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What is ironic is that the WDM has not learned to apply what they presumably have learned from their other campaigns into virtual space. Actress and activist Mia Farrow will discuss and answer questions about the worsening situation in Darfur and neighboring Chad at a virtual press event in Second Life.
Amoration tackles a wide variety of creative ventures for corporations, like Telus and for a host of activist and nonprofit groups like Betterworld Island, a group which has created the powerful Camp Darfur simulation you'll hear Evonne mention in the interview. Machinima are movies filmed inside virtual worlds like Second Life.
To protest China's financial support of the genocide in Darfur, actress Mia Farrow is hosting a daily webcast report from a Darfurian refugee camp during the first week of the Olympics (August 8-15). They are asking people to Switch Over to Darfur , and watch the webcasts when sponsors' commercials air.
Here are a few examples of some month-long and two-week long online events: Maw Books Blog ran a Blogging and Reading for Darfur campaign last month. For the month of September, Natasha Maw read and blogged in an effort to create awareness, and raise funds for Darfur. She read 31 books and raised $1,1136.60.
Susan Tenby from TechSoup demos the virtual TechSoup Office during the Netsquared Conference while Ruby Sinreich and Deborah Finn (Cyber-Yenta) blogged about it. The TechSoup Virtual Office at Second Life take by Jeska Linden. If you visit the virtual office, you get a free t-shirt by clicking on a pink flower.
The Darfur is Dying game probably caught your attention. multi-user, virtual environments) might be particularly useful when. looking further I found a link to Water Cooler games which reminded of our virtual office on Arts Wire in early 1990's - we had a "Water Cooler Item" to make it seem more like a real office.
Today I joined Second Life , a virtual 3-D world built by its residents. Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. At first I really didn't want to. I already spend way too much time online, but then there started to be events that I wanted to check out.
George Irish of Shake the Pillars posts about Amnesty International's "Get in Bed with Darfur" -Putting the Fun Into Human Rights Campaigning. Be sure to read his post for more campaign details and check out the over 1,000 photos of people who have joined their Virtual Bed-In.
The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. TechSoup's Virtual Office space was pretty busy last night, hosting an earlier mixed reality event in Cambridge and SL , featuring Pathfinder Linden , head of educational activities for SL.
Today, an interview with Sibley Verbeck (Hathor's his virtual name), founder/CEO of the Electric Sheep Company , which does experience design for real-world companies in virtual worlds including Second Life. Virtual worlds provide an opportunity for social engagement with content, and 2. How would you define virtual worlds?
You can create or simulate an experience that can evoke an emotional response from a visitor, as they have done with Camp Darfur. ve also been interested in watching what the American Cancer Society has done with its virtual walk-a-thon in Second Life.
We then flew virtually up the Los Gatos Creek canyon: past their homes and their children's schools along our steep and narrow mountain roads that would be burdened with a dozen/day 90,000 lb. Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows.
Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. On Facebook : I think everyone agrees it’s very early. On Second Life : Tim and Carie both say stay away.
Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person.
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