I'm excited to announce that on August 14 the Plush Non-profit Commons in Second Life (teleport SLURL) will be holding an official opening party. Starting at 5:30PM PST, this will be a mixed-reality event taking place in the real world in San Francisco as well as virtually at the Non-profit Commons sim. Here's the official skinny from Glitteractica Cookie:
The Gala event will be a mixed-reality launch party, complete with networking, a panel of speakers (featuring Susan Tenby of TechSoup and Jeska Dzwigalski of Linden Lab in the live-event, and Anshe Chung in Second Life). Audio and video content will be streamed live between the two worlds... This “sim,” or virtual acre of land, was designed as a pilot project to lower the barriers of access to Second Life, and to create a community of practice for nonprofits to explore and learn about the virtual world. The Nonprofit Commons provides free office space to qualifying groups to meet and collaborate, create a cooperative learning environment, and foster outreach, education, and fundraising, all in a virtual space.
Thirty-two non-profits now call the NPC their virtual home, including my own group Yehoodi.com. So come on by for the celebration. We'll be hosting a swing dance party near our virtual offices after the official presentations at around 7PM PST. The complete press release follows...
Nonprofits
Celebrate New Home in Second Life:
Nonprofit
Commons Grand Opening Gala Event on
August 14th, 2007
Contact: Susan Tenby, susan@techsoup.org
Phone: (415) 633-9333
SL avatar: Glitteractica Cookie
http://www.nonprofitcommons.org
http://npsl.wikispaces.com/
San Francisco
Meets the Metaverse: 32
Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday,
August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. PT/SLT, in their new locations at the
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life.
The live-event in San Francisco will be a part of NetSquared's Net Tuesday.
The Gala event’s activities include:
6:00 p.m.: Speakers and event
7:00 p.m.: Tours
of the Nonprofit Commons
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/130/125/22/?title=Ampitheater%20in%20NPC
Information and Inquiries: This event is free of charge, but
space is limited, so please RSVP via email to Susan Tenby (susan@techsoup.org)
for in-world attendance to this event or IM Glitteractica Cookie in Second
Life. Join the TechSoup group, in-world in Second Life to receive
announcements about this event and future nonprofit events in Second Life.
Attire: Avatar fabulous, if possible dress as your avatar or
your favorite avatar.
RSVP on the San Francisco NetSquared Meetup site (http://netsquared.meetup.com/1/) for attendance to the live, real-world event.





