As part of our Teen Second Life Press Junket that Global Kids organized yesterday, we had a film crew from the local news station New York 1 in our offices filming us putting on the event. It resulted in a really nice news story. You can also watch it online here for the next few…
Category: Civil Society
Giving the elevator pitch about Global Kids
CC-licensed photo by Daniel Morrison As the new kid on the block at Global Kids, I’ve had several opportunities to practice the “Elevator Pitch” describing our work: "I work for a youth-oriented non-profit that helps teens in New York and beyond use technology to be better students and global leaders." "I use virtual worlds to…
JOB NOTICE: USC is looking for a virtual events coordinator
My friend Tori Horton at the University of Southern California tells me that the USC Institute for Network Culture is looking for a "Virtual World Events Coordinator" from February – November. It’s great to see that major educational institutions are seeing the value of bringing aboard experts in virtual world organizing. The Events Coordinator must…
Blogging in the workplace: using blogs to foster a collaborative, transparent work culture
I love that I work in an office where blogging is a part of the work. IMO too much attention is paid to how blogging can hurt your career, and not enough to how blogging can enhance your effectiveness and efficiency on the job. The Global Kid’s Online Leadership Program website is really just a…
Global Kids machinima showcases how teens are asserting their rights in virtual spaces
Here’s a neat little machinima describing how young people in the Teen Grid of Second Life are learning how to raise their voice to authorities (in this case Linden Lab) about issues that they care about. The video was produced for the "Civil Liberties in Virtual Worlds" MacArthur event happening his Monday at 12PM PST….
My report on “Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life” is out!
I am super excited to announce that the report I prepared for Global Kids on "Best Practices for Non-profits in Second Life" is now out on the interwebs for your downloading pleasure. Global Kids is simultaneously releasing my report, as well as the excellent parallel report on best practices for education in SL by Cathy…
Reminder: Civil Liberties and Virtual Worlds event this Monday!
Just a reminder that there will be a Second Life event on "Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds: Considering Civil Liberties" on Monday, January 28, at 12PM PST. Speakers include: Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (chair) Robin Harper, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from Linden Lab…
Robin Linden and Jack Balkin to talk on “avatar civil rights” on January 28
On Monday, January 28, there will be a public forum on the topic "Virtual Liberties: Do Avatars Dream of Civil Rights?" featuring Jack Balkin , First Amendment legal expert at Yale Law School, and Robin Linden, head of marketing and business development at Linden Lab. Part of the "MacArthur Series on Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds,"…
Global Kids: First Week Reflections
Having concluded my first full-week as a Global Kid employee, I thought it would be helpful to put down some of my initial impressions and thoughts. Overall, it has been really great week. I am starting to get a clearer picture of how the GK team operates and works with teens as well as the…
Goodsearch.com: Searching for a Cause
I am perhaps the second to last person on the Net to know this. Goodsearch is a Yahoo! powered search engine that enables you to donate to any of 51,000 charities every time you enter a web search query. All you do is head to Goodsearch.com, enter the name of your designated non-profit — say…