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Nonprofits in Second Life Health Panel Expo Event tomorrow, Wed. May 27th
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The
Nonprofit Commons, a project of TechSoup Global (TSG), today announced an
all-day, innovative online event in Second Life to showcase recent developments
in health care research, and to connect efforts in fighting disease and
creating a cooperative and supportive environment for patients and their
providers. The Health Panel Expo, an international online conference sponsored
by FasterCures.org, will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. PST (also called Second Life Time, SLT) in the virtual world of
Second Life and simultaneously in the real world, being broadcast live at the
fourth annual NetSquared Conference at Cisco in San Jose, CA.,The Second Life online
event is free to attend and open to all interested participants. It will be
accessible through Second Life, and all information will be available at http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/healthpanel.
The Health Panel Expo panelists will include speakers from
Aids.gov and Community Voicemail discussing mobile health initiatives; Virtual
Ability, Inc., a nonprofit that brings people with disabilities and chronic
health conditions into virtual worlds; and Susan Tenby, Online Community
Director for TSG and the Nonprofit
Commons in Second Life.
Other panelists include experts from the disability, recovery services,
nutrition, cancer, and AIDS communities
.
The Health
Panel Expo marks the official launch of the Health Commons in Second Life. As
part of TSG's Nonprofit Commons project, Health Commons seeks to bring together
real-world health-related nonprofits, academics, educators, thought-leaders,
foundations, and volunteer-supporters to showcase recent developments in health
care.
The Health Panel Expo: Event Details
The Health Panel Expo is a day-long event with
several hour-long expert panels in the virtual world of Second Life at
Health Commons AMO island:
The Mobile Health Initiatives panel is a
mixed-reality session on Wednesday, May 27, from 11:15 am-12:15 pm PST
(SLT). The live portion will take place in the real-world of San Jose, California
as part of the NetSquared
Conference , and simultaneously within
the virtual world of Second Life. The panel will also feature
interactivity between the two worlds.
Panels and tours of Nonprofit Commons'
four virtual locations will take place throughout the day. The complete
agenda can be found on the NonprofitCommons.org
Web site.
The event will be recorded via live video and
audio and will be archived on the Nonprofitcommons.org
Web site.
Twitter hashtag of the event:
#npslexpo.
Twitter account for Nonprofit Commons in Second
Life is @npsl.
Our main events will be taking
place on the new Health Commons http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMO/125/59/22/
As we may have more than one
full sim, please feel free to watch streaming events today from:
Plush Nonprofit
Commons
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/118/127/22/
EcoCommons
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECO%20Commons/25/14/25/
Aloft Nonprofit
Commons
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/116/35/23/
Nonprofit Commons in Second Life
Founded in late 2005, Nonprofit Commons consists of four
virtual locations, including the EcoCommons, designed for environmental
nonprofits; and the Health
Commons, designed for
health-related nonprofits. With membership spanning 62 countries and with more
than 400 members from social benefit organizations, the Nonprofit Commons is
managed by a community of volunteers under the leadership of TSG. This virtual
community of four nonprofit islands was designed as a virtual office park of
sorts. It attempts 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 an accessible entry-point to Second Life and creates a
community where nonprofit and social benefit organizations can effectively
collaborate with one another via an experiential learning environment, which
allows for interactivity that could not happen on the traditional Web and in
the real world.
Members of Nonprofit Commons meet
every Friday in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life at 8:30 PST/SLT (also
known as Second Life Time) at Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater. Visitors
are welcome to join. For more information, please visit the Nonprofit Commons
blog http://www.nonprofitcommons.org
and the wiki at http://npsl.wikispaces.com.
About TechSoup Global
San
Francisco-based TechSoup Global (www.techsoupglobal.org)
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides technology information to
individuals and organizations in more than 190 countries, has provided
consulting services in more than fifty countries and, through its global
network of capacity-building NGOs, manages product donations to more than
96,000 organizations in 23 countries. The product donations program has enabled
organizations to save over $1.3 billion in expenses as of March 2009.
TechSoup
Global continues to innovate with a goal of bringing increased resources and
capacity to organizations working diligently on their social missions. TechSoup
Global has a network of more than 35 corporate donor partners including
Microsoft, Cisco and Symantec. For more information about technology donations
and resources, visit www.techsoup.org.
Thanks,
Bryan Forst
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The
Nonprofit Commons, a project of TechSoup Global (TSG), today announced an
all-day, innovative online event in Second Life to showcase recent developments
in health care research, and to connect efforts in fighting disease and
creating a cooperative and supportive environment for patients and their
providers. The Health Panel Expo, an international online conference sponsored
by FasterCures.org, will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. PST (also called Second Life Time, SLT) in the virtual world of
Second Life and simultaneously in the real world, being broadcast live at the
fourth annual NetSquared Conference at Cisco in San Jose, CA.,The Second Life online
event is free to attend and open to all interested participants. It will be
accessible through Second Life, and all information will be available at <a href="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/healthpanel." title="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/healthpanel." target="_blank">http://www.nonprofitcommons.<wbr>org/healthpanel.</wbr></a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The Health Panel Expo panelists will include speakers from
Aids.gov and Community Voicemail discussing mobile health initiatives; Virtual
Ability, Inc., a nonprofit that brings people with disabilities and chronic
health conditions into virtual worlds; and Susan Tenby, Online Community
Director for TSG and the Nonprofit
Commons in Second Life.
Other panelists include experts from the disability, recovery services,
nutrition, cancer, and AIDS communities</span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">. </span>
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<p>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Health
Panel Expo marks the official launch of the Health Commons in Second Life. As
part of TSG's Nonprofit Commons project, Health Commons seeks to bring together
real-world health-related nonprofits, academics, educators, thought-leaders,
foundations, and volunteer-supporters to showcase recent developments in health
care.</span>
</font>
</p>
<p>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Health Panel Expo: Event Details</span></b></span>
</font>
</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Health Panel Expo is a day-long event with
several hour-long expert panels in the virtual world of Second Life at
Health Commons AMO island: </span>
</font>
</li>
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The Mobile Health Initiatives panel is a
mixed-reality session on Wednesday, May 27, from 11:15 am-12:15 pm PST
(SLT). The live portion will take place in the real-world of San Jose, California
as part of the <font color="black"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/n2y4" title="http://www.netsquared.org/n2y4
NetSquared Conference" target="_blank">NetSquared
Conference</a></span></font>, and simultaneously <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMO/125/59/22" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMO/125/59/22
within the virtual world of Second Life" target="_blank">within
the virtual world of Second Life</a>. The panel will also feature
interactivity between the two worlds.</span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
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</font>
</li>
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Panels and tours of Nonprofit Commons'
four virtual locations will take place throughout the day. The complete
agenda can be found on the <a href="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/healthpanel" title="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/healthpanel
NonprofitCommons.org website" target="_blank">NonprofitCommons.org
Web site</a>.</span>
</font>
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</font>
</li>
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The event will be recorded via live video and
audio and will be archived on the <a href="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/" title="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/
Nonprofitcommons.org" target="_blank">Nonprofitcommons.org</a>
Web site.</span>
</font>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Twitter hashtag of the event:<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=npslexpo" title="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=npslexpo
#npslexpo" target="_blank">
#npslexpo</a>. </span>
</font>
</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Twitter account for Nonprofit Commons in Second
Life is <a href="http://www.twitter.com/npsl" title="http://www.twitter.com/npsl
@npsl" target="_blank">@npsl.</a></span>
</font>
</li>
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Our main events will be taking
place on the new Health Commons <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMO/125/59/22/" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/AMO/125/59/22/" target="_blank">http://slurl.com/secondlife/<wbr>AMO/125/59/22/</wbr></a></span>
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</li>
</ul>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">As we may have more than one
full sim, please feel free to watch streaming events today from:</span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
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<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Plush Nonprofit
Commons</span>
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</p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/118/127/22/" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/118/127/22/" target="_blank">http://slurl.com/secondlife/<wbr>Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/<wbr>118/127/22/</wbr></wbr></a>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">EcoCommons</span>
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<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECO%20Commons/25/14/25/" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/ECO%20Commons/25/14/25/" target="_blank">http://slurl.com/secondlife/<wbr>ECO%20Commons/25/14/25/</wbr></a>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Aloft Nonprofit
Commons</span>
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</p>
<p style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
<a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/116/35/23/" title="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/116/35/23/" target="_blank">http://slurl.com/secondlife/<wbr>Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/<wbr>116/35/23/</wbr></wbr></a>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Founded in late 2005, Nonprofit Commons consists of four
virtual locations, including the EcoCommons, designed for environmental
nonprofits; and the Health
Commons, designed for
health-related nonprofits. With membership spanning 62 countries and with more
than 400 members from social benefit organizations, the Nonprofit Commons is
managed by a community of volunteers under the leadership of TSG. This virtual
community of four nonprofit islands was designed as a virtual office park of
sorts. It attempts 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 <span><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">an accessible entry-point to Second Life and creates a
community where nonprofit and social benefit organizations can effectively
collaborate with one another via an experiential learning environment, which
allows for interactivity that could not happen on the traditional Web and in
the real world. </span></span></span>
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</p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Members of Nonprofit Commons meet
every Friday in the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life at 8:30 PST/SLT (also
known as Second Life Time) at Plush Nonprofit Commons Amphitheater. Visitors
are welcome to join. For more information, please visit the Nonprofit Commons
blog <a href="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/" title="http://www.nonprofitcommons.org/" target="_blank">http://www.nonprofitcommons.<wbr>org</wbr></a>
and the wiki at <a href="http://npsl.wikispaces.com/" title="http://npsl.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://npsl.wikispaces.com</a>. </span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">San
Francisco-based TechSoup Global (<a href="http://www.techsoupglobal.org/" title="http://www.techsoupglobal.org/
blocked::http://www.techsoupglobal.org/" target="_blank">www.techsoupglobal.org</a>)
is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides technology information to
individuals and organizations in more than 190 countries, has provided
consulting services in more than fifty countries and, through its global
network of capacity-building NGOs, manages product donations to more than
96,000 organizations in 23 countries. The product donations program has enabled
organizations to save over $1.3 billion in expenses as of March 2009. </span>
</font>
</p>
<p>
<font size="2" face="Arial">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">TechSoup
Global continues to innovate with a goal of bringing increased resources and
capacity to organizations working diligently on their social missions. TechSoup
Global has a network of more than 35 corporate donor partners including
Microsoft, Cisco and Symantec. For more information about technology donations
and resources, visit <a href="http://www.techsoup.org/" target="_blank">www.techsoup.org</a>.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Bryan Forst<br /></span>
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