| Connie | asks | Think Second Life is silly? Just a game? As the Relay for Life started, had already raised $165K+ and there are 24 hours to go. |
Jul 19, 2008 -
01:28PM
| Connie | asks | Think Second Life is silly? Just a game? As the Relay for Life started, had already raised $165K+ and there are 24 hours to go. |
| Connie | That's US DOLLARS, btw. It's over 45M in Linden $. |
| MackCollier | says | Connie how long did it take to get to $165K? |
| Tim Jackson | Connie- that's awesome. |
| DebInAustin | says | that |
| pchaney | Holy moly!!!! |
| Connie | Don't have an answer to that. Some of the money raised in-world, some on the web once they published the team pages. |
| pchaney | That is incredible! |
| Connie | We have a Frozen Pea Fund team, with our own campsite. And we have donation kiosks ++ vendor booths where we are selling T-shirts, |
| DebInAustin | says | rats! I meant to say, That's fantastic! I like how SL empowers people to do all kinds of good things. |
| Connie | peapod necklaces, ballgowns and sundresses. |
| MackCollier | says | but the dollar amount is staggering either way |
| LindaZ | Bravo!! I don't see why not bring in those figures and more... if there is a community there that participates why not... |
| Connie | All kinds of stuff. |
| Connie | And my panel for BlogHer this afternoon is called Using Second Life for Social Good. What a day!!! |
| LindaZ | does anyone know how many people participate in second life and how much time they spend there |
| Connie | You can get some stats off the SecondLife blog. Also, I think it shows number of users in-world whenever you sign in. |
| LindaZ | thank you... I am curious cause there is someone with my name and we always get google alerts for each other, she is very involved with SL |
| Connie | Last year's relay raised $117K - the largest ever raised in Second Life. This year they had exceeded that by the opening ceremonies. |
| dangrsmind | says | wow! But I still think SL is silly. |
| pchaney | this would be great SXSW topic; did you submit a session request? |
| Connie | Not on this topic, Paul |
| Connie | dangrsmind Evidently Harvard Law School didn't. They held a class there. |
| Connie | And JohnsHopkins uses it to train using 3D models for medical studies. |
| Connie | And IBM spent $10M to develop their own metaverse after debuting in Second Life. They use it for global training. |
| seerysm | says | for my work, we debate the value of SL frequently for communicating Employer Brand, holding job fairs, and connecting with job prospects |
| Connie | But if you want sex, alcohol and the like, you can find plenty of it too.  |
| LindaZ | that is why IBM decided to create their own |
| LindaZ | is | IBM's metaverse attached in anyway to SL |
| LindaZ | ?? |
| LindaZ | Connie I am not home and for some reason I cannot get on to see what is going on... I will be back at my computer monday will I be able to |
| LindaZ | ce it then |
| seerysm | says | ooh sorry - just realized that we are hijacking this thread - maybe we should start a new one and let this focus on the Relay for Life!! |
| LindaZ | sorry bout that... would love to see the Relay for life will it still be possible on Monday |
| Connie | Shannon, they are not there for that reason necessarily, but people are likeely to sign on to SL just to attend a job fair. |
| Connie | Especially if company holding it makes it easy with some basic premade avatars, etc. |
| Connie | Most people in SL love showing other people how it works. |
| Connie | I'm thre for several reasons: 1. trend. Future Web is going 3D. I'm learning while it's in infancy. 2. business contacts; some good ones. |
| Connie | 3. Creative expression. Let's the writer/musician in me have a place to "play" online. 4. Relaxation. Know how experts tell you to reduce |
| Connie | stress by shutting your eyes and imagining yourself in your favorite place? I've created that place in SL. Don't have to shut my eyes. |
| seerysm | I agree that 3D environments = big web future |
| seerysm | our struggle is less about SL but more that we're still getting corps to realize the need to invest in their career web site - let alone SL. |
| Connie | I see your point. SL is pretty far on the edge, even for companies that "get" social media. |
| LindaZ | I like that idea |
| Connie | yep, dig out your account. Let me know what your user name is. I'll send a friend invite and the location to my "villa." |
| Connie | Got it in a message from RFL in SL this morning. |
| Connie | private message your email and I will -- after my session that's about to start. |
| Connie | okay |
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