Second Life: Learning Innovation Campus

NEW SECOND LIFE MEET UP TIME/DAY

As always, I'm happy to promote good people doing great things in the area of learning in Second Life.  For those of us that have had problems attending Gina's daytime meetings, she's moving the meet ups to 6 Pacific time.  Jonena

 

 

Reposted from LinkedIn for Gina Schreck

"We are moving our weekly meet ups to THURSDAY NIGHTS! 6pm (PT) 9pm (ET) for 1 hour

We heard the cries from those who can’t log in at work but would love to attend these innovative and fabulous networking event each week. We are kicking off our first evening session on 9/9 with a rich discussion on INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES- how are people using Geo-location services, QR tags and more for business and learning?

http://slurl.com/secondlife/MSIT/220/147/34

Click on this link to join us and if you have never logged in before (or if it has been over 3 months) click on this link and go through the set up (or refresh) before the meeting time as it may take 15 min or so. If you have any questions, please email Gina@Synapse3Di.com directly or on Twitter @GinaSchreck

Lots of exciting content on the horizon so we look forward to SEEING you IN-WORLD soon!"

Second Life viewer behind-the-firewall - Its time has come!

Over the last few months companies have been popping up who are developing software that enables a Second Life client to be deployed behind a corporate firewall.  Below is a company I ran across in LinkedIn.  This post is not an endorsement for D/MARK, but more to let my readers know what's on the horizon for Second Life.
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"D/MARC is our new software product which allows organisations to securely access any remote internet service through a restricted corporate firewall. Access is metered and can be limited to a single service (eg. Second Life, Youtube, social media) or multiple services can be selected. Local points of presence mean that access is always fast and data is transferrred using SSL so its completely secure.

We're now looking for 20 companies/organisations to take part in a closed beta test. There are of course no costs associated with this trial - all we ask is that participants sign an NDA and data transfer will be capped at 1gb. If you think you might be interested in taking part you can register your interest at http://www.corporationpop.co.uk/dmarc/closed-beta/.

D/MARC will be launching commercially in the Autumn."

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Please come by and check us out at Learning Innovation Campus, a learning incubator for learning and OD professionals, trainers, coaches and teachers that want to learn and share.  We lease small and large parcels - - built out for free.  
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Learning%20Innovation/128/148/24 

Jonena Relth (Jonenal Revnik in Second Life)

TBD Consutlling, Inc.

www.tbdconsulting.com

602-263-1961

 

 

Second Life Community Convention in Boston Aug. 13-15

Avacon is looking for presenters, volunteers and sponsors for their Second Life Community Convention in August. Check it out below.  Jonena ************************** Cross Post: "We are excited to announce that this year’s Second Life Community Convention will be held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers in Boston, MA on August 13-15, 2010! We look forward to exciting activities, events, musical performances, machinima screenings, panels, workshops, and much more to share the abundant creativity of Second Life residents. But the convention is more than just what we plan – the convention is also what you make it, so plan to bring something to share with the community! If you're interested in helping and plan to attend the convention, volunteers are needed to help us organize on the ground in Boston, and we also encourage you to submit a proposal, become a sponsor, or volunteer to become a Track Leader! If you won't be able to attend in Boston, you can still volunteer to help with SLCC in-world. Thanks for all your support and we look forward to a terrific convention this year. Hope to see you in Boston!" Second Life Community Convention Boston, MA | August 13-15, 2010 Organized by AvaCon, Inc. http://slconvention.org info@avacon.org

Diversophy, a 20-yr-old French company, is creating new revenue streams

Wednesday, May 19 at 9am (PT): Come see how Diversophy, a 20-yr-old French company, is creating new revenue streams

Started by Gina Schreck, Technology Speaker, Chairperson for Women Who Have Changed the Heart of the City at

REAL BUSINESS in VIRTUAL WORLDS - Weekly Meet Ups in Second Life WHAT CAN YOU LEARN IN 1 HOUR? Come find out. Meet others. Hear best practices. Network... all without leaving your desk! Wednesday, May 19 at 9am (PT): IMPORTANT NOTE-We will be meeting at Diversophy's Campus-USE THIS LINK for Wed: http://ow.ly/1KJCo Diversophy is a 20-year-old company focused on culture and diversity training based in Southern France. This year they decided to get innovative and expand their business into the virtual world for delivery and will give us a tour and explain their plans to take their traditional training into new dimensions! Join us at 9am (Pacific Time) or 4pm (Central European Time) at the link provided above. If you need to set up your account or want to get some practice time in please use the Synapse Campus at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/MSIT/220/147/34 Other Events on the Horizon: SPECIAL WEBINAR SERIES COMING UP (NOT HELD IN SL, but STILL ONLINE): LAUNCHING YOUR SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL PLATFORM-We sold out our 100 spots last session so we are running this 3 week series starting Thurs 5/20. These webinars (which are recorded for future reference) will be 5/20, 5/27, and 6/3 all starting at Noon (PT) for 90 minutes each. We will take only 100 attendees for this series! REGISTER NOW at: http://www.synapse3di.com/class-launching-your-successful-social-platform/ COMING IN JUNE IN SECOND LIFE ON THE SYNAPSE CAMPUS: INTELLIGENT RISK TAKING with Barbara Stoker 5 Tuesdays in June (6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, & 6/29) 9:00AM-10:00AM (PACIFIC TIME) IN SECOND LIFE CAMPUS This interactive class on intelligent risk taking is being presented by Barbara Stoker. Barbara Stoker, President of IntelligentRisking, Inc. Barbara is a former executive for Disney, Hallmark, Mattel and Coors with an expertise in intelligent risk taking, innovation, new business and product development. She is an avid technical rock and ice climber, as well as a paragliding pilot. Barbara is currently working on a new book, The Possibility Curve (due out in 2011). She is also the author of Positive Risk, A Woman with a Minute…and IntelligentRisking for Women. REGISTER NOW at: http://www.synapse3di.com/class-intelligent-risk-taking/ By Gina Schreck, Technology Speaker, Chairperson for Women Who Have Changed the Heart of the City at

ARVEL SIG at AERA 2010 and in Second Life

Re-Posted By: Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evangelist, TBD Consulting

For my readers who are educators, you might want to check out the AERA workshop in Denver.  http://bit.ly/cerQ6p If you can't make it to Denver for the event, consider joining the CAVE (Community of Academic Virtual Educators) in Second Life on May 3rd as they interact live from the workshop in Denver!  I've been several similar meetings and I assure you that you'll be glad you attended.

* Monday, May 3, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM Pacific Time

Organizational leaders from AECT, iNACOL, and ARVEL SIG will showcase their efforts on CAVE , and Chris Haskell will host an interactive activity during this event. Live inworld support will be available. Levity provided by Ross Perkins. Claudia Linden will be dropping in to say hello, as well.

To participate, login to Second Life (free download at http://secondlife.com), and then click on one of the URLs below to teleport directly to that location.

Sabine Reljic (Willow Shenlin)
ARVEL SIG
slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/13/204/43/

Tom Atkinson (Professor Tomsen)
AECT
slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/36/39/805

Ellen Minter (EJ Escobar)
iNACOL SIG
slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/CAVE/214/111/87

Chris Haskell (Dalai Haskell)
Boise State University and CAVE Island
slurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/CAVE/129/115/26

View the ARVEL SIG @AERA full program of events in Denver http://bit.ly/cerQ6p

Sponsored by Boise State University, ISTE, University of North Texas & Texas A&M

Medical Emergency Training in Second Life

Posted by: Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evangelist at TBD Consulting

Every day more organizations are moving their training to islands in Second Life and other virtual worlds. The article by Stephanie Simon for the Wall Street Journal, tells how hospitals are conducting this new method of training in Second Life. "Avatar II: The Hospital -Health-care facilities are discovering that practicing in the virtual world can have major benefits in real life." 

Take a look at their video demonstrating how doctors and nurses are being trained for medical emergencies. As a learning professional, it's been fun watching the conservative professions like law and medicine move from boring, power-point slideshows to interactive, immersive training in virtual worlds like Second Life.  Jonena  View Video

Virtual Worlds like Second Life Popular Global-Meeting Places

Posted by:  Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evangelist at TBD Consulting, Inc.

According to Randall Hand of VizWorld, "Virtual worlds, particularly worlds like Second Life, are rapidly becoming more popular for enterprises and government agencies as global-meeting places where people can talk and interact without having to deal with the expense and trials of planes and hotels.  An article over at ComputerWorld discusses how several companies have begun to integrate virtual worlds into their regular workflow, focusing heavily on the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center. "

"Back at NUWC, training has become, literally, larger than life. “I can log into Second Life as an avatar and walk into a USS Virginia [class] submarine attack center, which is the command-and-control space, where the commanding officer positions and executes missions,” explains Aguiar. Using Teleplace on an internal network in the prototype virtual attack center, operators can go in as their avatars and run the actual shipboard systems."

How cool is that?  While some many companies are slow to adapt to these "out of the box training venues", their competition, government entities and universities are moving into virtual worlds every day.  With economy as it is, and organizations anticipating cutting costs now and in the future, I predict that training in virtual worlds like Second Life is going to grow exponentially.  Jonena

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Please check us out at Learning Innovation Campus.  The whole purpose of the island is to offer a safe, learning environment for people to learn new skills and grow together.  We lease office and conference space for public and private companies/individuals who wish to collaborate.  Give me a call to see how your organization can benefit from joining our learning community. 

Jonena 602-263-1961

Second Life Events for the Week of March 22nd

REAL BUSINESS in VIRTUAL WORLDS - Weekly Meet Ups in Second Life WHAT CAN YOU LEARN IN 1 HOUR? Come find out. Meet others. Hear best practices. Network... all without leaving your desk!

Wednesday Meet Up: Our topic is ENGAGEMENT- What is it and How do we create it for employees, customers and potential customers. 9-10am (Pacific Time) On our Second Life campus. This meet up is FREE for ALL! Join us here: http://bit.ly/6aINpd

OTHER HAPPENINGS ON THE SYNAPSE SECOND LIFE CAMPUS THIS WEEK: Tues- 4-6 PM (Pacific Time) OUT OF THE BOX THINKING on PRODUCT INNOVATION for SPEAKERS, TRAINERS, & CREATORS OF CONTENT- This 2-hour program requires registration and will begin with idea generation and brainstorming which will lead into to specific strategies being developed and accountability groups being formed to meet virtually until product launch! FREE for MyVSTA members or $29.00 for Non-members. REGISTER NOW at http://www.synapse3di.com/bookstore/ Wed- 5-7 PM (Pacific Time)

CREATE AND MARKET A SUCCESSFUL FAN PAGE FOR YOUR BUSINESS - This 2-hour program will cover everything from WHY it is critical to use a PAGE versus your PERSONAL PROFILE on Facebook, how to select the name for your business page, to the specific steps to take to drive fans to the page and keep them engaged. This class requires registration- FREE for MyVSTA members or $39.00 for Non-members. REGISTER NOW at http://www.synapse3di.com/bookstore/

Education - Not Afraid of Second Life

Posted by:  Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evangelist, TBD Consulting, Inc. Jonenal Revnik in Second Life 

 

This informative video talks about some creative ways educators are improving student performance using Second Life.  In my opinion, more than just Universities should be using Second Life (Teen version for under 18) to enhance the learning experience of students, improve grade scores and long-term retention.  

 

Take a look and let me know what you think!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmSEF-ntdOw 

 

Please check us out at Learning Innovation Campus.  The whole purpose of the island is to offer a safe, learning environment for people to learn new skills and grow together.  We rent office and conference space for public and private companies/individuals who wish to collaborate.  Give me a call to see how your organization can benefit from joining our learning community.  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Learning%20Innovation/128/148/24  

 

Thanks! Jonena 

Corporate: 602-263-1961 

Jonena Relth Keynote at Treet.tv on Feb. 15th

"Why We Sold Our Building and West Totally Virtual" Please join me in Second life (4:00 PM PST) as I'll be the Virtual-Worlds Keynote for CalebBooker.com at Treet.tv. http://business.treet.tv/people/gracer/blog/20100209/virtual-worlds-keynote-premiers-monday-15-february For those of you wondering if you should take your company into Second Life, come hear my story. "So how did I become a boomer totally convinced that our company should embrace Web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds and then ease others in with us?  Well, I'm a bottom-line kinda gal.  As I look back, I can see how my awesome employees strategically and methodically eased me into the new technologies as they showed me the whys and the WIIFM (what's in it for me) for our company.  I have never played a video game in the real world, but I've learned enough in Second Life to expand our company's offerings to people across the globe by using the tools at Learning Innovation Campus.  If I can do it, so can you!" See you there!  Jonena