Gronstedt Group’s weekly “Train for Success” Second Life sessions bring together training and communication professionals globally to explore how leading corporations are transforming workplace performance with virtual worlds.

When: Thursdays, 9.00-10.00 SLT (noon-1.00 PM EDT/18.00-19.00 Europe Continental)

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Events

Thursday September 4, Aaron E. Walsh about the Immersive Education Initiative
Aaron E. Walsh is founding Director and lead architect of the Media Grid Institute, which promotes the use of a public utility grid to develop and deliver high-end virtual reality and 3-D simulation programs. He's also a faculty member at Boston College and an international best-selling technology author. Last year, he was named to Computerworld's list of "40 Innovative IT People to Watch." Aaron will tell us about one of the Grid's central projects, the Immersive Education Initiative

Thursday September 11, Claudia L'Amoreaux, Linden Lab
Claudia L’Amoreaux, aka Claudia Linden, is Linden Lab's point person for education initiatives in Second Life. She’ll share success stories and best practices from learning projects in Second Life and will facilitate a conversation about how organizations can create immersive, constructivist virtual world learning experiences.

Thursday September 18, Erica Driver, ThinkBalm
While the transformational power of the 3D web may be obvious to those of us who've spent time exploring the medium, it's not necessarily obvious to our bosses and clients. Erica Driver will share her thoughts on making the business case for enterprise Immersive Internet initiatives. Erica is a co-founder and principal at ThinkBalm and a leading industry analyst with 14 years of experience in IT. Prior to co-founding ThinkBalm, Erica was a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, where she launched the company's Web3D coverage and was also the co-conspirator behind Forrester's Information Workplace concepts and research.

Thursday September 25, Chuck Hamilton, IBM
IBM's Chuck Hamilton will lead a virtual tour of IBM’s facilities. He'll also relate the incredible tale of how he convinced IBM’s senior leadership that they need to play more, a process that helped launch 15,000 IBM employees into Second Life.

Special thanks to Peter Guastella, aka PeterG Ember, and Lesley Scopes, aka Light Sequent, who help manage the events.