Today, I had the pleasure of facilitating four small group sessions at the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2009. The topic was virtual worlds and enterprise, and thanks to the participants in the groups, it turned into a very interesting exchange of ideas. The agenda of the overall forum was much wider: the use of Web 2.0 technologies in business. What's impressive about this … [Read more...] about Enterprise 2.0 and virtual worlds and a free discussion paper download
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Virtual worlds: the next online banking
Aside from the group discussions on virtual worlds I facilitated yesterday, the only other time I witnessed them discussed at the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2009, was when Westpac's David Backley spoke. As we reported last year, Westpac had trialled the use of Second Life to induct new employees in more remote locations. Backley reflected back on the pilot, stating that it … [Read more...] about Virtual worlds: the next online banking
NoviCraft: virtual world team building
NoviCraft is one of the more fascinating virtual world business offerings by Finnish company, TeamingStream. That fascination comes not from the platform itself, but the theoretical underpinnings of it. This is a world designed purely for business-related training and team-building purposes. I took the opportunity to fire a few questions at TeamingStream's CEO, Petri … [Read more...] about NoviCraft: virtual world team building
Linden Lab’s enterprise momentum
In one of the more illuminating posts on the Official Linden Blog in recent months, Linden Lab's Director of Enterprise Marketing, Amanda van Nuys (SL: Amanda Linden), has outlined the potential uses of Second Life for business. There's nothing groundbreaking in the information, but it's worth regurgitating some of her points to illustrate virtual worlds and enterprise in a … [Read more...] about Linden Lab’s enterprise momentum
2009: the year the ATO wakes up?
In recent weeks over on Terra Nova, Julian Dibbell has raised the issue again of taxation and virtual worlds. It's worth a read purely to gain some insight into the complexity of the issue. As Dibbell states, it's a lot more than the concept of taxing the sale of virtual goods, although that's likely to be the driving force of any actions by governments. On the Australian … [Read more...] about 2009: the year the ATO wakes up?