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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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Fri, Dec 4 2009
A hybrid model for global sales meetings

A hybrid model for global sales meetings

One year ago (nearly to this day), Cisco Systems announced the cancellation of their annual “Global Sales Meeting” – in a statement, Cisco CEO John Chambers was quoted: In almost all instances for... 

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Fri, Dec 4 2009
Virtual events in 2010

Virtual events in 2010

Back in August, I jumped the gun a bit and wrote a “year in review” posting about virtual events.  Now that we’re in December,  I think it’s high time to peer into the Magic 8 Ball and speculate... 

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Fri, Nov 27 2009
Presence in immersive collaboration

Presence in immersive collaboration

On Thursday, I experienced a wonderful example of effective training in Second Life.  During the weekly Train For Success meetup, Mark Jankowski of Virtual Training Partners conducted a portion of his... 

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Tue, Nov 17 2009
Business Process Modeling in Second Life

Business Process Modeling in Second Life

Social networking tools dominate communication over the web and this is not limited to sending simple messages between friends but can also include interaction and collaboration within virtual world environments... 

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Mon, Aug 31 2009
The Virtual Event Debrief

The Virtual Event Debrief

Philosopher and essayist George Santayana was quoted as saying: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”  With virtual events, the “past” is fairly recent.  However, the... 

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Sun, Aug 30 2009
Business and education: virtual connections

Business and education: virtual connections

From the very start of my educational consultancy over seven years ago, I have always trusted my gut instinct in business. I have always worked in the innovation field, often years before others, trialling... 

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Sat, Aug 29 2009
Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors

Virtual Events: Available In Many Flavors

In Virtual Events Year In Review: 2009, I summarized key trends that I witnessed in the virtual events industry this year. The trends for 2009 included global adoption, emergence of new industries (as... 

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Thu, Aug 27 2009
Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009

Virtual Events: Year In Review 2009

(Image courtesy InXpo.) Coming into this year, I considered 2009 a taking-off point for the virtual events industry.  Sure, virtual events and virtual tradeshows have been around for some time, but I... 

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Thu, Aug 27 2009
Invisible prims are not security

Invisible prims are not security

ReactionGrid CEO Kyle Gomboy Guess what, the below is not security! “If we want to put a life-size prototype of our super-secret product in Second Life, then there are many creative ways we implement... 

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Thu, Aug 20 2009
Reminder that virtual worlds start with community not technology

Reminder that virtual worlds start with community not technology

Many friends have asked me recently if I’ve seen Ameba? Apparently it’s a virtual world for older teenagers and young adults in Japan. Other than maybe it’s Japanese cute it isn’t much different... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
My brain recalls information in 3D

My brain recalls information in 3D

I frequently am tasked with recalling specific data points from the ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 for client inquiries, presentations, press calls, and blog posts. I can’t... 

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Mon, Jun 29 2009
Joomla for the Metaverse

Joomla for the Metaverse

If Opensim is the Apache of the Metaverse, then what will be the Joomla of the Metaverse?  This isn’t a idle or rhetorical question, it’s something which has to be answered if Metaverse solutions... 

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