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Wed, Aug 18 2010
Are Women Better at Virtual Events Than Men?

Are Women Better at Virtual Events Than Men?

Last week, I had a conversation with someone who’s organizing a virtual event. She wanted me to speak on the topic of using telesummits to build your list and I gladly agreed due to the quality of speakers... 

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Mon, Aug 16 2010
Virtual appearance can affect employee behavior

Virtual appearance can affect employee behavior

As businesses look to cut costs, one technology that they have begun adopting is the use of 3D virtual immersive environments or virtual worlds to hold meetings, trade shows and even conduct training.... 

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Fri, Aug 13 2010
The Virtual and Mobile Workforce

The Virtual and Mobile Workforce

The way we work has changed dramatically over the past few years.  I’m relatively young…turning 27 in a few weeks – yet even I can recall working for previous employers where there was just no... 

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Wed, Aug 11 2010
Why virtual worlds are important for business

Why virtual worlds are important for business

There is a ton of debate and discussion and information Out There about why virtual worlds are, or aren’t, or might someday be, important for business. Important, that is, to people who are wearing... 

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Sun, Aug 8 2010
Using machinima for real business

Using machinima for real business

Editor’s introduction: Machinima refers to animations filmed inside virtual worlds or video games. Machimina is cheaper and faster than the alternatives — traditional filming using real actors... 

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Wed, Jul 14 2010
Common Use Cases For Virtual Events

Common Use Cases For Virtual Events

Some event planners just know that they want to produce a virtual event.  Others take a circuitous route to a virtual event, considering other options first.  For those of you “on the fence” –... 

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Mon, Jul 12 2010
Virtual world lead generation

Virtual world lead generation

Ever since Second Life made virtual world a common reality, people have been trying to find ways to utilize this new-found platform for unimaginable reasons. Soon enough other companies cropped providing... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
Your Audience is Just a Few Clicks Away

Your Audience is Just a Few Clicks Away

The virtual event space has heated up over the last year.  That’s what a recent Unisfair survey of 500 technology marketing professionals revealed:  40 percent polled considered virtual events “one... 

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Wed, May 12 2010
The Death of Distance

The Death of Distance

Second Life, Openism, Blue Mars, 3D Explorer.  If these mean nothing to you today, they certainly will in future.  They are all example of Virtual Worlds and this evening in Manchester I had the job... 

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Wed, May 12 2010
Dance on the Volcano – Virtually

Dance on the Volcano – Virtually

These days, we are experiencing a period of extraordinary growth in the Virtual Events space. Let’s face it, air travel isn’t getting any easier as long security lines, service reductions and flight... 

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Wed, Apr 21 2010
Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

Early mainstream adoption of enterprise immersive software will most probably not take place in 2013 because of issues regarding the ease of use and the scalability of those immersive environments. That... 

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Wed, Mar 17 2010
Remedy presents amputee rehab project

Remedy presents amputee rehab project

One of the great things about the Internet is that it connects people who, in the past, have had a hard time keeping in touch. In researching the phenomena of medical amputees rehabilitating and re-integrating... 

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Sun, Feb 28 2010
Five mistakes of hybrid events

Five mistakes of hybrid events

Last week I attended two conferences simultaneously, one in Cancun, Mexico (MPI Meet Different) and the other in Santa Clara, Ca. (Virtual Edge Summit)  Such is the life of a virtual traveler!  While... 

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Tue, Feb 23 2010
What if content management were 3D?

What if content management were 3D?

I recently saw the Michael Douglas/Demi Moore 1994 movie called ”Disclosure.” In the movie (which explores sexual harassment in the workplace), Michael Douglas was working for a computer... 

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Tue, Feb 9 2010
Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

Team Bonding with a Virtual Workforce

(Image courtesy Jason Christensen.) A growing number of companies are instituting virtual workforces allowing the employees to be closer to their customers and working in a remote environment. These remote... 

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Fri, Feb 5 2010
Top 5 Requested Second Life Features

Top 5 Requested Second Life Features

I was reading something about how a small cadre of vocal power users can skew the development of a virtual world platform, and it got me thinking about the kinds of things corporate clients I’ve worked... 

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Thu, Jan 14 2010
Power users holding back Second Life?

Power users holding back Second Life?

Second Life is being held back by an “elite group” of users, according to Forrester Research, Inc. analyst Tom Grant. There is an ” Iron Law of Oligarchy,” Grant wrote this week.... 

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Mon, Jan 4 2010
10 predictions for 2010

10 predictions for 2010

As 2009 comes to a close, and we can look back and see what happened this year, I’d like to make some predictions for what will happen next year. #1 – Consolidation continues throughout the first half... 

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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Imagining meeting spaces

Imagining meeting spaces

A Virtual Immersive Environment is Not a Parallel Universe, It is an Alternative Reality. While it is possible to make a 3D virtual immersive environment (VIE) look exactly (or pretty darn close) to your... 

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Fri, Dec 18 2009
Simulations are future of education

Simulations are future of education

Virtual Worlds, Simulations, and Games for Education: A Unifying View I wrote this article for Innovate magazine a few months ago, to coincide with the release of Learning Online with Games, Simulations,... 

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