not repeat that, but rather comment on the slides.
[09:06] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation whispers: Slide 2 of 23
[09:06] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
Slide 1
Mayo Clinic in Virtual Worlds
Innovation in Care and Operations
Nonprofit Commons
September 14, 2012
 
[09:06] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Photo of landing point at Mayo Clinic region
 
[09:06] Svea Morane: You can get to our public region by searching for “Mayo Clinic”. These photos are from our landing point, which has a representation of the main patient care building on our Rochester, MN campus.
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[09:06] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Additional photo of landing point at Mayo Clinic region
 
[09:06] Svea Morane: You can learn more about Mayo Clinic at http://www.mayoclinic.org
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[09:07] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic
– 58,300 staff incl 7,400 physicians working on 3 major campuses (MN, FL, AZ)
– Mission: To inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education and research.
 
[09:07] Svea Morane: Mayo Clinic is the largest private medical group practice in the world. It is nonprofit, with no profit sharing, or bonuses. All the physicians are on salary.
[09:07] Pixel Ghost: yayyyyyyy!!!
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[09:07] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic in 2011 (the numbers)
– 1,113,000 patients with 123,000 hospital admissions and 588,000 hospital days
– 8,117 active human research studies, and 5,0430 journal articles published
– 3,523 students in Mayo Clinic graduate and undergraduate programs, 124,068 participants in continuing medical education programs
– $8.5B revenue, nonprofit, excess revenue funds research and education
 
[09:07] Svea Morane: We certainly see a lot of patients from all over the world on our campuses, but we are also a large educational institution, including the largest graduate medical training program in the world. There are over 350 classes per day on our campuses.
[09:08] Pixel Ghost: Amazing to learn this!
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[09:08] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic Innovations
– Mayo Clinic has a long history of innovation, medical and non-medical
– First medical group practice
– First round intensive care unit
– Cortisone ñ gave away and did not patent
– Open-heart surgery with heart bypass machine
– Developed “G-suit” for pilots
 
[09:08] Svea Morane: Innovation is a core principle at Mayo Clinic, in the science of healthcare, the delivery of treatment, and improving health and wellbeing. The fact that innovation is so central to our culture has made it easier to bring virtual worlds to our organization.
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[09:08] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic is Not Afraid of Digital
– 25,000,000 visitors a month at our various Web sites
– 100,000+ devices on our network
– Portal services for patients, interactive phone and mobile applications, very active with social media
– Online course registration and staff services
– But, as a Fortune 100 business, we are conservative
 
[09:08] Pooky Amsterdam: that is great
[09:08] Svea Morane: Mayo Clinic has been active digitally for a long time. Our health information Web site www.mayoclinic.com has been a top rated site for many years.
[09:09] Pixel Ghost: I used it for research in school!
[09:09] Svea Morane: and you got good grades right? 🙂
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[09:09] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic Space in Second Life
– Individuals have been in SL for years
– May 2009 ñ rented º region for demonstration project
– October 2009 ñ purchased first region
– March 2010 ñ purchased second region and built conference center
– October 2010 ñ third region
– August 2012 ñ fourth region ordered
 
[09:09] Pixel Ghost: Yes… overall 3.72
[09:09] Svea Morane: While individual Mayo Clinic staff have been personally involved in Second Life and other grids several years, our official involvement, where we started to spend money, was in May 2009. We started with a couple people who had passion for it and promoted the idea internally. As the project has gained momentum, our presence has grown.
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[09:10] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic Model
– “3 Shield Model”
– Clinical Care, Research, Education all supported by Administration
– Encouraging the adoption of Virtual Worlds requires engagement with all parts of the organization
– The biggest challenges are “cultural” not even “technical”
 
[09:10] Svea Morane: Internally, bringing Second Life to Mayo Clinic has been the result of lots of meetings, demonstrations, talking with colleagues, and picking good projects in visible areas. We have worked on projects in all parts of the organization.
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[09:10] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Mayo Clinic Work in Second Life
– February 2010 – First medical presentation hosted at Virtual Ability
– November 2010 – First CME program given with credits
– December 2010 – First scale model of physical space to aid construction
– July 2011 ñ First patient care activity
– August 2011 ñ First clinical trial recruitment
 
[09:10] Svea Morane: Our initial work in Second Life has focused on experiments that support our core services in clinical care, education, research and administrative activities.
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[09:11] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Education – well defined for us
– Public Education and CME
 — Avatar to avatar, avatar to face-to-face, streaming
 — Outreach presentations for public and professionals (cardiology, GI cancer, radiology, Dalai Lama) 37+
 — School of Professional Development (continuing medical education) 140 +
 — Transform Symposium (streaming video) 2
 
[09:11] Svea Morane: Using SL for education has been an easy step for our folks to make, and has been working very well. Many groups in SL do this already. We have sessions that are private, public and some that require registration fees. The slide references the number of presentations we have done of each type.
[09:12] Pixel Ghost: awww the Dalai Lama 🙂
[09:12] Svea Morane: The Dahlai Lama presentation filled up our region in about 4 minutes 🙂
[09:12] Pixel Ghost: I saw him when he visited my state and he’s wonderful!
[09:12] Gentle Heron: and people complained they could not get in!
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[09:12] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Photo of Mayo Clinic Second Life Conference Center
 
 
[09:12] Svea Morane: We built a conference center on our space, that was a good result of getting our own staff to think broadly about what a conference center needs, and not trying to replicate our physical spaces.
[09:13] Coughran Mayo: The Dalai Lama never complains
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[09:13] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Photo of Session in Conference Center
 
 
[09:13] Svea Morane: Presentations from our physicians are popular, and exciting for our staff to present. We have good success in having our physicians interact with colleagues in other countries without having to allow for all the travel time.
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[09:13] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Education – many partners
– Collaborations with other healthcare and education groups
– School of nursing doing clinical practice in our spaces
– Multiple campuses of medical schools collaborating
 
 
[09:13] Svea Morane: Since education is done so broadly in Second Life, we have found many helpful partnerships
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[09:14] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Administrative – defined
– Collaborative Mayo work groups across campuses
– Collaboration with non-Mayo groups
– Professional association meetings
– Prototyping physical space: scale models, design ideas, traffic flow
– Disaster preparedness simulation
 
 
[09:14] Svea Morane: Administrative functions are becoming more numerous in SL now too. Getting groups from different locations together to work together is a plus, as well as using SL to prototype new physical spaces.
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[09:15] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Photo of Office Space Modeling
 
 
[09:15] Svea Morane: Building a prototype allows for groups to experience the space in real time before it is physically created, and then make adjustments to the design before you require expensive change orders.
[09:15] Pooky Amsterdam: SL is amazingfor prototyping
[09:15] Jerry Buchko: Yes.
[09:15] Buffy Beale: it sure is and hii Pooky
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[09:15] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Clinical Practice – being defined
– Most difficult to implement because  of integration with highly regulated existing RL activities
– Support groups
– Procedure simulation
– Therapy
– Personalized patient education
 
 
[09:15] Svea Morane: We are currently running experiments using SL for real patient care, but these are not in routine practice yet. This is the area of activity that has the greatest potential for Mayo Clinic, and where we will be pushing the hardest.
[09:16] Gentle Heron: also the most innovative!
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[09:16] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Research – getting started
– In the USA, 70% of clinical trials do not get enough participants and so are not completed
– Recruiting for trials has been successful, and very low cost
– Many groups do research in SL, but not traditional medical research
 
 
[09:16] Svea Morane: Medical research is another area where we have had good success, in recruiting patients for clinical trials on our physical campuses.
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[09:17] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Projects Being Developed
– Virtual World International Hospice Ò education about hospice as well as therapeutic interactions
– Wellness activities, including “prepare a meal together and eat together”
– Multi-campus medical school student services
– Cognitive impairment therapy for traumatic brain injury
 
 
[09:17] Svea Morane: The appetite for additional work in virtual worlds is great 🙂 with no lack of project ideas.
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[09:18] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Necessary Success Factors
– Persistence: always ready to do a demo and help someone be a star
– Work through existing relationships
– Help others get done what they want done, not help you do what you want
– Give lots of your own personal time
– Think like an “intrepreneur“
 
 
[09:18] Svea Morane: The success we have had in using Second Life to help our patients and support our organization’s goals is directly related to the relationships we have established in our physical world, and in this virtual world. It cannot be over-stressed how important it has been to collaborate and help others see the vision.
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[09:19] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Barriers to Use
– Technical Ò something simple like a different slide viewer to accommodate 100 slides in 20 minutes
– The ÏflakinessÓ of Second Life requires backup systems
– IT security thinking SL is a game to be blocked
– Traditionalists thinking face-to-face is real and SL is not real
 
 
[09:19] Svea Morane: There are certainly barriers to success, that we all run in to, and many have found solutions for. Again, talking with others and working things through is the key to getting the results we want.
[09:20] Svea Morane: I think we need to find a way to quarantine all the traditionalists 😉
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[09:20] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation: 
 
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Keys to Success
– Be a real resident: work, play, do, interact
– Have a story to tell Ò Why this matters to you
– Never be defensive, always supportive
– Be persistent and cheerful
– Help others be successful, then sell their success
– Collaborate – You are not alone
 
 
[09:20] Oura Scribe: lol
[09:20] Gentle Heron: HA a reservation for them!
[09:20] Pixel Ghost: stifles a giggle
[09:21] Svea Morane: The last point to make about our work in SL is the tremendous benefit of collaboration, and the willingness we have here to do that. There are great people with fabulous skills and a willingness to share for the greater good. We deeply indebted to folks like Gentle Heron at Virtual Ability, Dave Taylor at the Imperial College, Panacea Luminos from New York Healthscape, Coughran Mayo with Preferred Family Health, and organizations that have have shown us ways to work, like New Citizens Incorporated and Builders Brewrey. We have also been very fortunate to connect with a talented builder named Oura Scribe.
[09:21] Tori Landau: Agrees with Svea
[09:21] Pooky Amsterdam: wyayay
[09:21] Magic Pathfinder: Hurray for NCI! I teach there! Eeeep!
[09:21] Gentle Heron: Fantastic list of “key to success”…. these are ALL so important.
[09:22] Mayo Clinic NPC presentation whispers: Slide 23 of 23
[09:22] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes, love your points of keys to success
[09:22] Svea Morane: We are very excited to be part of the Second Life community, and to live and work in this space. It is a real pleasure.
[09:22] Pooky Amsterdam: and in beating cancer a comunity support can be all the difference
[09:22] Magic Pathfinder: Can you take questions?
[09:22] Oura Scribe: applauds
[09:22] Svea Morane: While i see 25,000,000 people a month on our Web sites….
[09:22] Zinnia Zauber: Yay! Thank you Svea!
[09:22] Svea Morane: the interactions in SL are much deeper..
[09:22] Svea Morane: and long term.
[09:23] Svea Morane: it is that contact with patients and providers..
[09:23] Rhiannon Chatnoir: I agree 🙂
[09:23] Svea Morane: that makes a difference
[09:23] Gentle Heron: That’s a huge difference, and difficult to measure and document.
[09:23] Conover’s Flight-Helper 6.3.3 (WEAR ME!): Flight-helper is ready and operational.
[09:23] Svea Morane: Questions?
[09:23] Gentle Heron: Svea, congrats on all you do in SL. You said many important things today. Can you elaborate on this one please?
“The fact that innovation is so central to our culture has made it easier to bring virtual worlds to our organization.”
[09:24] Svea Morane: yes….
[09:24] Pooky Amsterdam: Applauds Applauds!
[09:24] Svea Morane: at least here at Mayo..i will get some snickers about “virtual worlds”….
[09:24] Svea Morane: but no outright rejection.
[09:24] Svea Morane: we have had a lot of crazy ideas..
[09:24] Svea Morane: that worked over time.
[09:25] Svea Morane: so you get a little latitude in talking with folks
[09:25] Magic Pathfinder: Has Electronic Health Record data been used in SL? How?
[09:25] Jerry Buchko: Svea, You
[09:25] Svea Morane: other organizations may not have that advantage
[09:25] Svea Morane: Magic.. not in SL.. but opensim behind our firewall.
[09:25] Svea Morane: there are data privacy issues we have to deal with
[09:25] Jerry Buchko: Svea, You’ve accomplished a great deal. Who sets these projects in motion? Or do they just emerge organically on their own? ;D
[09:26] Svea Morane: Panacea Luminos has more informaiton on how they have done that on a personal basis at NY Healthscape
[09:26] Svea Morane: Jerry…
[09:26] Svea Morane: I do a lot of selling 🙂
[09:26] Gentle Heron: Panacea would be the one to ask about EHR.
[09:26] Svea Morane: finding the right people on a team.. getting funding.. engagement
[09:26] Jerod Bagley: Svea, You talked about success with recruitment for clinical trials using SL. Can you elaborate on how that works?
[09:27] Svea Morane: Yes… from sign boards to group notices… recruiting involves getting information to people…
[09:27] Pathfinder Lester: Svea, have you tried getting grant funding for any of this work through organizations like NIH or NLM?
[09:27] Svea Morane: then signing “consent” forms
[09:28] Svea Morane: Yes Path… I have some NIH funding now.. and the “cognitive impairment” treatment will be another big grant
[09:28] Gentle Heron: Svea, you also said “It cannot be over-stressed how important it has been to collaborate and help others see the vision.” How do you see the vision of those you collaborate with, and how do you integrate their vision with Mayo’s vision?
[09:28] Pathfinder Lester: Svea, congrats! nice work. 🙂
[09:28] Svea Morane: Thanks Path…
[09:28] Svea Morane: Gentle.. i think i talk about SL in almost every meeting…
[09:28] Svea Morane: when folks talk about weather..
[09:28] Svea Morane: I say it is nice on Mayo’s beach in SL
[09:29] Svea Morane: talk about social events..
[09:29] Svea Morane: music..
[09:29] Gentle HeronGentle Heron chuckles.
[09:29] Svea Morane: art..
[09:29] Pooky Amsterdam: Q: Are people increasingly receptive when they see the results are they surprised?
[09:29] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[09:29] Gentle Heron: It’s like you LIVE here, Svea, isn’t it?
[09:29] Svea Morane: anything to help people see this is “real life”…
[09:29] Svea Morane: just without the geography
[09:29] Dancers Yao: do you treat patients without medical insurance at the Mayo Clinic?
[09:29] Svea Morane: stories.. lots of stories..
[09:29] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir agrees…this is all ‘real’
[09:29] Svea Morane: i have patient stories of people helped by Mayo herelll
[09:29] Svea Morane: and that is wonderful
[09:30] Svea Morane: Yes Danders.. we do treat… there are funds to help.. we have a large social work department…
[09:30] Svea Morane: and we translate to 80 spoken languages in our language department
[09:31] Svea Morane: Yes. Gentle this is home 🙂
[09:31] Svea Morane: Pooky. .yes people are more and more receptive..
[09:31] Svea Morane: i work to get reports in teh weekly newsletter..
[09:31] Amy Waverider: Is that only for residents in florida and the other state where the hospitals are or do you offer social work to other states?
[09:31] Svea Morane: strategically have lunch with decision makers and influencers
[09:32] Pooky Amsterdam: tht is great -the stories yes it is just stunning how much this helps
[09:32] Svea Morane: Social services are available to all patients.. services vary by state and what is available..
[09:32] Svea Morane: Medicaide for instance is a state program.. medicare is federal
[09:33] Oura Scribe: The Mayo Clinic is in Florida, Minnesota and Arizona 🙂
[09:33] Svea Morane: and SL Oura….. i talk about SL as our 4th campus
[09:33] Amy Waverider: ok ty
[09:33] Dancers Yao: we need one in California!
[09:33] Oura Scribe: lol, yes Svea… SL too
[09:34] Svea Morane: California.. isn’t that where the crazy dancers are 🙂
[09:34] Jerod Bagley: You are right Pooky. Having a highly regarded institution like the Mayo Clinic with success stories to share gives a big boost to all of our efforts. Thanks Svea for sharing.
[09:34] Dancers Yao: yes!
[09:34] Svea Morane: i need to say thank you… because we would not be doing as well as we are…
[09:34] Svea Morane: without groups and people like you
[09:34] Svea Morane: This is community
[09:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: your welcome Svea
[09:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Lets thank Svea for speaking to us today!
[09:35] Svea Morane: My pleasure
[09:35] Pathfinder Lester: thanks Svea. nicely done.
[09:35] Oura Scribe: Thank you. Great presentation
[09:35] Jerod Bagley: applause!!!
[09:35] Gentle Heron: Fantastic presentation Svea. Will you put it on SlideShare please?
[09:35] Tank Thibedeau: appluase
[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: Yay!
[09:35] Jerry BuchkoJerry Buchko applauds.
[09:35] Zotarah ShepherdZotarah Shepherd applaudes
[09:35] Namaara MacMoragh: Thank you Svea. Great presentation!
[09:35] Atalanta Visage: Thank you.
[09:35] Dancers Yao: Thank you
[09:35] Chayenn: great presentation
[09:35] Pooky Amsterdam whispers: APPLAUDS
[09:35] Pooky Amsterdam: APPLAUDS
[09:35] Pooky Amsterdam: Applauds
 
OPEN MIC / ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
[09:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great presentation – let’s move on to Open Mic & any Announcements
[09:35] Grace McDunnough: Thank you
[09:36] Magic Pathfinder: I have an announcement…
[09:36] Pooky Amsterdam: yes thank you Svea!
[09:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Does anyone have any announcements… I know Zinnia does
[09:36] Tank Thibedeau: raised hand
[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: 🙂
[09:36] Gentle HeronGentle Heron does, for another organization, actually.
[09:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Magic why don’t you start, then Zinnia, then Tank
[09:36] Magic Pathfinder: okay thx
[09:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and then Gentle 🙂
[09:36] Magic Pathfinder: I just published the 1st Virtual World Cookbook! heh
[09:37] Magic Pathfinder: and I’m launching it on Monday!
[09:37] Magic Pathfinder: Monday Sept 17th. 3:15pm SLT Launch Party for Always Have Fun PARTY COOKBOOK
Teleport to Four Bridges Project (39,251,25) Live Music! Belly Dancing! Surfing! Free Book Download! http://www.mediafire.com/?170fmba35afu30c
[09:37] Magic Pathfinder: Everyone is welcome.. I’ll talk abou the cook book
[09:37] Magic Pathfinder: and what I learn at Occupy Wall St this weekend. Thank You!
[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great… Zinnia
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: Nonprofit Commons 5th Anniversary Celebration
 
September 21 @ Nonprofit Commons Plush & Aloft
 
Events throughout the day and festive formal dress encouraged!
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: * 8:30-10:00 AM SLT Morning Nonproft Commons (NPC) Meeting with gifts and guest speakers @ NPC Ampitheater on Plush
Discover the history of the NPC and learn from the leaders of virtual world use for common good.
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: * 3:30 PM SLT DJ DyVerse Dance Meet & Greet @ CommonGround Aloft
Enjoy the best DJ in Second Life while meeting your fellow advocates, educators, and artists who make virtual worlds the place to be!
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: * 8:30-10:30 PM SLT Active Collaborative Community Planning Workshop @ NPC Ampitheater on Plush
Build CommUNITY! Participate with us in creating a vision of a supportive future in virtual worlds by creating partnerships, collaboration, and gridwide community.
[09:38] Pooky Amsterdam: I think Imight have an outfit for that
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: * 3:30 AM SLT Live Music Meet & Greet @ CommonGround Aloft
[09:39] Zinnia Zauber: Please Come Join the Nonprofit All Stars!
[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great!
[09:39] Zinnia Zauber: I will be dropping you all a notecard about this wonderful event for next week!
[09:39] HB Eternal: Friday the 21st rather than our usual Thrusday?
[09:39] HB Eternal: Thursday
[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so next week’s meeting will be quite a celebration! – thanks Zinnia 🙂
[09:39] Ozma Malibu: Sign up to help out! http://npsl.wiki.techsoup.org/Timeline+and+Ideas
[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: Good question HB.
[09:40] Pooky Amsterdam: WooT
[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: We might forgo normal CommonGround this month for this big party instead.
[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: How do you guys feel about that?
[09:40] HB Eternal: sounds great to me!
[09:40] Pooky Amsterdam: Dusts off Party hat
[09:40] Magic Pathfinder: Zinnia… is the 8:30pm meeting affiliated with the Virtual Vision 2020 group that briefed here?
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: yes, we hope to have that part of it.
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: That was what inspired the idea actually.
[09:41] Magic Pathfinder: okay.. .I’m an officer .. I can send an Group Notice there
[09:41] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: And, we want everyone to invite folks from other community to join us.
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: That would be wonderful!
[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: The workshop is for everyone!!!
[09:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so next Friday, 4 celebration event times throughout the day/night, starting with our weekly meeting 🙂
[09:42] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, it will be super day and so happy to have everyone join us!
[09:42] Zinnia Zauber: yes
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: action packed!
[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[09:43] Pooky Amsterdam: Will invite as well
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all! That will be perfect!
[09:43] HB Eternal: the 21st is also the UN Peace Day
[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: all set Zinnia? Tank your up next!
[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: cool
[09:43] Tank Thibedeau: everyday at noon and 10 pm central time on my radio station I will have natural sounds such as rain etc for those that mediate and just a way to clear the mind during the day and still looking for nonprofit psa’s to play on the station http://www.urbanskribbles.net/urban-skribbles-radio/ and if you have any ideas for the station let me know thank you thats all
[09:44] Pooky Amsterdam: Lovely
[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Tank!
[09:44] Chayenn: cool
[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: nice idea… you should reach out to communities like Elf Circle who have regular meditation events … maybe they can play your stream 🙂
[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Tank!
[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Gentle 🙂
[09:45] Xon Emoto: I have to go, thank you Svea, thank you all. It’s been very interesting, once again:) Best wishes from Hamburg!
[09:45] Gentle Heron: I have announcements for 2 other groups, actually.
[09:45] Gentle Heron: The Counselor Education in Second Life (CESL) group is holding their annual professional conference, wrapping up today. The remaining sessions include:
10 am SLT
Human Sexuality – Chad Royal & Heloisa Portela, PhD
 
11 am SLT
Leadership groups as a culturally sensitive method with Latino and Black youth: A strength-based approach to reduce aggression – Isaac Burt & Tiphanie Gonzalez
[09:45] Gentle Heron: noon SLT
Implementing the ALGBTIC Competencies into Practice – Maiko Xiong, Sarah Downes & Pete Finnerty
 
1 pm SLT
Counseling Christian Fundamentalists and Ex-Fundamentalists – Oscar Miles
[09:45] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Xon for coming 🙂
[09:45] Gentle Heron: A Preview of the New CARE-ER Paradigm for Second Life Career Development Theory & Practice – Edward Colozzi
 
This is a highly professional conference, and I recommend the sessions which are enlightening. If you are a professional counselor, you can get free CEUs for licensure.
[09:46] Gentle Heron: Pop by today and check it out:
Tranquil (180,157,29)
[09:46] Gentle Heron: I also have a notecard of the International Peace Weekend & Spirit Fair 2012
[09:46] Gentle Heron: Sept 21-23
[09:46] Gentle Heron: If anyone want that…. it’s HUGELY collaborative
[09:46] Pooky Amsterdam: woah thoise looks great
[09:46] Gentle Heron: a number of communities are presenting
[09:46] Rhiannon ChatnoirRhiannon Chatnoir would love one
[09:46] Gentle Heron: and lots of great activities, plus music
[09:47] Tank Thibedeau: can i get the peace weekend conference notecard please
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other announcements for today?
[09:47] Ozma Malibu: I’d like the notecard yes
[09:48] Pathfinder Lester: I have a two-sentence announcement. 😉 We just went live with a brand new website *today.* So if you’re 
curious about what ReactionGrid’s doing these days and want more info about our Jibe platform based on Unity3d, please check out http://reactiongrid.com.
[09:48] Magic Pathfinder: I am interested in Peace Weekend too
[09:48] Tori Landau: I have one if I may °͜°
[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great Pathfinder!
[09:48] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and Tori ..
[09:48] Pooky Amsterdam: yes want to go as well – as long as I can have a redheaded avatar imthere
[09:48] Pathfinder Lester: http://reactiongrid.com (borked the link before)
[09:48] Tori Landau: As of today I’m the new owner, courtesy of a benefactor, of the International Schools Island
[09:49] Pooky Amsterdam: Congratoes!
[09:49] Gentle Heron: oh congrats Tori!!!
[09:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes congrats 🙂
[09:49] Gentle Heron: I’m glad you are doing this.
[09:49] Tori Landau: the region has been renamed Moonstone, but it’s just to say that nothing is changing in a hurry
[09:49] Pathfinder Lester: cool beans Tori 🙂
[09:49] Gentle Heron: Hey Path that’s MY line!
[09:49] Tori Landau: i hope to keep all the resources Shambles had for people to use
[09:49] Pathfinder Lester: Gentle lol 😉
[09:49] Gentle Heron: SO glad to hear that, Tori!
[09:50] Pathfinder Lester: congrats Tori. very cool
[09:50] Tori Landau: transfer happened faster than I thought it would lol
[09:50] Zinnia Zauber: I have another announcement. sorry, I forgot
[09:50] Tori Landau: map may not work for a day or two but lms should to still get there
[09:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Tori! Feel free to share any events you might have in the future there
[09:50] Magic Pathfinder: I can send Peace Weekend announcements to several groups… lots of ppls interested
[09:50] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Zinnia 🙂
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, this is an event that Pathfinder, Coughran and I are doing…
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: http://www.meetup.com/agile3d/events/59490692/
[09:51] Gentle Heron: Thanks so much Magic.
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: Oct 5 & 6: Online Conference Distributed Teams 2012 Agile Project Management
[09:51] Pathfinder Lester: Zinnia, that reminds me I need to send in my talk info. 😉
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: I’ll share more details soon, but just wanted to get the ball rolling.
[09:51] Zinnia Zauber: Yay, great!
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: This will be a really cool event held in 4 virtual worlds.
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: I will be discussion creating a professional brand via your avatar.
[09:52] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you!
[09:53] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other announcements for today?
[09:53] Gentle Heron: It sounds wonderful.
[09:54] Gentle Heron: Gosh what a busy group we are!
[09:54] Zinnia Zauber: We are!
[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: otherwise, close to wrap up time
[09:54] Zinnia Zauber: And, it is great how we all work together too!
[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes
[09:54] Oronoque Westland: peaceful new year to one and all
[09:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so with that, let’s close things out for this week – remember next week is our big birthday celebration meeting!
[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: So see you then 🙂
[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: And again, here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:
 
Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org
 
Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com
 
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
 
http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons
 
About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:
 
http://www.techsoup.org/stock/howtousetechsoup.asp
 
http://flavors.me/techsoup
[09:55] Namaara MacMoragh: thanks all…
[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Thanks everyone and see you next week!
[09:55] Pathfinder Lester: awesome. take care folks. have a great weekent.
[09:55] Svea Morane: Thank you all
[09:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: there will be a NPC Mentors meeting immediately following – thanks 🙂

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Mayo Clinic’s Virtual World Activities with Brian Kaihoi for September 14th Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

This Friday, September 14th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Brian Kaihoi (Svea Morane in SL), of the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic has had a presence in Second Life since January 1, 2009, which has grown now to 4 regions. They have been working to provide consumer health information, patient care services, internal work team support, and even modeling physical spaces inside SL before they build the buildings. Most significantly, they have found many partners in SL who share similar goals and values, that can work with the Mayo Clinic to have a larger impact on patient care. This presentation will report on Mayo Clinic’s virtual world activities in the areas of patient care, research, education and administrative services.

 

Brian Kaihoi / Svea Morane inSL of Mayo Clinic

 

Brian Kaihoi has been with Mayo Clinic for 35 years. During that time he has held a variety of administrative and operational positions. As a member of the consulting staff of Mayo Clinic, Brian has worked with the Mayo Medical School and Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education on content development and delivery strategies. Currently, Brian is the Mayo Foundation Web Administrator, working with all Mayo Clinic Web activities, and works with the Center for Innovation, which is finding ways to transform the way health care is experienced and delivered.

 

Follow him on twitter at @bkaihoi

 

About the Mayo Clinic:

Mayo Clinic:  Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education for people from all walks of life. Doctors from every medical specialty work together to care for patients, joined by common systems and a philosophy of “the needs of the patient come first.” Mayo Clinic is governed by a 33-member Board of Trustees.  Every year, more than a million people from all 50 states and nearly 150 countries come to Mayo Clinic for care. 

www.mayoclinic.org

 

 

Join us in Second Life!

 

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

Friday, September 14th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST

Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater

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

 

AGENDA

• 8:30 am Introductions

• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements

• 8:45 am Mentors Central

• 8:55 am Main Speaker: Brian Kaihoi (Svea Morane)

• 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

 

http://nonprofitcommons.org

The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir

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TRANSCRIPT of SEPTEMBER 7TH NPC MEETING – BASECAMP PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH ALE BEZDIKIAN OF TECHSOUP

On Friday, September 7th meeting featured Bezdikian (alebez in SL), who shared with NPC how Basecamp project management tool makes working on a distributed team and collaborating on mutual projects so much easier.

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Friday, September 7th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA
• 8:30 am Introductions
• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45 am Mentors Central
• 8:55 am Main Speaker: Ale Bezdikian
• 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Unabridged Transcript –

INTRODUCTIONS

[08:29] Rhiannon Chatnoir: welcome those coming.. should be starting soon
[08:29] Jerry Buchko: hello all 😀
[08:31] Jerry Buchko: hi jac 🙂
[08:31] Chayenn: bonjour jac
[08:31] X-Flight, flight assist: All Go
[08:31] jacmacaire Humby: Hi Jerry and Chayenn
[08:32] Rhiannon Chatnoir: hi all
[08:32] Coughran Mayo: Hello Rhiannon
[08:32] Jen: Hi Rhiannon
[08:34] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ok everyone.. should be starting … if you want to grab a seat 🙂
[08:34] Jerry Buchko: hi Coghran & Jen 🙂
[08:35] JenJen waves at Jerry
[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: so hello everyone!
[08:36] Glitteractica Cookie: sorry i crashed
[08:36] Buffy Beale: Hii Rhi! waves to everyone 🙂
[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thats ok, waited to start for you to return 🙂
[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Welcome everyone to this week’s Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!
[08:36] bulaklak: Hi, folks!
[08:36] Rhiannon Chatnoir: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is sponsored by TechSoup Global and is a program of the TechSoup Global Community & Social Media team
[08:36] bulaklak: What’s up with the bunnies?
[08:36] Chayenn: good morning bulaklak
[08:36] bulaklak: Hi, Chay
[08:36] Glitteractica Cookie: dunno
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: not sure, I can’t remove Par’s things if you can.. please remove
[08:37] bulaklak: They’re kinda cute
[08:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today’s Agenda:

8:30 am Introductions

8:40 am TechSoup Announcements

8:45 am Mentors Central

8:55 am “This one time at Basecamp” with Ale Bezdikian of TechSoup

9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements
[08:37] Buffy Beale: our new mascot?
[08:37] Glitteractica Cookie: I returned them
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a few links to start off the meeting.
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Here are the many ways to can get involved with the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

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

http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

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

http://flavors.me/techsoup
[08:38] CarynTopia Silvercloud: Caryn Heilman, Topia Arts Center in the Berkshires in NW MA, www.TopiaArts.org, @TopiaArtsCenter
[08:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s start off with Introductions!
[08:39] Adalace Jewell: sorry, I’m late. @adalace – RoSa Library Brussels Belgium http://www.rosadoc.be
[08:39] jacmacaire Humby: Jacques Macaire HUMANBE http://www.humanbe.com Action Tank and Council on Sustainable Development France and International @Humanbe
[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Please state your real name, location, org, and the ways we can find you online.
[08:39] Buffy Beale: Buffy Bye, Bridges for Women, Victoria BC Canada, http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca @bridges4women
[08:39] Lyssa AskJAN.org: Lyssa Rowan, Job Accommodation Network, Morgantown, WV http://AskJAN.org @JANatJAN
[08:39] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Inc, Los Angeles, CA Health Care and Human Rights
[08:39] Pathfinder Lester: John Lester, Chief Learning Officer, ReactionGrid. Living in Montreal, Canada. http://about.me/pathfinder
[08:39] Jen: Bruce Hestley, Transgender American Veterans Association, Akron, OH, http://www.tavausa.org, http://www.facebook.com/#!/TAVAUS
[08:39] Ethelred Weatherwax: Dave Dexter, Neenah Historical Society, Wisconsin USA
[08:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Joyce Bettencourt, Boston, MA area, TechSoup Community Manager of Nonprofit Commons, http://JoyceBettencourt.com, @RhiannonSL
[08:39] Chayenn: monique richert, Protect Yourself 1, Inc., Baltimore , MD , protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US, @PY1US
[08:39] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Senior Manager Online Community and Social Media, TechSoup Global, San Francisco, CA @TechSoup @MichaelDeLongSF www.techsoup.org
[08:39] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org
[08:39] Zazoom Zimminy: Kyle Reis, Grants Managers Network, New York City
[08:39] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup, SF, CA @TechSoup, @alebez
[08:39] Tank Thibedeau: Ricky Davis, San Antonio http://wwwurbanskribbles.net
[08:39] Svea Morane: Brian Kaihoi, Web Administrator, Mayo Clinic, www.mayoclinic.org
[08:39] Brena Benoir: Brenda Bryan, Preferred Family Healthcare, Kirksville, Missouri www.pfh.org, @brenabenoir
[08:40] Jerry Buchko: Jerry Buchko | Counselor, Coach, & Tutor of Personal Finance in Private Practice | http://www.linkedin.com/jerrybuchko | @jerrybuchko
[08:40] Coughran Mayo: Dick Dillon, Innovaision, LLC, St. Louis MO @Coughran, @Innovaision
[08:40] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community and Social Media Director, TechSoup and this community, the NPC @suzboop @techsoup @npsl, San Francisco, CA USA
[08:40] Angelbell: Ysabel Pachano IUSF proffesor. isabelpachano@iujo.edu.ve
[08:40] Rhiannon Chatnoir: If you join us late, please still introduce yourself!
[08:42] BELOVEDROX: NSIP- www.serviceandinclusion.org Roxy Rocker

TECH SOUP ANNOUNCEMENTS

[08:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: OK, moving to TechSoup announcements. If you have introduced yourself, please do. Thanks!
[08:43] bulaklak: Hello, folks! Very excited to be here, as always. And super excited to hear from my fabulous colleague alebez today. But first just a few things from TechSoup.
[08:43] Buffy Beale: yay bulaklak!
[08:44] bulaklak: As you know if you were here last week, we have recently officially launched the TechSoup Global Local Impact Map, a dynamic way of demonstrating stories of technology in action all around the world.
[08:44] bulaklak: In conjunction with its launch, we are running a photo contest this month called Technology in Action.
[08:44] bulaklak: It’s a *very* simple contest and has what I think is a pretty cool prize
[08:45] bulaklak: You just need to send us a picture of technology in action at your organization and you can enter to win a custom-made interactive infographic from Karma Store
[08:45] bulaklak: There are three easy ways to enter
[08:46] bulaklak: 1. Submit a photo and caption through our Facebook contest app (here comes the link)
[08:46] bulaklak: http://on.fb.me/RpIqNX
[08:46] bulaklak: 2. Tweet a photo with the hashtag #TechInAction
[08:47] bulaklak: 3. Email a photo and short caption to community@techsoup.org
[08:47] bulaklak: Do this by 11:59 pm PT on September 30 and you are entered
[08:47] bulaklak: And we look forward to seeing how you picture technology in action!
[08:47] Gentle Heron: Can you please give an example? I’m not sure how that applies in my all-virtual organization.
[08:48] bulaklak: Well, folks can get creative. A screenshot is the same thing as a photo, of course.
[08:48] Gentle Heron: But it doesn’t show the tech.
[08:48] Glitteractica Cookie: you can take an inworld shot and tweet it
[08:48] bulaklak: Or a photo of you at the computer.
[08:48] bulaklak: We’re giving people a pretty wide license.
[08:49] bulaklak: What does tech in action mean to you?
[08:49] bulaklak: You could draw zeros and ones . . .
[08:49] bulaklak: Have fun with it!
[08:49] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[08:49] Brena Benoir: Gentle maybe a screen shot at VAI during a presentation that makes the the presentation accessible to people around the world through use of technology?
[08:49] bulaklak: The caption can really tie it together
[08:50] bulaklak: Get those creative juices flowing
[08:50] Svea MoraneSvea Morane things about technology with blood all over it as it is a surgical implant of SL 😉
[08:50] Buffy Beale: lol Svea!
[08:50] bulaklak: Our aim is ultimately to tell the human story attached to tech
[08:50] Gentle Heron: oh Svea, save it for next week.
[08:50] Svea Morane: 🙂
[08:50] bulaklak: LOL Svea
[08:50] bulaklak: 🙂
[08:51] Buffy Beale: you’ll have us all fainting Svea
[08:51] bulaklak: So moving on. We have an upcoming webinar that I am super excited about (I am saying excited too much today)
[08:51] bulaklak: We’ve been thinking a lot about network mapping on our team and at TechSoup
[08:51] bulaklak: So this webinar came at just the right time
[08:51] Tank Thibedeau: someone sitting in a field of sunflowers in sl because in rl they could not because their medications does not allow them to be in sunlight for an extended period of time
[08:51] bulaklak: It’s from one of our very cool donor partners, Esri
[08:52] bulaklak: Their program isn’t as high profile as, say, Adobe, but boy they do some really awsesome stuff
[08:52] bulaklak: with GIS and other mapping technology
[08:52] bulaklak: So I am really looking forward to this webinar about how to use Esri tools to map impact
[08:53] bulaklak: It’s free, as are all of our webinars, and if you request live transcription 72 hours in advance, that is something we can also gladly accomodate
[08:54] bulaklak: This will be on September 13 at 11am PT
[08:54] bulaklak: And it will be recorded for anyone who can’t make that time
[08:54] bulaklak: Here is the link where you can register
[08:54] bulaklak: http://bit.ly/OVXEfu
[08:54] Coughran Mayo: ah, my birthday!
[08:54] bulaklak: Yay!
[08:54] Coughran Mayo: hint, nint
[08:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: lol
[08:54] bulaklak: I will also be live tweeting it, using the hashtag #TechSoup
[08:54] Svea MoraneSvea Morane takes notes on virtual gifts 🙂
[08:54] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[08:54] bulaklak: so you can follow the insights on Twitter, too
[08:55] bulaklak: It should be really cool. Network mapping is a really interesting and growing topic.
[08:55] bulaklak: So . . . with that I will turn things over. Have a great day!
[08:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great and thanks Bulaklak 🙂

MENTORS CENTRAL

[08:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: On to Mentors Central!
[08:55] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Today for Mentor Central we have Gentle Heron to speak on Intentional Productivity.
[08:56] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Let’s welcome her up and start whenever your ready Gentle.
[08:56] Buffy Beale: Cheering for Gentle!
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Good morning NPC friends.
[08:56] CarmenLittleFawn: Applause
[08:56] Gentle Heron: We all know that distractions can prevent us from focusing on necessary tasks and decrease our effectiveness and efficiency as we try to work or study. Four overall strategies will help students and employees become intentionally more productive.
[08:56] Pathfinder LesterPathfinder Lester claps
[08:56] Gentle Heron: Let’s look at each strategy, plus some tips for each. Probably this isn’t new to you; just a reminder.
[08:56] Glitteractica Cookie: Hey Pathfinder! Nice to see you here
[08:57] Pathfinder Lester: likewise 🙂
[08:57] Gentle Heron: 1. The first strategy is to eliminate “reactive nibblers.”
[08:57] Glitteractica Cookie: 🙂
[08:57] Gentle Heron: When you are working in reactive mode, always responding to new stimuli, you simply can’t focus on any important task. It’s not only the time you lose while responding, it’s also the time you take to switch gears and then switch back again.
[08:57] Gentle Heron: What are “reactive nibblers,” those little things that eat up your time a bite at a time? Please share a few in Local Chat now.
[08:57] Glitteractica Cookie: here! here! on that point
[08:58] Gentle Heron: What are YOUR reactive nibblers?
[08:58] Gentle Heron: What eats up your productive time?
[08:58] Glitteractica Cookie: when urgent requests come in from senior management to do quick research projects with a one hour turn-around time
[08:58] Jen: Phone call with wrong number
[08:58] Tank Thibedeau: facebook games
[08:58] Gentle Heron: Good ones!
[08:58] Rhiannon Chatnoir: phone calls
[08:58] CarmenLittleFawn: family
[08:58] Jerry Buchko: ‘urgent’ emails, that aren’t
[08:58] Coughran Mayo: Radon detector going off
[08:59] Gentle HeronGentle Heron smiles
[08:59] Oronoque Westland: pop ups from other chat windows or email programs
[08:59] Tank Thibedeau: trying to figure out what to wear in SL
[08:59] Gentle Heron: Right. We all know what they are. These are the big ones for most of us:

Email and IMs
Phone calls
Social media
Visitors
[08:59] CarmenLittleFawn: hahah
[08:59] bulaklak: When you mean to fix one thing but find another unexpected typo or other thing that then leads down a rabbit hole to ten other things and a whole chain of command that is broken
[08:59] Gentle Heron: How can you keep them under control? Try some of these anti-distraction techniques.
[08:59] Gentle Heron: For email:
1. Turn off automated email checking. The pop ups or pings distract you even if you don’t check—but you probably will peek.
2. Alternatively, extend the lapsed time between checks. Set it to notify you at a time when you are ready to deal with all your emails at once.
[09:00] Gentle Heron: 3. You can even close or minimize your email app.
4. When responding to emails, focus on those sent TO you, not CCed to you.
5. Some email systems allow you to filter and/or color code your emails, to make it easier to find the priority items.
[09:00] Gentle Heron: For IMs:
1. Don’t forget to set your status indicator.
2. Customize your status indicator. “Cranky and on a tight deadline- interrupt at your own risk” may be more effective at blocking unimportant IMs than “Busy.”
[09:00] Pathfinder Lester: my dachshund is a nibbler
[09:01] Gentle Heron: For phone calls:
1. Turn off the phone. Don’t even leave the cell phone on vibrate. Leave the cell phone in a different room. Turn off the landline ringer.

2. Set up a system. Perhaps you can assign a ring to family or the boss so you’ll know which calls you MUST take immediately.
[09:01] CarmenLittleFawn: nods
[09:01] Oronoque Westland: @Path, good thing that hotdog has small teeth
[09:01] Pathfinder Lester: lol
[09:01] Gentle Heron: 3. Send calls to voice mail, and deal with them during a block of time you’ve set aside for listening to, prioritizing, and responding to all your calls.

4. See if a response is needed. Many calls don’t require a call back; maybe a return email would do.
[09:01] Gentle Heron: For social media:
1. Schedule check-in times. Try not to peek!

2. Use an automated service (e.g., HootSuite hootsuite.com) to send out scheduled posts. Write once, post several times.
[09:02] Glitteractica Cookie: i set my VM to sy that I don’t check VM and ppl should text or email me
[09:02] Jerry Buchko: great tip re: status indicators!
[09:02] Gentle Heron: good idea, Glitter!
[09:02] Gentle Heron: For visitors:
1. Put a sign on the door. If you expect a delivery, let the delivery service know not to knock or ring the bell.
[09:02] Pathfinder Lester: I find Google Voice to be an outstanding tool for managing phone stuff. Voicemail-to-email transcription is pretty good too.
[09:02] Gentle HeronGentle Heron nods to Path.
[09:02] Gentle Heron: 2. If someone comes when you are busy, they may get the hint easier if you say “Sorry, I’m expecting a call,” rather than a more generic, “Sorry, I’m busy now.”

3. Even if you’re not listening to music, wear a headset to discourage visitors.
[09:03] Gentle Heron: 2. The second strategy for intentional productivity sounds simplistic, but it’s really foundational. Plan your work day.

There are lots of tools that can help us with this. You can buy expensive planner systems. But you don’t really need tools. Here’s what you can do.
[09:03] Gentle Heron: First, at the end of each day, write down at least the top three things you need to accomplish the following day. A full TO DO list can seem overwhelming, but is also useful if you might forget something important.
[09:03] Jerry Buchko: @Pathfinder, Ditto re: Google Voice
[09:03] Pathfinder Lester: “Plan your work. Then work your plan.”
[09:03] Gentle Heron: Yes Path!
[09:03] Gentle Heron: Keep a long-range calendar. Be sure to mark all deadlines and due dates. But also work backward from these end points, and mark where you need to focus on the steps necessary to achieve the objectives by the deadline.
[09:04] Gentle Heron: Throughout the workday, set short goals. Write down “the three next things” you need to accomplish, and finish those before you write up the next list of three things.
[09:04] Gentle Heron: If you get interrupted, or if you finish a subtask, make a note to yourself explaining what to do next.

A yellow stickie that says “Continue spell check from here” pasted onto the manuscript, or a note to “Call the client to give progress report” paperclipped to the draft plan will keep you on track.
[09:04] Oronoque Westland: just make sure that your to-do list is not part of the pop ups that you have now turned off
[09:04] Gentle HeronGentle Heron chuckles.
[09:04] Gentle Heron: 3. The third strategy is to create a productive working environment.

This has to be personalized, as we all have different needs. Basically, you want to make your working environment disappear, so that you can focus on the tasks and don’t get sidetracked by annoyances and distractions.
[09:05] bulaklak: This is great! I love planning tips.
[09:05] Gentle Heron: For example, some of us need absolute silence to really concentrate; others need background music.

Noise-canceling headphones work either way. You can also use ear plugs or a white noise generator. Whatever works best for you, use it!
[09:05] bulaklak: I also *really* love this tip from above “4. When responding to emails, focus on those sent TO you, not CCed to you.:”
[09:05] Gentle Heron: The same with all the other environmental variables: light level, temperature, chair and desk, etc.

One way to keep yourself focused on work is to be sure that the fun apps– Angry Birds, your recipe collection, whatever– are NOT on your work computer. Put them elsewhere, preferably in a different room.
[09:06] Gentle Heron: 4. The fourth and final strategy is to be aware of time, and yes Rhiannon, I am!
[09:06] Gentle Heron: A timer will help you focus. This can be the old fashioned wind-up kitchen timer, or an online tool like onlineclock.net
[09:06] Gentle Heron: Most of us can manage at least ten minutes of concentrated effort. Work up to 25 minutes of sustained attention.

The Pomodoro Technique (http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/) recommends 25 concentrated minutes followed by a 5 minute break. After four cycles of this, take a longer break.
[09:07] Oronoque Westland: I need to position the on screen clock where other apps don’t hide it
[09:07] Coughran Mayo: “always on top”
[09:07] Gentle Heron: (onlineclock will buzz even if you can’t see it Oro)
[09:07] Gentle Heron: When you begin a task, or start a meeting, note the time at the top of your paper. This visual reminder will keep you working and help you avoid “bird walking” away from the topic.
[09:07] Jerry Buchko: oh, fun apps are definitely one of those distractions i wrestle with sometimes
[09:08] Gentle Heron: Don’t go to unnecessary meetings! Sure you can’t avoid some. But if you see from the agenda that the topics aren’t relevant to your work, ask the meeting organizer if you can be sent the meeting notes afterward.
[09:08] Gentle Heron: Similarly, if you are in charge of the meeting, be sure it is scheduled at a time others can attend easily; always send an agenda ahead of time; and cancel the meeting if there’s nothing important to accomplish.
[09:08] Gentle Heron: Blockers and Aids are two different approaches to dealing with productivity issues. Blockers keep the distractions away from you.
[09:08] Gentle Heron: For instance, Leechblock (a Firefox add-on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/leechblock/)

and DoNotDisturb (for Outlook http://www.clearcontext.com/user_guide/do_not_disturb.html)
[09:09] Gentle Heron: … will keep you away from those websites that steal so much of your time and attention. Other examples of distraction blockers are ear plugs, or putting your phone on mute.
[09:09] Gentle Heron: Aids help you manage distractions by encouraging you to work or study better.

These include calendars, dayplanners, TO DO lists, colored highlighters, and text substitution apps (see http://lifehacker.com/162484/save-time-with-text-substitution for some examples).
[09:09] Gentle Heron: It’s easy to get a great deal of stimulation in return for very little effort. How hard is it to find dumb cat videos on YouTube?

If it took a half hour to find one, or you had to pay to watch it, the impulse value is gone. MEMO: Don’t buy the candy at the check out aisle!
[09:10] Gentle Heron: Change the effort-to-reward ratio for low-value distractions. Make it harder to become distracted! Give yourself a chance to make a better choice, more time to think.
[09:10] Glitteractica Cookie: i close facebook when I’m trying to focus, b/c the notifications are too diff for me to resist checking
[09:10] Gentle HeronGentle Heron nods!
[09:10] Gentle Heron: Routines will make a difference in your productivity. In general, productivity aids work better than blockers, because it means your attitudes and behaviors have changed.
[09:10] Gentle Heron: What you want to do is be more mindful about productivity. Create new productive habits.

They say it takes 21 days of repetition to form a new habit. Pick one that we discussed today and do it consciously for 3 weeks. See if that routine makes a difference. I bet it will.
[09:11] Glitteractica Cookie: great advice!
[09:11] Gentle Heron: For the next 3 weeks, try making being unproductive unproductive.
[09:11] Oronoque Westland: some of these are great ideas that I can apply to sticking to my diet too
[09:11] Gentle Heron: Here are a few resources you might look into. Thank you for your attention, and I return you to the regularly scheduled program.
[09:11] Jen: ********APPPLLLAAAUUUSSSEEE********
[09:11] bulaklak: These are great tips and reminders. I’ve been thinking of setting my email to only come in every 35 minutes, but it would be such a major shift to make for me.
[09:11] Gentle Heron: Oro, that’s such a good point!
[09:11] CarmenLittleFawn: I am so appreciating this Gentle, I was and have been thinking about managing my time and projects more efficiently, and truly I know a lot of these things u are saying, the reminder helps me know I am on the right track and also the new information is going to be very helpful, 🙂
[09:11] Zazoom Zimminy: Yea!
[09:11] Gentle Heron: You can use these tips in so many ways!
[09:11] Pathfinder Lester: excellent advice
[09:12] Svea Morane: Great ideas and suggestions Gentle
[09:12] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Thanks to Gentle for leading Mentors Central today!
[09:12] alebez: these are great, gentle.
[09:12] Gentle Heron: Anyone else have good advice for us?
[09:12] Gentle Heron: Please share!
[09:12] Rhiannon Chatnoir: and yes, great advice and tips.
[09:12] Gentle Heron: Or do the next Mentor Corner!
[09:12] Tori Landau: Brill tips Gentle, thank you!
[09:12] Jerry Buchko: great presi, Gentle!
[09:12] Oronoque Westland: such great ideas and from someone who is a model at getting things done
[09:12] bulaklak: Well, I recently heard that the Rockwood Leadership Institute does NO work on Fridays and they increased their productivity by 25% . . .
[09:12] CarmenLittleFawn: 🙂
[09:12] bulaklak: hmmm
[09:12] Svea Morane: Gentle is one of the most productive people i know
[09:12] Rhiannon Chatnoir: We might want to hold that til the Open Mic, we are running a bit late today.. but lets keep the discussion going then
[09:12] Jerry Buchko: can we get a copy of your slides? i want this one for my library

FEATURED PRESENTER

[09:13] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Time for today’s main speaker alebaze/Ale Bezdikian.
[09:13] Glitteractica Cookie: um, bulaklak… ?? i don’t think so, but nice try. ;-P
[09:13] bulaklak: =)
[09:13] Jerry Buchko: lol
[09:13] Rhiannon Chatnoir: You can come up and grab a seat in front alebez.
[09:13] bulaklak: w00t alebez!
[09:13] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great
[09:13] CarmenLittleFawn: Hello alebez 🙂
[09:13] Rhiannon Chatnoir: She is going to share with us today how Basecamp project management tool makes working on a distributed team and collaborating on mutual projects so much easier.
[09:13] Glitteractica Cookie: this is a RAWK STAH, ladies and gents
[09:14] alebez: Good day everyone, thanks for being here!
[09:14] Rhiannon Chatnoir: First a bit about Ale.
After studying journalism and comparative religion at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Alexandra (Ale) Bezdikian was given a fellowship with Mother Jones Magazine where she produced videos as well as fronted their outreach communications department.
Currently, Ale is TechSoup’s Online Community + Social Media team Coordinator, and loving it! That means she keeps the team on track and in check, making sure everyone is meeting timelines and deliverables. Most of her time is spent wiki gardening and managing her team in Basecamp.
[09:14] Rhiannon Chatnoir: So lets all welcome alebez! Ale, you can start when your ready.
[09:14] Glitteractica Cookie: and she’s fabulus!!
[09:14] alebez: Thanks!
[09:14] alebez: I’d like to speak to you all about a project management tool that my team currently uses to manage our day to day activities, called Basecamp.
[09:14] Buffy Beale: Great job Gentle! and Yayy alebez!
[09:15] bulaklak: Great fit with the Mentors talk from today, too.
[09:15] alebez: You can view this presentation in your browser alongside this virtual presentation http://slidesha.re/OeLmCd there, on our community slideshare page.
[09:15] alebez: I know, right bulaklak?
[09:15] CarmenLittleFawn: claps
[09:15] Glitteractica Cookie: is there a vanity bit.ly?
[09:16] alebez: It’s a tool I use every day, as do my colleagues here on the Online Community Team. For us, Basecamp does a fantastic job of managing all the content we produce during our planning and creating processes. It really helps to keep all our discussions easily accessible to members working on a project, and allows for transparent assignment of tasks.
[09:16] alebez: this was the bitly, gliteractica: http://slidesha.re/OeLmCd
[09:16] alebez: Have any of you heard of or used Basecamp in the workplace? I’d like to note that we’re using the most recent version of Basecamp, which differs slightly from Basecamp classic.
[09:17] Coughran MayoCoughran Mayo has used basecamp
[09:17] bulaklakbulaklak uses Basecamp
[09:17] Svea Morane: I use Basecamp for dozens of research projects
[09:17] alebez: oh, fantastic!
[09:17] Pathfinder LesterPathfinder Lester has used Basecamp. Currently uses Jira.
[09:17] CarmenLittleFawn: never used
[09:17] bulaklakbulaklak uses both classic and new
[09:17] Glitteractica Cookie: alebez, i meant one that was memorable.. a vanoty bit.ly, so we can tweet it, mention it, etc
[09:17] Jerry Buchko: no hadn’t heard of Basecamp until now
[09:17] alebez: Basecamp is a web based project management tool. It puts a whole team’s communication and work onto a single virtual page which displays your teams discussions, tasks, files, and documents, keeping everything stored in a single location online.
[09:17] Glitteractica Cookie: you can make one later
[09:18] alebez: This makes it incredibly easy to facilitate collaboration across a distributed team, and makes holding team members accountable all the more transparent.
[09:18] Pathfinder LesterPathfinder Lester also uses Highrise (contact management), made by the same folks who make Basecamp.
[09:18] BELOVEDROX: used it for a project once
[09:18] alebez: By assigning ownership of tasks, and placing project deadlines on one unified calendar, each member of our team can see upcoming deadlines and track project deliverables. I’ll show you how in just a bit.
[09:18] alebez: Basecamp is a web-based tool which allows for multiple user access, and makes collaboration easy across a distributed team.
[09:19] alebez: After logging in to a Basecamp account, what you see is a dashboard of all the projects you have on your plate at a given time. You can then choose to navigate to the project you’re working on at the moment, and open the project folder to reveal team discussions, to-do lists, files, and text documents.
[09:19] alebez: After opening your project folder, you have access to view and participate in all your team’s discussions relating to that project, to-do lists with the option to assign ownership of tasks, share files and text documents.
[09:20] Buffy Beale: this sounds like a great tool!
[09:20] alebez: You can choose to contribute to a discussion thread, check out upcoming to-do’s, or download files relating to the project. This folder is meant to contain everything relating to the project at hand, and allows access to the team members you choose to work on the project.
[09:20] CarmenLittleFawn: mmhmm
[09:20] alebez: Collaboration is made easy through Basecamp especially through discussions.
[09:21] alebez: It’s easy to begin a new discussion thread, as it’s a lot like crafting an email. You’d give it a title as you would an email, write the content, and then choose which people on your team you want to notify.
[09:21] Ethelred Weatherwax: I don’t see that Basecamp is offered through TechSoup
[09:21] alebez: It’s not currently offered, Ethelred.
[09:21] alebez: Your discussion is public, so anyone invited to the project can join, but only those you choose will get an email notification. (you can sync up Basecamp notifications to your email account)
[09:22] alebez: Basecamp offers a versatile platform for assigning ownership of tasks and tracking deliverables.
[09:22] alebez: By keeping all yours tasks together, and individually assigning to-do’s to members of your project with due dates, you can easily track the progress of your team on the calendar, and manage deliverables accordingly.
[09:22] Glitteractica Cookie: post it on the wishlist thread, Ethelred
[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: we have a forum for product requests
[09:23] alebez: Because items can be assigned to individual users, it makes it easy to delegate and hand out responsibility for particular tasks. Each team member can then monitor their own to-do’s on their own personal pages and whose deadlines are factored into your team’s Basecamp’s calendar.
[09:23] bulaklak: We do offer Huddle, though. Which is similar. http://bit.ly/SoT6mP
[09:23] Glitteractica Cookie: bulaklak can post the link
[09:23] alebez: thanks, bulaklak, i was getting to the Huddle option. 🙂
[09:23] bulaklak: Here is the TechSoup Technology Wish List thread: http://bit.ly/A0AgN2
[09:23] bulaklak: Of course you were on it, Ale.
[09:23] bulaklak: =)
[09:24] alebez: So by assigning ownership of tasks, and placing project deadlines on one unified calendar, each member of our team can see upcoming deadlines and track project deliverables.
[09:24] alebez: Each project is color coded on the calendar, so when you assign a duration of time to a piece of a project, say for a social media campaign, it appears in this case in orange, and spans a number of weeks.
[09:24] bulaklak: The color coded calendar on Basecamp is my absolute favorite.
[09:25] alebez: For me personally, having one calendar that shows multiple aspects of what we do based on the categories we defined…
[09:25] alebez: whether those are events we’re producing on a given day, campaigns we’re running over a period of time, or upcoming deadlines to track, I can see everything from a birds eye view.
[09:25] alebez: Basecamp is not free.
[09:25] alebez: Pricing starts at $20/month for up to ten projects and 3GB of files, rising to $50/month for 40 projects and 15GB of files.
[09:26] alebez: $100/month for 100 projects and 40GB of files and maxing out at $150/month for unlimited projects and 100GB of file storage. All the pricing tiers have support for unlimited users.
[09:26] alebez: There’s also a no-credit-card-required 30-day free trial to try it out.
[09:26] Gentle Heron: They offer a 45 day free trial.
[09:26] alebez: I think it’s 30 days now Gentle
[09:26] bulaklak: (You can also turn any of the color coded projects on and off when you are looking at the calendar, which is even more awesome.. So you can see as much or as little as you want.)
[09:27] alebez: Some alternatives to Basecamp are Huddle and Asana, for example. Huddle is a paid service, and is offered here at TechSoup: http://bit.ly/SoT6mP for an admin fee of $99.00
[09:27] alebez: Huddle was mentioned by Bulaklak just a bit ago
[09:27] alebez: Our team used Huddle for a period of time, but ultimately didn’t like the fact that there wasn’t one unified calendar to view everything from a higher level, but instead required the user to toggle between multiple dashboards. Huddle’s user interface was also somewhat clunky.
[09:28] alebez: Basecamp’s proven reliability was a huge factor when choosing which tool to go with. We knew it could deliver most of what we were looking for, including a master calendar. Also points for the ability to access it mobile, and multiple entry points for collaboration. Also, a few of our team members had already used Basecamp, potentially making it easier to adopt.
[09:28] Coughran Mayo: http://basecamp.com/signup
[09:28] Coughran Mayo: for free trial info
[09:28] alebez: Fantastic. thanks, coughran.
[09:29] alebez: Asana looked like a good project management tool, can act as an interim crm, and does have an api, but doesn’t provide the crystal clear organization structure that I feel Basecamp does a better job at providing. It does however, have the capability of syncing to Outlook, and the interface is quite easy to navigate. Also, it’s free to set up an account (biggest points for asana here).
[09:29] alebez: Asana is a practicle and clean free service, one that I would recommend on a tight budget. I’ve heard good things about Asana.
[09:29] Glitteractica Cookie: on our team we tried so many PM tools, before settling on this one
[09:29] alebez: We sure did.
[09:29] alebez: We tried a whole lot.
[09:29] Glitteractica Cookie: and several before you joined the team too
[09:30] alebez: and ultimately, Basecamp fit our needs
[09:30] Coughran Mayo: Does TS have any special offers for nonprofits for Basecamp? That would be nice
[09:30] bulaklak: Yes, Alebez was not there for the CoHuman adventure.
[09:30] Glitteractica Cookie: Coughran, that is what we were talking to ethelred about
[09:30] Rhiannon Chatnoir: 🙂
[09:30] alebez: It would be nice if they had nonprofit rates, but at the moment, they aren’t there.
[09:30] Glitteractica Cookie: if you post the request in that forum thread, our bizdev team will look into it
[09:31] Glitteractica Cookie: right now, we have huddle, but not basecamp
[09:31] bulaklak: Coughran if you would like to suggest TechSoup offer it as a donation, you can do that here http://bit.ly/A0AgN2
[09:31] Glitteractica Cookie: there must be a significant interest on the front end, before bizdev seeks the doantion from the vendor partner
[09:31] Pathfinder Lester: Have you folks tried any “content collaboration” software (shared documents, etc.) ?
[09:31] Glitteractica Cookie: google docs and MS live collab software
[09:32] bulaklak: I used to use eRoom at one of my old jobs, Pathfinder
[09:32] Pathfinder Lester: cool
[09:32] Glitteractica Cookie: and of course, we are a big user of wikispaces
[09:32] Glitteractica Cookie: which is a techsoup product
[09:32] bulaklak: eRoom is expensive but it has really amazing version control
[09:32] Pathfinder Lester: We’re currently using Confluence at ReactionGrid. It’s working out very well for us. http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/overview
[09:32] Pathfinder Lester: And since it’s made by same folks who make Jira, the two integrate very well.
[09:33] Pathfinder Lester: That’s probably our biggest challenge…getting all the different tools we use to *integrate* with each other. ;P
[09:33] alebez: That’s fantastic you found something that works for you, Pathfinder.
[09:33] Gentle Heron: That’s important, Path, the integration aspect.
[09:33] alebez: Now, can I answer any more questions, or any more questions to my team members who use Basecamp
[09:33] Pathfinder Lester: alebez, have you tried Highrise integrated with Basecamp?
[09:33] alebez: I really enjoy using this tool
[09:33] alebez: No, we have not.
[09:34] alebez: I haven’t expanded into the Basecamp app space
[09:34] Jerry Buchko: For those working in small collaborative teams that don’t need some of the time resource tracking functionality of PM software, LifeHacker had this useful article about how to use Google Calendar as a PM tool… http://lifehacker.com/5918676/how-to-use-google-calendar-as-a-project-ma…
[09:34] alebez: Basecamp has a whole slew of apps that integrate with their tool that make everything from mobile collaboration to time tracking possible
[09:34] bulaklak: Ooh, thanks Jerry.
[09:34] Gentle HeronGentle Heron nods to Jerry…. VAI uses the Google tools for project management.
[09:34] Glitteractica Cookie: what is highrise?
[09:35] Pathfinder Lester: contact management
[09:35] Pathfinder Lester: made by same folks who make Basecamp
[09:35] Rhiannon Chatnoir: one of the other products that is part of the Basecamp line
[09:35] alebez: yep
[09:35] Jerry BuchkoJerry Buchko nods
[09:36] alebez: All-in-all, Basecamp is a satisfying tool to work with, and has integrated the best on our fast-paced team.
[09:36] Pathfinder Lester: as you work more with Basecamp, I’d love to hear about how you integrate/expand on it. Best practices for integrating different tools is a hot topic in my opinion.
[09:36] Jerry Buchko: @Gentle, For the small collaborative teams I’ve worked with, e.g. delivering a MOOC, using the Google Calendars along with the other integrated tools, like Hangout, Doc, Talk, etc. have really proven effective
[09:36] alebez: agreed. and i look forward to keeping you posted.
[09:37] alebez: glitter and bulaklak, do you have any closing remarks before I had the mic to Rhiannon?
[09:37] Glitteractica Cookie: I’m interested in maybe having a follow-up lecture from you, Path alongside Ale on that topic, integration
[09:37] bulaklak: I consider it a real testament to Basecamp that it’s gotten decent adoption on our team, considering our track record.
[09:37] bulaklak: (Of course it’s a testament to Alebez, too)
[09:37] Glitteractica Cookie: and considering my resistance to it
[09:37] Pathfinder Lester: i’d be happy to share my experiences. expecially my mistakes! (i learn most from those)
[09:37] Glitteractica Cookie: ;-P
[09:37] alebez: stop! blush
[09:37] alebez: 🙂
[09:37] bulaklak: That, too, Glitter.
[09:37] Gentle HeronGentle Heron agrees with Path about learning from mistakes.
[09:37] Rhiannon Chatnoir: any other questions to Ale before we transition to Open Mic & Announcements
[09:38] alebez: Well, great. Thanks everybody, this has been a great discussion, and a pleasure.
[09:38] Glitteractica Cookie: i’m still not over-the-moon about it, but it’s working, so that’s cool
[09:38] Buffy Beale: hearty applause, great presentation alebez
[09:38] Pathfinder Lester: ty alebez
[09:38] CarmenLittleFawn: tt alebez for the information
[09:38] Pathfinder LesterPathfinder Lester claps
[09:38] CarmenLittleFawn: ty
[09:38] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Great and thanks alebez for presenting today!
[09:38] Jerry BuchkoJerry Buchko applauds.
[09:38] alebez: certainly. thank you!
[09:38] Jen: ********APPPLLLAAAUUUSSSEEE********
[09:39] CarmenLittleFawn: clapping
[09:39] Jerry Buchko: thanks Alebez!
[09:39] Jen: Very good Alebez
[09:39] Jen: Thank you

OPEN MIC / ANNOUNCEMENTS

[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: It’s time for Open Mic and Announcements
[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Does anyone have any announcements today?
[09:39] Ozma Malibu: I do, I think
[09:39] Jen: Now if I can get the Luddites in my Foundation to accept it
[09:39] Gentle Heron: That
[09:39] Ozma Malibu: if no one else is speaking to the birthday party, I do.
[09:39] Rhiannon Chatnoir: ok Ozma, go ahead
[09:39] Glitteractica Cookie: which foundation?
[09:40] Gentle Heron: That’d make a great topic, Jen… how to get Luddites moving forward.
[09:40] Jen: any ideas on that Gentle?
[09:41] Ozma Malibu: Hi! The big NPC birthday party is on September 21.
[09:41] Glitteractica Cookie: i love these productivity topics
[09:42] Rhiannon Chatnoir: yes
[09:42] bulaklak: Me, too! I think talking about productivity is way more fun than being productive.
[09:42] Svea Morane: Announcement on free (to SL residents) seminar:
[09:42] Svea Morane: Mayo Clinic is sponsoring its 5th annual 3 day symposium on innovation in Healthcare. The main stage presentations on day 2 and 3 (Monday and Tuesday, 9/10-11) will be shown in the Mayo Clinic conference center for free 🙂 Check the schedule and stop in. http://www.mayo.edu/transform/schedule
[09:42] Gentle Heron: That conference is always SUPER, Svea!
[09:42] Svea Morane: thanks it is a good one..
[09:42] Svea Morane: mc is Hockenberry from NPR
[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: I think we lost Ozma, so if anyone else has an announcement or wants to talk on the NPC birthday?
[09:43] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks Svea
[09:44] Brena Benoir: Ozma probably has the most up to date info on the birthday celebration as she has been managing the wiki for it
[09:44] Glitteractica Cookie: can you point to where it lives on the NPSL wiki?
[09:44] Gentle Heron: YAY Ozma is back
[09:44] Rhiannon Chatnoir: oh wait.. think she is back, and yes a link to the wiki on it would be great
[09:44] Tori Landau: What time will the birthday celebration be at please?
[09:44] Brena Benoir: We will be finishing up the builds for it. We are still looking for gifts that we could hand out
[09:45] Brena Benoir: one sec grabbing it
[09:45] Ozma Malibu: sorta back. Hey.
[09:45] Ozma Malibu: here is the wiki link: http://npsl.wiki.techsoup.org/Timeline+and+Ideas
[09:45] Glitteractica Cookie: thx
[09:46] CarmenLittleFawn: I am making some gifts to hand out
[09:46] Ozma Malibu: If everyone does a small bit we can have an amazing party
[09:46] Brena Benoir: http://npsl.wiki.techsoup.org/Timeline+and+Ideas
[09:46] Rhiannon Chatnoir: thanks
[09:46] CarmenLittleFawn: ty Ozma
[09:47] Brena Benoir: Zinnia has prepared the overall poster for the event which is currently off to the left of Ale’s board
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: great!
[09:47] Rhiannon Chatnoir: Any other announcements?
[09:49] bulaklak: Great meeting today!
[09:49] Glitteractica Cookie: indeed!

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Basecamp project management with Ale Bezdikian for September 7th Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting

This Friday, September 7th, Nonprofit Commons is happy to feature Ale Bezdikian (alebez in SL), who will share how Basecamp project management tool makes working on a distributed team and collaborating on mutual projects so much easier. She is TechSoup’s Online Community and Social Media team Coordinator, where she spends most of her time using Basecamp to track her team’s daily project activities, keep them on a sustainable timeline, and meeting deliverables.

Ale’s bio: After studying journalism and comparative religion at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Alexandra (Ale) Bezdikian was given a fellowship with Mother Jones Magazine where she produced videos as well as fronted their outreach communications department. Currently, Ale is TechSoup’s Online Community + Social Media team Coordinator, and loving it! That means she keeps the team on track and in check, making sure everyone is meeting timelines and deliverables. Most of her time is spent wiki gardening and managing her team in Basecamp.

Join us in Second Life!

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Friday, September 7th, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA
• 8:30 am Introductions
• 8:40 am TechSoup Announcements
• 8:45 am Mentors Central
• 8:55 am Main Speaker: Ale Bezdikian
• 9:30 am Open Mic / Announcements

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The mission of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is to create a community for nonprofits to explore and learn about virtual worlds, foster connections, and discover the many ways in which nonprofits might utilize the unique environment of Second Life to achieve their missions.

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Transcript for August 31 NPC Meeting – The Power of Encouragement with Ruthe Farmer of The National Center for Women & IT

“The Power of Encouragement – it’s free, it’s easy, & it works” with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women & IT for August 31 Nonprofit Commons Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
August 31, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

AGENDA
8:30 AM Introductions
8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements
8:45 AM Mentors Central
8:55 The Power of Encouragement – it’s free, it’s easy, & it works with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women & IT http://www.ncwit.org/
9:30 AM Open Mic / Announcements
http://nonprofitcommons.org

– Unabridged Transcript –

Introductions

[08:31] Zinnia Zauber: Welcome everyone to the Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting!

[08:31] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Hi Zinnia, thanks

[08:32] Zinnia Zauber: Hi there!

[08:32] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd

[08:32] Zinnia Zauber: The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is
sponsored by TechSoup Global.
[08:33] Zinnia Zauber: We are so happy you have joined us today!

[08:33] Glitteractica Cookie: It is also a program of the TechSOup
Global Community and social media team

[08:33] Zinnia Zauber: Let me share our Agenda for today!

[08:33] Glitteractica Cookie: (meaning, we not only sponsor it, we are
in it) 😉

[08:33] Zinnia Zauber: 8:30 AM Introductions

8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements

8:45 AM Mentors Central

8:55 The Power of Encouragement – it’s free, it’s easy, & it works
with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women &
IT http://www.ncwit.org/

9:30 AM Open Mic / Announcements
[08:33] Zinnia Zauber: Yes, thank you Glitter.
[08:34] Zinnia Zauber: Let me also share a bunch of links with you as well.
[08:34] Zinnia Zauber: Here are the many ways to can get involved with the
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

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

http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons
[08:34] Zinnia Zauber: About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

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

http://flavors.me/techsoup
[08:34] Zinnia Zauber: So we like to start off with Introductions!

[08:35] Ronnie Rhode: Denise Harrison, The Garden for the Missing,
http://www.gardenforthemissing.org/ and SLURL Remora (203,148,21),
Project Jason, assistance for families of the missing,
http://www.projectjason.org.

[08:35] Zinnia Zauber: Please state your real name, location, org, and
ways we can find you online.

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

[08:35] Zinnia Zauber: Our transcript is made public.

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

[08:35] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Jerry Buchko | Counselor, Coach, &
Tutor of Personal Finance in Private Practice |
http://www.linkedin.com/jerrybuchko | @jerrybuchko

[08:35] Lyssa AskJAN.org (janlyssa.serenity): Lyssa Rowan, Job
Accommodation Network, http://AskJAN.org @JANatJAN

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

[08:35] Par (parhelion.palou): Bilbo Baggins, north of Baltimore, MD,
generic volunteer, no twitter, no website

[08:35] Chayenn: monique Richert, protect Yourself 1, Inc., Baltimore
, Maryland, protectyourself1.org, facebook.com/PY1US, @PY1US

[08:35] Zotarah Shepherd: BEACH College, Santa Rosa, CA

[08:35] Allene Sideways: Ruthe Farmer, National Center for Women & IT,
www.ncwit.org @ruthef

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

[08:36] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Deborah Tucker – What’s In Your Lunch Box?

[08:36] Dancers Yao: Kara Bennett, Elder Voices, Inc. Los Angeles, Ca
Health Care and Human Rights www.eldervoices.net

[08:36] bulaklak: Michael DeLong, Senior Manager Online Community and
Social Media TechSoup Global, www.techsoup.org, San Francisco, USA
@MichaelDeLongSF @TechSoup

[08:36] Zinnia Zauber: If you join us late, please still introduce yourself!

[08:36] Tank Thibedeau (liltank.thibedeau): Ricky Davis, San Antonio
http://www.urbanskribbles.net Health advocate and believer that music
heals aka DJ

[08:36] alebez: Ale Bezdikian, Online Community Coordinator, TechSoup,
SF, Ca. @TechSoup, @alebez

[08:36] Glitteractica Cookie: Susan Tenby, Online Community and Social
Media Director, TechSoup global @suzboop @techsoup @npsl

[08:36] Andy Evans: Andy Evans, First Opinions Panel in SL; Social
Research Foundation, New York, NY
http://www.socialresearchfoundation.org/

[08:36] Gentle Heron: Virtual Ability, Inc. www.virtualability.org
gives you access to our blog, Twitter, and Facebook

[08:36] Allene Sideways: I’m also @csedweek & www.aspirationsaward.org

[08:36] Biji Mornington: BJ Wishinsky, formerly Anita Borg Institute
for Women & Technology. Currently consulting at TechSoup and Palo Alto
Open Space. @leapingwoman http://linkedin.com/in/bjwishinsky

[08:37] Allene Sideways: OMG Hi BJ!

[08:37] Biji Mornington: Hi, Ruthe!

[08:37] Tori Landau: Patricia Dean, volunteer event coordinator for
Open University sim in SL, Deep Think. I’m in the UK. Open University
website: www.open.ac.uk

[08:37] Zinnia Zauber: It is so great to see you all!

[08:38] Tank Thibedeau (liltank.thibedeau): xbox gamer tag Dyverse
Steele @dyverse_steele facebook ricky.g.davis

[08:38] Ozma Malibu: Sandy Andrews, Floaters Org – technology outreach
to those who would not otherwise have access – Arizona, Mexico and On
the Road

[08:38] Zinnia Zauber: Do you have friends you want to invite to our meeting?

[08:39] Sarvana Haalan: Sally Cherry, NPSL cheerleader :-), Baltimore,
MD http://Twitter.com/CHAREproject.

[08:39] BELOVEDROX: Roxy Rocker National Service Inclusion Project
www.serviceandinclusion.org

[08:39] Zinnia Zauber: You are always welcome to invite other groups
to our meetings!
[08:39] Zinnia Zauber: You can send them a note through your group
chat with the SLURL.
[08:40] Zinnia Zauber: We are trying to encourage others to join us
for these great meetings.
[08:40] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all for introductions and sharing with people!

TechSoup Announcements

[08:40] Zinnia Zauber: Okay!
[08:40] Zinnia Zauber: It is time for TechSoup Announcements!

[08:41] bulaklak: Hi, folks! Thanks, Zinnia.
[08:41] bulaklak: We are excited to announce the official launch of
our local impact map

[08:41] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): hello! 🙂

[08:41] Zinnia Zauber: YAY!

[08:41] bulaklak: the local impact map allows you to visually explore
the positive impact of programs promoted and supported by TechSoup and
its donor partners around the world.

[08:41] Buffy Beale: Nice one!

[08:41] bulaklak: We have a couple great stories from the NPC community
[08:42] bulaklak: The Love Foundation and Elder Voices

[08:42] Zinnia Zauber: Wonderful!

[08:42] Sarvana Haalan: wooot, woot!!!

[08:42] bulaklak: Here is a link to the map so you can check it out:
http://bit.ly/NBm01j

[08:43] Dancers Yao: thank you we really appreciate this

[08:43] bulaklak: And we will continue to add stories to the map
ongoing so if you have an idea send it to bea@techsoupglobal.org

[08:43] Buffy Beale: looking great bulaklak

[08:43] Biji Mornington: So cool. Congrats on the launch!

[08:43] bulaklak: Thanks!
[08:43] bulaklak: Is anyone from the Love Foundation or Elder Voices here today?
[08:44] bulaklak: Okay, well next up we’d love to have your help with
a short survey.

[08:44] Dancers Yao: yes we thank you

[08:44] Zinnia Zauber: Dancers is

[08:44] Gentle Heron: Dancers is from Elder Voices.

[08:45] Dancers Yao: here from Elder Voices

[08:45] bulaklak: Oh, great!
[08:45] bulaklak: Just wanted to give you a special thanks for
contributing to the map.

[08:45] Zinnia Zauber: Rah Dancers!

[08:46] bulaklak: So TechSoup is interested in how nonprofits,
libraries, and other organizations provide internet and computer
access for their communities

[08:46] Dancers Yao: and thanks again to Zinnia and Gentle for their
encouragement to tell this story

[08:46] Glitteractica Cookie: We’d love to feature as many nonprofits
from this community as we can, especially those that are not in the
US! (although all of you who are with NPOs are welcome to get in
touch!)

[08:47] bulaklak: This is a *very* short survey so please take a few
moments to fill it out so we can learn how your orgs are providing
access
[08:47] bulaklak: Or even if your org is just thinking about providing
computer or internet access to its community
[08:47] bulaklak: Here is the link: http://bit.ly/OMAYOQ

[08:47] Sarvana Haalan: In Baltimore, they are working to turn the
“closed” rec centers into Tech center.

[08:48] Gentle Heron: Cool idea Sarvana!

[08:48] Sarvana Haalan: *centers for the communities
[08:49] Sarvana Haalan: I will share the link with the Baltimore Unwired team

[08:49] bulaklak: Lastly, I wanted to share a new member spotlight we
have on the Community homepage of TechSoup.org. The Community homepage
is a hub for our online community including the help forums and our
blog.
[08:49] bulaklak: The latest member we are shining a spotlight on is
Amazon Watch. They do pretty amazing work.
[08:49] bulaklak: Here is the link to the spotlight: http://bit.ly/NFaoEz
[08:50] bulaklak: And that’s all I’ve got for today. Thanks and have a
great meeting and great weekend!

[08:50] Glitteractica Cookie: amazonwatch.org

[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: Super!

[08:50] Jen (jenelle.levenque): Thanks bulaklak that was very interesting

[08:50] Zinnia Zauber: Any other news from TechSoup?

[08:51] bulaklak: None from me!

[08:51] alebez: I think that’s it, z

Mentor Central

[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: Super!
[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you guys!
[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: Okay! Mentor Central!
[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: So, I thought today I would give you guys homework.

[08:51] Sarvana Haalan: Wooot Mentor Central!!!!

[08:51] Zinnia Zauber: If you know me, you know I love to give homework.

[08:52] Sarvana Haalan: We love home work…. hehe

[08:52] Gentle Heron: Go Zinnia!

[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: We often talk about how we use SL as professionals.

[08:52] Sarvana Haalan: 🙂

[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: And, we use it for work.
[08:52] Zinnia Zauber: Our avatar is how we connect with people.
[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: How many of you are connected with your avatar?

[08:53] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I think I am, but not quite sure what you mean

[08:53] Gentle Heron: absolutely I am!

[08:53] Sarvana Haalan: I am, I think 🙂

[08:53] BELOVEDROX: I Am !

[08:53] Biji Mornington: I’m with Jen on this!

[08:53] Zinnia Zauber: Your avatar is a visual representation of you
and your professional reputation. Your avatar must communicate your
enthusiasm, openness, and mission to tap those productive, emotional
interactions and encourage participation that online communities
utilize as a form of personal branding and real influential guidance.

[08:54] Tilly-Floss (hjeidi): umbilically attached

[08:54] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): my server connection to my avatar
seems a bit laggy today, otherwise ok i guess… 😉

[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: Efficiently build credibility by embodying your
best self though your Authentic Avatar. Discover how to create an
expressive, consistent, and unique appearance and animations that
articulates your genuine motivation, fosters confidence, and to
differentiate you, your cause, and your business from other avatars.

[08:54] Tori Landau: I am both in that I feel she is me and that since
earlier this year my real identity is also now linked to my avatar

[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: Excellent!
[08:54] Zinnia Zauber: So, here is your homework…

[08:54] Sarvana Haalan: Jerry, I am lagging here today also

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: Please review my slide show from the workshop I did at
[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds

[08:55] Zinnia Zauber: Here is the link
[08:56] Zinnia Zauber:
http://www.slideshare.net/renneemiko/authentic-avatar-inspiring-trust-wi…

[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: I want you to please take the time to review.
[08:56] Zinnia Zauber: Please think about how you can define your mission.

[08:57] Biji Mornington: thanks, Zinnia. i REALLY need that!

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: How does that sound?
[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Can you guys do it?

[08:57] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Excellent!

[08:57] BELOVEDROX: Great!

[08:57] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you for letting me give you some
homework, and let’s be our best selves in here!

[08:57] Buffy Beale: nice one Z and lol on my big pic in one of the slides

[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: Yes!
[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: Buffy you are one of my stars
!
[08:58] Buffy Beale: Zinnia made my skin btw
[08:58] Buffy Beale: awww ty Z

[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: 🙂
[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: You can see, that Zinnia looks like me, Renne.
[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: But we don’t all have to look like ourselves.
[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: just be ourselves.
[08:58] Zinnia Zauber: Okay! Thank you!

[08:59] Sarvana Haalan: Zinnia and Renne are stars!

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: aww, thanks Sar!

The Power of Encouragement – it’s free, it’s easy, & it works with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women & IT

[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: It is time for our speaker!
[08:59] Zinnia Zauber: Allene can you join me up here please?

[08:59] Sarvana Haalan: I truly to be my outgoing networking self…

[09:00] Buffy Beale: cheering for Allene!!!

[09:00] Sarvana Haalan: Welcome Allene

[09:00] Gentle Heron applauds for Allene.

[09:00] Allene Sideways: THanks!
[09:00] Allene Sideways: hi everyone

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: I want you all to meet Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways.
[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: She is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at
the National Center for Women & IT, an organization seeking to
increase women’s meaningful participation in computing and information
technology.

[09:00] Sarvana Haalan: Wooot, wooot Allene

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: She is the driving force behind the NCWIT Award
for Aspirations in Computing, a nationwide program for high school
young women interested in technology and is the Chair of Computer
Science Education Week 2012.

[09:00] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): YAH!

[09:00] Zinnia Zauber: Ruthe was formerly the national manager of STEM
education at Girl Scouts of the USA and holds an MBA in Social
Entrepreneurship from the University of Oxford Said Business School
and part of her masters’ research including methods and results in
Second Life.

[09:01] Sarvana Haalan: interesting…

[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: And, we went to undergrad together! I am so
proud to have her here today!
[09:01] Zinnia Zauber: Please take it away!

[09:01] Biji Mornington: Ruthe is a ROCK STAR of gender inclusion in
tech. Seriously!

[09:01] Allene Sideways: Thanx Renne!

[09:01] Jen (jenelle.levenque): I really hate to, but RL is demanding
me for another meeting

[09:01] Allene Sideways: & BJ
[09:01] Allene Sideways: Greetings, my name is Ruthe Farmer & I
represent the National Center for Women & IT and Computer Science
Education Week.
[09:01] Allene Sideways: I’ve been working in the gender & technology
world since 2001 when I joined the Girl Scouts as a STEM Program
Manager.

[09:02] Glitteractica Cookie: Welcome

[09:02] Allene Sideways: I’m extremely passionate about equity for
women and girls and feel that meaningful participation of women in
technology is crucial to their economic security as well as the
quality of the technological innovations we create moving forward.
We can only imagine how the technical world will look once women have
an equal seat at the table. BTW SL has really great gender numbers in
terms of users.

[09:02] Allene Sideways: Slide 2
So why computer science?
[09:02] Allene Sideways: As you know it is Creative – Computing offers
the opportunity to create new technologies and imagine new worlds. If
you are a creative person – CS is a great way to use that in a career.
[09:02] Allene Sideways: It allows you to Solve Problems – no other
time in history has offered so much opportunity to have global impact.
Through technology we can address the great challenges of our time –
poverty, hunger, disease, space exploration. Individuals can make a
massive impact on the world.
[09:03] Allene Sideways: Scholarships – LOTS of scholarship money out
there for students interested in CS
Salaries – Computing jobs start around 60K for a new graduate and
median salaries are over 100K and…
[09:03] Allene Sideways: There are lots of Jobs – the US DOL predicts
1.4M new computing jobs by 2018 and right now there are two open jobs
in computing for every qualified person.
[09:03] Allene Sideways: Frankly the US needs more people in the
field. We live in an information economy that runs on technology, yet
our current educational pipeline will only produce 29% of the workers
needed to fill these jobs.

[09:04] Allene Sideways: Slide 3
So why is this a problem? The US has changed from a
farming/manufacturing economy to an information economy. Yet our
schools are essentially teaching the same curriculum that was
established in the late 1800’s – before modern technology existed.
[09:04] Allene Sideways: Computer science/technology is NOT a core
curricular course, it often does not count towards a math or science
graduation requirement, and is usually an elective course – competing
with art, music and languages. There is also a shortage of teachers
qualified to teach computing courses and no certification required.
[09:04] Allene Sideways: The National Center for Women & IT and
Computer Science Education Week are both working to address this
issue, seeking to improve the inclusion of women in the field and
increasing access to computing education for all students.

[09:05] Allene Sideways: Slide 4
One intervention we are really excited about is the NCWIT Aspirations
in computing program. This program identifies interested high school
girls and gives them the support and encouragement to continue.

[09:05] 01 Hifeng: seriously?? computer science isn’t mandatory in
american schools? wow

[09:05] Allene Sideways: Since 2007 we have inducted over 1500 young
women into this community and we are on target to recognize an
additional 1000 annually from here on out. The outcomes of this
program have been tremendous: 88% of participants enroll in a
traditionally male-dominated STEM major with 64% of girls majoring in
computer science.
[09:05] Allene Sideways: Yes, only 24% of US HS even offer it.

[09:05] 01 Hifeng: wow

[09:06] Allene Sideways: And over 80% of participants report sharing
about the program or computing in general with younger girls.

[09:06] Allene Sideways: Slide 5
We now have 55 local affiliate programs that serve girls around the
country in addition to a national level program. Girls are selected
and recognized locally, connecting them to peers as well as the
universities they might attend and companies where they might intern.

[09:06] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): (@01 Hilfeng – I don’t think
computers are even mandatory in American schools… 😉

[09:06] Allene Sideways: At the same time all participants are invited
to an online community of peers which provides support, encouragement,
and connections to scholarships, jobs and opportunities.
[09:06] Allene Sideways: Applications for this year begin on 9/15/12
and all the info can be found at www.aspirationsaward.org

[09:07] Allene Sideways: Slide 6
Our evaluation shows that the small act of recognizing and encouraging
a girl’s talents really works. Girls report feeling more confident in
their tech skills, being more excited, and feeling less afraid.
[09:07] Allene Sideways: A favorite girl quote: “The experience for
applying for this award was a little doubtful at first, but eventually
I realized my experience in technology was noteworthy enough.”

[09:08] Biji Mornington: love that quote!

[09:08] Allene Sideways: BJ is familiar with this program
[09:08] Allene Sideways: Me too – heartstrings

[09:08] Allene Sideways: So on to encouragement – Slide 7
A colleague told me a story about her freshmen Intro to CS course –
that she took only because she couldn’t get into a different class.
She had intended to major in econ.
[09:08] Allene Sideways: Then her professor wrote on one of her exams
“Great job. Do you have a major? Come see me.” That small act of
encouragement changed her life and cost the professor nothing but the
effort to write it.
[09:09] Allene Sideways: There is significant power in words,
especially from an outside trusted source (i.e. not a parent). The
simple act of overly recognizing a student’s potential goes a long,
long way.
[09:09] Allene Sideways: When I speak to young people, I talk about
encouragement and promotion. I recommend they encourage THEMSELVES and
peers. It is easy, costs little and can only help.
[09:09] Allene Sideways: I also recommend they promote themselves and
promote others – so when an opportunity comes up – nominate yourself
or a friend. “Hey, my friend Jasmine is a great programmer, you should
put her on the team.”
[09:09] Allene Sideways: This is how the world works, how networks are
created and teams are built. I am working hard to encourage girls to
step up and ask for the opportunities they want and deserve – or
create them.

[09:10] Allene Sideways: Slide 8
Please check out and share www.aspirationsaward.org with any young
women or teachers you know.

[09:10] Biji Mornington: quotable Ruthe Farmer: “There is significant
power in words, especially from an outside trusted source”

[09:10] Allene Sideways: Also, mark your calendar for Computer Science
Education Week 2012 – December 9-15 in honor of the birthday of
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper – the mother of computing. There are lots
of free activities and resources at www.csedweek.org
[09:11] Allene Sideways: Great quote from Admiral Hopper = “Be good
ships, a ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are
meant for. Go out and do new things.”

[09:11] Gentle Heron: YAY Grace Hopper!

[09:11] Allene Sideways: Thanks for having me and feel free to contact
me for more info. I’m happy to take some questions if we have time.

[09:11] Zinnia Zauber: Wonderful!

[09:12] Buffy Beale: Applauding!!

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: We do have time!

[09:12] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Awesome! 😀

[09:12] Allene Sideways: Great!

[09:12] Zinnia Zauber: Does anyone have questions?

[09:12] Gentle Heron: QUESTION- Allene, for non educators, what’s one
most important thing we can do to promote girls in computing?

[09:12] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Thank you so much Allene. I will
follow up because I want to become involved with you to support.

[09:12] Buffy Beale: great question Gentle

[09:12] Allene Sideways: If you see that a girl has interest or
aptitude – encourage her. T
[09:13] Allene Sideways: There are tons of free, online resources and
things to play with to get your feet wet.

[09:13] Buffy Beale: Question: Is there any outreach to other
countries or is this specific to the US?

[09:13] Ozma Malibu: Yes, thanks! I have noticed that the new Common
Core standards have moved toward including technology and engineering
as part of science, and that writing includes technical writing, so
there are a lot of other people who see the need in the US for
computer science in schools.

[09:13] Allene Sideways: for smaller kids kerpoof.com
[09:13] Allene Sideways: for MS and HS www.alice.org and scratch.mit.edu
[09:13] Allene Sideways: Also the KhanAcademy.org just released MS
programming modules
[09:14] Allene Sideways: Also, make sure young women understand how
much good they can do through technology.

[09:14] BELOVEDROX: Thank you , what a great program. How are you
marketing to young female students with disabilities? What types of
accommodations have you provided?

[09:14] Allene Sideways: Girls are socialized to be in the “helping
professions”, yet most people don’t realize how much good can be done
through tech

[09:15] Sarvana Haalan: Indeed

[09:15] Biji Mornington: also http://girlslearningcode.com/

[09:15] Gentle Heron: oh good point there Allene.

[09:15] Allene Sideways: We market through the NCWIT K-12 Alliance
which includes K-12 orgs that serve girls both formal and informal
[09:15] Allene Sideways: I also pretty much spam everyone I can.

[09:15] Biji Mornington: and http://blackgirlscode.com

[09:16] Allene Sideways: I had a girl from Boston who was a super
rockstar and would have won just on that. We didn’t know she was blind
until her teacher mentioned it.
[09:16] Allene Sideways: If you are looking to highlight young women
with disabilities achieving in tech, I can connect you to several of
the girls in our program
[09:17] Allene Sideways: But I’d welcome any connections to networks
that serve underserved groups!

[09:17] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Great

[09:17] Allene Sideways: Another great resource is www.ngcp.org

[09:18] Biji Mornington: @belovedrox check out http://www.cmd-it.org/
re initiatives to engage people with disabilities and underrepresented
minorities in computing/IT careers

[09:18] Allene Sideways: they are a collaborative of girls/STEM
programs nationwide and a great way to find the small grass roots
efforts in your community

[09:18] BELOVEDROX: Great . Connect with me Allene roxy.rocker@umb.edu

[09:18] Allene Sideways: I’m coming to Baltimore for the Grace Hopper
conf next month!

[09:18] Biji Mornington: Allene/Ruthe – I think your know CMD-IT
(Valerie Taylor’s nonprofit)

[09:19] Allene Sideways: Yes, I know Valerie
[09:19] Allene Sideways: She is an NCWIT member.

[09:19] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Me too…debbtucker@whatsinyourlunchbox.net

[09:19] Biji Mornington: another rock star!

[09:19] Allene Sideways: NCWIT is an organization of change leaders
working together on this issue.
[09:20] Allene Sideways: We love to connect and are hoping to build as
big a community as is needed to get to gender parity.

[09:20] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Yahoo! and YAHS!

[09:20] Allene Sideways: We plan to go out of business. This shouldn’t
be an issue at all. 🙁

[09:20] Gentle Heron nods

[09:20] Allene Sideways: Any more questions?

[09:20] Zinnia Zauber: Question: How do we lead by example to
encourage more of this dialog?
I know when I was in HS and college I was the only girl in my
architecture and computer classes. And, people are always surprised
when they take my computer classes, they seem to start with “Oh, you
are the instructor!”

[09:21] Allene Sideways: First, if you have young women in your
classes, pay attention to how they are doing.
[09:21] Allene Sideways: Don’t call them out as special, but make sure
they are being included.
[09:22] Allene Sideways: It is helpful to just inform people. Most are
unaware of the issue and conflate using computers with creating
innovation/technology.
[09:23] Allene Sideways: I’ve had conversations w/ businessmen on the
plane who say “what about women in technology” when I tell them what I
do.
[09:23] Allene Sideways: Most people just aren’t aware of the problem.
[09:23] Allene Sideways: but consider this: MOST of the technical
world around is being built w/o the input of 1/2 the population
[09:23] Allene Sideways: this is a problem
[09:24] Allene Sideways: First, because we aren’t getting the best
solutions possible (the first VM hung up on female voices bc it hadn’t
been designed by any women or tested w/ women)

[09:24] Biji Mornington: wow

[09:25] Allene Sideways: Second, we aren’t addressing the full suite
of problems that need to be solved because the design team is not
representative of the population

[09:25] Zinnia Zauber: Question: Are there more women using virtual
worlds and social media?

[09:25] Allene Sideways: Yes, social media has a lot of women and last
I heard SL was more than 40%
[09:25] Allene Sideways: could be different now
[09:26] Allene Sideways: We are excited about social media as a
possible avenue of women to move into tech jobs

[09:26] Biji Mornington: There are tons of experienced women in social
media and yet the men are still dominant as “the experts”

[09:26] Zinnia Zauber: Question: Could you please share with us your
biggest takeaway from your research in Second Life?

[09:26] Allene Sideways: also, social media is becoming more
sophisticated and demands more technology as it moves into mobile and
whatever comes next
[09:27] Allene Sideways: I have a team of 31 girls building a mobile
social app to connect tech minded young women
[09:27] Allene Sideways: It is an Android – they will be presenting it
at www.gracehopper.org next month

[09:27] Zinnia Zauber: Super!
[09:28] Zinnia Zauber: Did you see my last question, Ruthe?

[09:28] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): indeed!

[09:28] Allene Sideways: Thanks everyone for the warm welcome

[09:28] Dancers Yao: wonderful work thank you

[09:28] Zinnia Zauber: Question: Could you please share with us your
biggest takeaway from your research in Second Life?
[09:28] Zinnia Zauber: We can end on this if that is okay.

[09:28] Allene Sideways: Yes, we interviewed faculty from Univ that
were using SL for educ purposes
[09:29] Allene Sideways: Two things were really salient
[09:29] Allene Sideways: SL is a great platform for people with disabilities

[09:29] Gentle Heron: Yes, in some ways!

[09:29] Allene Sideways: both for research by researchers w/
disabilities and to mitigate bias
[09:30] Allene Sideways: Also, at CU Boulder they are teaching CS 101
for nonmajors using SL and LSL
[09:30] Allene Sideways: they have seen the class grow from 20
students to 90 students
[09:30] Allene Sideways: and it is now 40% female
[09:31] Allene Sideways: I think there is something about the creative
aspect of building in 3D that attracts a more diverse student
population

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: I totally agree!

[09:31] Allene Sideways: Thanks so much y’all!

[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: Wow, this has been wonderful!
[09:31] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you so much!

[09:31] Gentle Heron: Thank you Allene.

[09:31] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Cheers. Thank you. So glad to be here!

[09:32] Zinnia Zauber: This is a lot for us to think about and share, right?

[09:32] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Yes, thank you.

[09:32] Buffy Beale: Cheering! great persentation thank you!

[09:32] Tori Landau: Agree re. the building in 3d and thank you so
much for the talk Allene, been very enlightening about the situation
in the USA

[09:32] Sarvana Haalan: Yes…. I just invited Grasshopper, a colleague

[09:33] Zinnia Zauber: Please remember to get your laptop up front.

[09:33] Biji Mornington: Yay, Ruthe! See you on the outside 😉

[09:33] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you very much, Ruthe!

[09:33] Sarvana Haalan: Thank you!!!!

Open Mic / Announcements

[09:33] Zinnia Zauber: Okay, it is time for Open Mic!
[09:34] Zinnia Zauber: Does anyone have announcements?

[09:34] Ozma Malibu: In the early days there was much concern because
in afterschool programs, it was the boys who wanted to use the
computers. But it was also clear that as soon as there was something
to DO with the computers that girls found interesting, they’d be just
as excited, and so it turned out. Hopefully this will continue at
higher levels of education & on. But if girls don’t learn to program,
they won’t be able to work on every level of creating the programs
that they find interesting.

[09:34] Ozma Malibu: sorry one more comment for Ruthe 🙂

[09:34] Zinnia Zauber: That is great, Ozma!
[09:35] Zinnia Zauber: If no one has announcements, I am sure we can
continue our inquiry about what Allene / Ruthe shared.

[09:36] Biji Mornington: shameless self-promotion: I’m looking for
nonprofit online community work/consulting if anyone needs help
outside SL. http://linkedin.com/in/bjwishinsky

[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: The Mentors are still looking for volunteers to
help with the Nonprofit Commons 5th year celebration. Please join them
after this meeting to discuss.
[09:36] Zinnia Zauber: Okay, Biji, thank you.
[09:37] Zinnia Zauber: Anyone else with announcements?

[09:37] Allene Sideways: If anyone would like to be a virtual judge
for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing go to www.ncwit.org
and click volunteer

[09:37] Zinnia Zauber: Great!

[09:37] Allene Sideways: oops www.ncwit.org/award

[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: Other announcements?

[09:38] Allene Sideways: www.ncwit.org/volunteer works too

[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: super!
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: A reminder of other ways to
[09:38] Zinnia Zauber: Join us inworld:

NPC Weekly Meeting on Fridays, 8:30 – 10 AM SLT Plush Amphitheater,
Plush Nonprofit Commons (91,127,26)

NPC Mentors Meeting: Fridays, 10:10 – 11 AM SLT Plush Amphitheater,
Plush Nonprofit Commons (91,127,26)

Wharf Ratz Tuesday Night Extraordinary Dance Extravaganza, Every
Tuesday 7 – 9 PM SLT Preferred Family Healthcare on Aloft, Aloft
Nonprofit Commons (168,223,22)

CommonGround – Color Themed Monthly Networking Event on 3rd Thursday,
5 – 7 PM SLT CommonGround on Aloft, Aloft Nonprofit Commons (59,68,25)

[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: I also want to say thank you to the TechSoup
Team for having me be the Community Manager for these few months. And,
thank you to all of you for your support while I did the job. It has
been a honor working with you all!

[09:40] Allene Sideways: Great job Zinnia

[09:40] Glitteractica Cookie: you’ve been great!!

[09:40] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you, Allene!

[09:40] Deytiri Tukan (wiylbox): Terrific, Z.

[09:40] Gentle Heron: Good job, Zinnia.

[09:41] Ronnie Rhode: You’re awesome Zin!

[09:41] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): Thanks, Zinn.

[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: I love to encourage folks, point at them, and
tell them what to do. So this has been super!

[09:41] Dancers Yao: yes just great…are you continuing this position?

[09:41] Zinnia Zauber: Any more questions for Ruthe before we end the meeting?

[09:41] Brena Benoir: Thanks for your support and encouragement for
the community as well Zinnia!

[09:41] Buffy Beale: you do a great job Z!

[09:42] Zinnia Zauber: Rhiannon will be your new Community Manager.
[09:42] Zinnia Zauber: She starts right away!

[09:42] Buffy Beale: Wow Z that’s great but we need to give you a party 🙂

[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Aww, let’s do it Sept 21!

[09:43] Buffy Beale: ok sounds good

[09:43] Zinnia Zauber: Okay!

[09:44] Ronnie Rhode: Great idea

[09:44] Ozma Malibu: So it’s decided, the Sept 21 party is ALSO in
honor of Zinnia.

[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Let’s have a big group hug today for a photo!

[09:44] Ronnie Rhode: Three cheers for Zinnia!

[09:44] Gentle Heron smiles.

[09:44] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd
[09:44] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd
[09:44] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd

[09:44] Zinnia Zauber: Aww, I just mean we have a party then! Thank you Ozma!

[09:44] APPLAUSE: A Hearty round of applause bursts from the crowd

[09:44] Buffy Beale: lol group hug time yayy

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: Please join me up front for the group hug!

[09:45] Ozma Malibu: Z..whose enthusiasm carried the summer and
sparked the BD party!

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: Click on the white disk to sit on it

[09:45] Sarvana Haalan: sorry… I crashed

[09:45] Ronnie Rhode: Yeah Ozma!

[09:45] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you all for this great meeting!

[09:46] Sarvana Haalan: What did I miss? White disk?

[09:46] Brena Benoir: click on the white disk at the bottom

[09:46] Zinnia Zauber: Thank you Allene for this super talk!

[09:46] alebez: i have to run z! you’re awesome! and thanks everyone
for a wonderful meeting!

[09:46] Tilly-Floss (hjeidi): ty 😀

[09:46] Zinnia Zauber: The Mentors meet at 10!

[09:47] Par (parhelion.palou): Camming in from the top is the best bet now

[09:47] Gentle Heron: If you are having trouble seeing the white disk
to click on it, try looking from overhead.

[09:47] Zinnia Zauber: Here are the many ways to can get involved with the
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life:

Nonprofit Commons Blog: http://nonprofitcommons.org

Wiki: http://npsl.wikispaces.com

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

http://flavors.me/nonprofitcommons

About TechSoup the sponsors of the Nonprofit Commons:

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

http://flavors.me/techsoup

[09:47] Sarvana Haalan: no more space

[09:47] Tori Landau: i managed a sneaky click between someone’s legs °͜°

[09:47] Allene Sideways: bye every
[09:47] Allene Sideways: one

[09:47] Zinnia Zauber: Please join the group hug

[09:47] Allene Sideways: thatnks

[09:47] Par (parhelion.palou): Bye Allene

[09:47] Chayenn: have to go , have all a nice week end everyone Hugs

[09:47] Zinnia Zauber: Bye Allene thank you!

[09:47] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): bye alebez

[09:47] Tori Landau: Bye Allene!

[09:47] Zinnia Zauber: Take care everyone!

[09:48] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): bye Allene

[09:48] Brena Benoir: Bye to those leaving, have a great and safe
holiday weekends

[09:48] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): you too, Brena 🙂

[09:48] Tori Landau: bye everyone, see you next Fri °͜°

[09:48] Jerry Buchko (jerrybuchko): bye Tori

[09:48] Buffy Beale: byee

[09:49] Zinnia Zauber: I love this group hug thingy!

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Written by: Zinnia Zauber

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“The Power of Encouragement” with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women & IT for August 31 NPC Meeting

Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
August 31, 8:30 AM SLT / PST
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/88/126/26

On Friday, August 31, Ruthe Farmer will share how the Power of Encouragement can improve participation in the computer sciences and change the world. She is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the National Center for Women & IT, an organization seeking to increase women’s meaningful participation in computing and information technology. She is the driving force behind the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, a nationwide program for high school young women interested in technology and is the Chair of Computer Science Education Week 2012. Ruthe was formerly the national manager of STEM education at Girl Scouts of the USA and holds an MBA in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Oxford Said Business School and part of her masters’ research including methods and results in Second Life.

http://www.aspirationsaward.org
http://www.ncwit.org
http://www.csedweek.org

AGENDA

8:30 AM Introductions

8:40 AM TechSoup Announcements

8:45 AM Mentors Central

8:55 The Power of Encouragement – it’s free, it’s easy, & it works with Ruthe Farmer / Allene Sideways of The National Center for Women & IT http://www.ncwit.org

9:30 AM Open Mic / Announcements

http://nonprofitcommons.org

Written by: Zinnia Zauber