[MUD-Dev2] ANNOUNCE: Nonprofits, Gaming & Virtual Worlds Brainstorm Bash

[Morris Cox]

*Nonprofits, Gaming & Virtual Worlds Brainstorm Bash*
*A brainstorm session for nonprofits, gamers and virtual world enthusiasts*
A project of TechSoup's Nonprofit Commons in Second Life
<http://nonprofitcommons.org/>

 Ever combined the Web, World of Warcraft, Real Life, Second Life, Google
Earth, Nintendo, Facebook, Moore's Law and the unfolding human experience
into a single thought (which, perhaps, you then Twittered over your iPhone)?
Do you dream of saving the world in 8-bit superhero style?

 Our goal is to bridge the divide between nonprofit organizations, virtual
worlds, and game developers and enthusiasts. There are superheroes in each
realm, and we plan on bringing them together for a world-class brainstorm
bash. Building on the awesome community that Games for Change has created,
we'll be kicking off a long-term community and development project, shaped
by the participants of this meetup. We hope to organize a collaborative
working group that mashes up serious and social gaming with nonprofits and
virtual world producers, and we're exploring a collaborative game design
challenge that would be great to have your input on before the Games for
Change Festival <http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest2010> in NYC.

Topics we intend to cover:

   - Creating frameworks for collaborative game design
   - Leveraging the platforms of nonprofits, gaming and virtual worlds to
   create collaborative community development projects
   - Identifying resources, collaboration methods and tools
   - Creating content across platforms
   - Nonprofit applications of games and integration with virtual worlds

When: Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 from 3-6pm EST
Where: Green Spaces <http://www.greenspaceshome.com/>, 394 Broadway 5th
Floor (between Walker & White), NYC
*This event is free but tickets are limited so please RSVP soon. *

Come with your game-changing thoughts and ideas!
RSVP and share the Facebook page
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119069741459398> with your
colleagues!
Join the *NPCGames Google group* <http://groups.google.com/group/npcgames> and
post your introductions - we want to know who you are!
Tweet "I'm attending Nonprofit Games Brainstorm on nonprofits, gaming &
v-worlds 5/23 http://bit.ly/npcbrain #npsl #g4c"

-- 
Morris Cox