The Anshe Chung donated Nonprofit commons is having their grand opening gala with 32 nonprofits and supporters hosting the celebration August 14, 2007.

San Francisco meets the Metaverse at the upcoming Nonprofit Commons Grand Opening Gala Event. 32 Nonprofits and their supporters will host a grand opening celebration Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. PST/SLT, in their new locations at the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life (SL).

The Nonprofit Commons is a nonprofits-only space generously donated by the world’s first virtual millionaire, Anshe Chung, and managed by TechSoup. The Nonprofit Commons creates and houses a community of nonprofits in the online virtual world of Second Life. Entirely volunteer-run, the Nonprofit Commons hosts organizations from around the world and to-date has created a community blog, wiki, and held mixed-reality events, workshops, and regular weekly town hall meetings.

The Gala event will be a mixed-reality launch party, complete with networking and a panel of speakers, featuring Susan Tenby of TechSoup and Jeska Dzwigalski of Linden Lab in the live-event, and Anshe Chung in Second Life. Audio and video content will be streamed live between the two worlds.

The live-event in San Francisco will be a part of NetSquared’s Net Tuesday. The Gala event’s activities include:

5:30 p.m. Meet and greet

6:00 p.m. Speakers and event

7:00 p.m. Tours of the Nonprofit Commons

Nonprofits Celebrate New Home in Second Life

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