150 likes | 286 Views
New Citizens Incorporated and CISCO Systems . Their virtual world empire Second life . New Citizens Incorporated SL based organization Entirely resident run and financed Over 10,000 members, most of them volunteers Established in 2006 by Brace Coral
E N D
New Citizens Incorporated andCISCO Systems Their virtual world empire Second life
New Citizens Incorporated • SL based organization • Entirely resident run and financed • Over 10,000 members, most of them volunteers • Established in 2006 by Brace Coral • Nearly 75 hours of classes a week, hosted by NCI instructors • Cisco Systems • Multinational Corporation with over 65,000 employees • 36.1 Billion dollars in annual revenue • Both Public and Private sims in SL • Utilizes SL for B2B purposes Company Overviews
Started 4 Years ago by Brace Coral to help newbies on her land • Acquired and employed (for a small fee) Linden teachers • Created officers to manage NCI • Acquired islands though purchase and donation • Attracted volunteers to help SL uses and prevent griefing NCI Beginnings
NCI Groups • NCI Officers - 21 • New Citizens Inc - 9547 • NCI Alumni Association - 951 • NCI Land Holding - 160 • Volunteers • NCI Officers • NCI Helpers • NCI Land Officers • Paid Members • Teachers Members
NCI Kuula • The original and largest NCI location • NCI South • Hamnida, directly adjacent to the South Welcome Area • NCI Beach • by the sea in the Class 5 Fisherman's Cove • CF University • University Lunched by CF organization, Managed by NCI • 17 NCI InfoNodes • Near or adjacent to Linden InfoHubs • Provides information, freebies, landmarks, maps and schedules NCI Locations
2 Million Lindex annual budget • Income from • Donations • Advertisements • Linden Labs • NCI hosted classes at Cystic Fibrosis University • Expenses • Landownership • Payment to teachers • RL server space / technology for Ads NCI Earnings
Offers over 75 hours a week of Classes Covering Various SL topics (here’s a few) • Landownership • Scripting • Building (beginning / intermediate / advanced) • Objects / avatar design • More then 30 attendees in some classes Classes
Newbie Show & Tell • New Resident Q&A • Beach Parties Events
NCI Potential • Second life based training • Consulting • Seminar hosts • User education is KEY to SL success • Knowledgeable users could become consultants or SME for interested businesses NCI Outlook
Cisco Partner Pavilion • Interactivity • Learning Center • Cisco “Panel” • Hobbyists Cisco Sims
Human Network Pavilion • Learning Centers • Live Examples/Demos • Lab emulation • “Stages” Educational / Customer Relations
Public & Private Sims • Network Diagrams/Prototypes • Site licenses for avatars • Security issues even in private sims http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/using_second_li_2.html;jsessionid=BXCKGQKGGASOBQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN Cisco B2B Relations
Cisco Campus • Learn, teach, share • Community sim • Interaction between employers, businesses, consumers and students. • Cisco Networking Academy http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/cisco_joins_second_life Education in SL