part 2 of 3 seflin second life july 30 2009
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Part 2 of presentation on Second Life at the July 30 SEFLIN New Technologies: Libraries and Beyond ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
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Business
ConferencesMarketing
Give-awaysMeeting rooms
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- Savings of US $320,000
Two events: Virtual World Conference;
IBM Annual Meeting
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How do you participate?
1) Register, get an avatar and give it a name - free
• http://secondlife.com/
2) Download and install the Second Life viewer (part of the registration process)
3) Open the viewer and log-in as your avatar
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How do you participate?
4) All activity is free except:
• purchases (land, clothing, etc)
• building and saving your build on land in SL
• attending paid events (conferences)
5) Go to a library friendly location!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/116/237/33
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How do you participate?
6) You can build freely in “sandboxes” and save to your avatar’s Inventory.
• IBM has a public sandbox
http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%206/55/42/23
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Self-guided tutorialsBuilding
• http://secondlife.com/showcase/tutorials/
• Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/175/174/26
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