Speaking with Pat Coyle the other day, two things were abundantly clear:
1) There's a lot more going on in Indiana than we think, and
2) Virtual communities can bring people together in a way that old school handshake networks can't. It's not just about who you know, it's also about where you are!
By bringing Hoosiers together virtually at Smaller Indiana, Pat has created a mobile, networked online gathering of expertise, resources, and ideas. And it's working!
In addition to serving as a launchpad for locally grown business and recreational activities, Smaller Indiana presents a multidimensional public face for those of us in Indiana that feel connected well beyond the borders of our state.
We've created our very own group - Virtual Worlds, Alternate Realities & Games - so that we can bring this discussion to a group of people with a wide variety of perspectives and interests.
We hope that the momentum from the Workshop will develop into something much bigger in the scope of ideas and applications...
Stay tuned!
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The Virtual Worlds Workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington prepares participants from business and academia with the tools they need to build virtual world technology into their communication/collaboration plans for the future.
Welcome!
The Virtual Worlds Workshop, being held August 3-7, 2009, is the first step in maximizing your investment in virtual world technology development.
The blog is an opportunity for us to share with you what's going on as the Workshop comes to fruition, and for you to share your thoughts and observations with us.
We hope to keep a lively dialogue going before, during, and after the Workshop - and to continue our discussion until next year's Workshop!
The blog is an opportunity for us to share with you what's going on as the Workshop comes to fruition, and for you to share your thoughts and observations with us.
We hope to keep a lively dialogue going before, during, and after the Workshop - and to continue our discussion until next year's Workshop!