Join us Friday, August 11th for the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life meeting, which will feature Bjorn Laurin (Bjorn Linden in SL) who will present on Linden Lab’s latest virtual world platform Sansar. Last week
Sansar officially went into Open Beta and now anyone can sign up for an account, customize an avatar, explore, and create experiences to share with others.
Bjorn Laurin is VP of Product at Linden Lab and oversees the development of Second Life and Sansar, the new social VR platform that has recently opened its creator beta to the public. Bjorn will share a brief introductory overview of what Sansar is and will take questions from Nonprofit Commons members.
Join us in Second Life!
Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Friday, August 11th, 8:30 AM PT / SLT
Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater
SLurl: http://bit.ly/NPCinSL
AGENDA (all times below PT)
▪ 8:30 am Introductions & Updates
▪ 8:45 am Mentors Central
▪ 9:00 am Featured Discussion – Exploring Sansar
▪ 9:45 am Community Open Mic & Announcements
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.
http://nonprofitcommons.org
The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is now peer governed and funded! If you would like to help support NPC, you can donate via PayPal to donate@nonprofitcommons.com or send a donation in world to the avatar: NonprofitCommons Actor
Written by: Rhiannon Chatnoir
This Friday, February 19th, for our weekly TechSoup‘s NonProfit Commons in Second Life meeting, we will be taking a special field trip to the Virtual Ability community for a mixed reality panel presentation. Panelists Courtney Steele, Ellen Lundwell, Alice Krueger will each describe their organizations and how their work addresses the intersection of media, community, and social justice.
The panel will be hosted by Dr. Susan Sci, assistant professor of communication at Regis University, Denver, CO, and include:
- Courtney Steele, of The Open Media Foundation
- Ellen Lundwell, of World Affairs Challenge
- Alice Krueger (Gentle Heron), of Virtual Ability, Inc.
The voices of the non-Second Life panelists will be broadcast into Second Life, with Alice/Gentle being projected live into the physical venue.
Join us in Second Life!
A Special Nonprofit Commons Weekly Meeting
Friday, February 19h, 8:00 AM PT / SLT
AGENDA (all times below PT)
- 8:00 am Special panel: Media, Community and Social Justice (taking place in the Sojourner Auditorium)
- 9:40 am Open Mic / Announcements (this will take place back at our Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater: http://bit.ly/NPCinSL
The Nonprofit Commons in Second Life is a program sponsored by Caravan Studios –
http://caravanstudios.org, a division of
TechSoup Global,
http://techsoup.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
