[SL] Mixed reality: virtual worlds create real life connections
Our good friend Susan Tenby, Online Community Director of Tech Soup, who also runs the Non-profit Commons in Second Life, has a great article published in the Huffington Post on using virtual worlds such as Second Life to help connect, engage and educate between real world events and virtual spaces.
In her article, she also mentions Global Kids work as a great examples of this.
Large foundations are beginning to take notice and leaders like the MacArthur Foundation are not only providing grants to nonprofits to help grow their virtual presence, they are holding events on their own island. Other nonprofit communities like Global Kids teach digital media skills to young people and have successful funded programs in Second Life. More nonprofits are seeing virtual worlds, like Second Life, as one of a handful of social media tools that are essential in their Web and outreach strategies.
Thanks for the mention Susan! You can check out the full article here.
