Opening of Wishes Granted: Nonprofit Commons Stories of Postitive Impact

Huge thank you to my teammates, Par, Brena, and Buffy for our lovely Opening of “Wishes Granted: Stories of Positive Impact” at the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. The amazing Avantgarde Frequency performed as we skated among true fairy tales including Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance, Preferred Family Healthcare, Bridges for Women, Project Jason, The Love Foundation, Giving Circle Network, Protect Yourself 1, Inc, Elder Voices, Virtual Ability, Inc. and TechSoup. Thank you everyone for attending and your excellent support! More events to come! http://nonprofitcommons.org/content/wishes-granted-winter-festival-nonprofit-commons-december-11-17

Rockcliffe University Consortium celebrates 5 years in Second Life

Congratulations to Rockcliffe University Consortium celebrating their 5 years in Second Life with an Open House of “Past, Present & Futures of Virtual Worlds” panels and workshops full of educational and encouraging thoughts from the people who engage us all to be innovative advocates. We to hope to inspire community, connections, and collaboration with comrades from all over the world! I hosted the panel on “Can Virtual Health lead to Real Life Wellness?” with guests Gentle Heron, Brena Benoir, and Thinkerer Melville. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this amazing day!

Login2Life Press Conference

Surrounded by talented stars and admirable angels whom I call friends, I participated in the LOGIN2LIFE documentary press conference in Munich and Second Life at Virtual Ability, Inc. this morning. The film maker with contributors showed a new trailer and had a thoughtful Q and A. I am so proud of my friends and Nonprofit Commons in Second Life peeps! http://www.login2life.net/

Three Year Celebration of CommonGround Networking Party!

Wow! Three years of amazing support, networking, and team building which has been one of my most favorite accomplishments in Second Life. Ethelred and I have been co-hosts of this community event, but there is a whole team of supporters that make it happen every month and more join us each time around. Just so grateful and thrilled to have the opportunity to create party themes that people enjoy and create connections via colors and common experiences. Thank you all so very much!

Please join us for a Nonprofit Commons Community Celebration at CommonGround at Aloft Nonprofit Commons with the Return of Ricken Flow as our amazing DJ!

Our party theme is “Summer of Love – Tie Dyes and Togetherness” and our theme colors are stunning rainbows and 60′s inspired hues! Dress up and join the party!

What is CommonGround? It is more than a party!

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.

CommonGround is a monthly event that is a special community celebration which is color themed and full of energy on the first Thursday of the month from 5 to 7 PM SLT!

The location of the party is here : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/64/78/25 .  See you there!

my first machinima

I <3 Originals Fair 2011

Please support content creators in Second Life by attending the I <3 Originals Fair 2011 happening Feb 5 – 13! There you will find lots of amazing work created by top talent in Second Life that also has a messaged embedded in their work – educate the world about intellectual property rights. While you are there, you can learn more about the copyright and trademark laws that protect creations in virtual worlds and beyond. Also, you can by my exclusive creation for the fair, a copyable crystal curtain in passion shades! Add some sparkle to your world!

one of a kind in 1000 Avatars by Gracie Kendal

Gracie Kendal, who has mounted several art exhibits in Second Life about identity, has hit her mark for her latest project called 1000 Avatars. In a virtual environment, you can be anyone you want to be. Gracie has documented over 1000 unique choices that capture personalities, missions, and motives. Congrats Gracie!

As I teach people to join virtual worlds, I encourage them to represent their best self. The avatar is your personal brand and like any brand you want to create loyalty, recognition, and genuine experiences. What does your avatar’s appearance reveal about you?

It has been an honor to be part of this project. Check out Gracie’s work at her blog http://1000avatars.wordpress.com and in world at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Artropolis/150/29/3999

Second Life 6 Birthday Exhibit for NPC

Thanks to the help of some friends and several orgs, I built the exhibit for the Nonprofit Commons for the SL6B. It is about the future of immersive social networking effectively connects people and creates cooperative support by generating Common Good with Common Goals meeting on Common Ground at the Nonprofit Commons by encouraging participation, promotion, and positive results.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Titan/139/207/23

World Aids Day in Second Life

I attented several World Aids Day events in Second LIfe produced by my friend Ricken Flow. He is a leader and supporter of people with HIV/AIDS in SL. Ricken is also a supporter of my efforts in SL as my awesome DJ for the weekly Common Ground networking event at the Nonprofit Commons. So much serious talent, strength, and stories in one guy who makes me laugh too when he plays his mashup “More Cowbell!” I attented some of the performances at Catcher in the Pie and the opening of the HIV/AIDS support island. The information shared at these events made it clear we all must listen, act, and care. Thank you for sharing your story Ricken!

Real World Impacts from the Virtual World

The MacArthur Foundation, the USC Network Culture Project and Global Kids sponsored “Real World Impacts from the Virtual World” in Second Life. I attended the event that happened on three important sims: Foundations Sim, Justice Commons, and Aloft Nonprofit Commons.
Lots of my friends from the Nonprofit Commons were on inspirational panels. We heard from the USC Network Culture Project awardees on Real World Impact from the Public Good Community Challenge. Enjoyed a panel on Alliance Building in Virtual Worlds. Listened to a discussion on Using Virtual Worlds for Learning. Which inspired the “Birds-of-a-feather” Breakout Sessions; I attended one about online learning in Second Life. And, then we had a social mixer and dance.
Rik Panganiban of Global Kids, that’s the cute dragon, did a fantastic job of promoting this event and making everyone feel like they were part of a bigger picture. http://spotlight.macfound.org