Second Life: Learning Innovation Campus

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

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

Sales Training at Learning Innovation Campus in Second Life

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

Test out SALESTEAM for yourself - Attend a Best Practices Workshop!

 

Join us at our virtual training offices in Second Life® 3D by Linden Labs, Inc., for a mini sales workout, hear the selling ABC's, and discover how to improve your sales fitness!

Each session is limited to 20 participants. Adjust the seminar time to the time zone at your computer.  To actively participate in the training, a voice microphone is required on your computer, and a headset is recommended.

Register here to reserve you seat today!

 

(Sales Tip:  Be an early bird and save!  Earliest registrants get reduced pricing!) Best Practices Virtual Seminar Dates:  April 17 and April 29, 2010  12:00PM to 1:30PM EDT

  **************** 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

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 

Second Life - New Skills for New Work!

Posted by:  Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evengelist of TBD Consulting, Inc.  (Jonenal Revnik in Second Life)

Hey all, you might want to check out this group. They are doing some amazing business with Second Life.  REAL BUSINESS in VIRTUAL WORLDS - Weekly Meet Ups in Second Life WHAT CAN YOU LEARN IN One HOUR? Come find out.  Meet others.  Hear best practices.  Network... all without leaving your desk! This Wednesday, March 17th at 9am (PT), Wear green (or come and get some GREEN for your avatar) as we explore New Skills for New Work.  You asked for it - you got it!  This topic was brought up at one of our recent sessions, so we will gather in small groups for brainstorming and discussing the new skills needed in our jobs and how we can begin to practice them.  Small groups will then share with all. Join us here: http://bit.ly/6aINpd

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

The ABC ’s of Selling – Virtual Seminars at Learning Innovation Campus

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

Join us at our virtual training offices at Learning Innovation Campus in Second Life® for "The ABC's of Selling", experience a mini sales workout, and discover how to improve your sales fitness! Each session is limited to 20 participants.

Adjust the seminar time to the time zone at your computer.  To actively participate in the training, a voice microphone is required on your computer, and a headset is recommended. If you are a Second Life® resident, register at: http://tinyurl.com/yhogmzn to reserve your seat and get your admission ticket* today! Upcoming Best Practices Virtual Seminar Dates February 18, 2010 / 12:00P to 1:30P ET February 27, 2010 / 12:00P to 1:30P ET March 20, 2010 / 12:00P to 1:30P ET

Each session is limited to 20 participants. Adjust the seminar time to the time zone at your computer.  To actively participate in the training, a voice microphone is required on your computer, and a headset is recommended. Register to reserve your seat today!

http://www.salesteameast.com/best_practice_xsl.htm

Sales Tip: Be an early bird and save! Earliest registrants get reduced pricing! SalesTeam East LLC 309 Fellowship Road, Suite 200 Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 866-725-3778

Best Practices in Selling - Virtual World Webinar in Second Life

January 13, 2010 Start your year off right with Best Practices in Selling, a Virtual World Webinar with Ernie Young, Managing Director for Sales Team East - Learning Innovation Campus If you need to make sales in what you do and wish you were better at it, catch this engaging and eye-opening seminar online in Second Life. Reserve a seat today! http://events.linkedin.com/Best-Practices-Selling-Virtual-World/pub/192991 Best Practices in Selling - Virtual World Webinar Wed, Jan 13 Seating is limited; register early to take advantage of discount pricing and to get set up for this virtual event.

2010 – The Year for Innovative Training in Second Life

Posted by: Jonena Relth, President and Leadership Evangelist - JonenaL Revnik in Second Life Innovation is the key that will make our corporations stronger in the coming years and it will take more than innovating products and services to make this possible.  Now is the time companies need to expand our thinking and embrace training our younger generation in ways that spur their creative, innovating juices.  We simply won't be able to accomplish this with week or month-long face-to-face, classroom training. Our newest learners are used to watching TV, texting and playing online video games all simultaneously.  Some of us simply can't fathom how or why they would want to learn this way, but the reality is that they do it everyday as a matter of course.  How many of us remember asking our kids to turn off the loud music or TV while they were doing their homework only to be told it helped them concentrate?  We didn't believe them then...but we must believe them now.  They were studying and their grades indicated that their unique way of learning was working for them. My offer to all the boomers out there that want to learn how their X and Y generation learners want and need to process information is to join us on Learning Innovation Campus.  We will learn together as a consortium of like-minded individuals who want our employees and companies to succeed in 2010 and beyond. If you'd like to chat, give me a call at 602-263-1961.  We can brainstorm how you can jump in all the way or just take baby steps into this world of interactive, online learning.  Our island is set up as turn-key for new comers to Second Life, so be assured, we will walk you through this new door of brick and mortar-less learning together.