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Minecraft-Based Digital Denmark Destroyed

CTOvision

Within the game, players engage in a virtual world – mining for valuables, building homes and communities, and interacting with one another. Do not let Minecraft’s simplicity mislead you; at the Game Developers Conference in 2011, the game won five awards, including the Best Downloadable Game Award and the Best Debut Game Award.

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Making social media happen in government: case study of NSW Department of Education

Trends in the Living Networks

I’m at the launch meeting of the social media community of practice set up by Institute of Public Administration NSW (IPAA). At the conference I wrote about the case study of Queensland Police , which is a great example of government bodies creating value through social media. Here are a few live notes from the event. .

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The future of events: How industry conferences and big gatherings will work after the pandemic

GeekWire

The aftermath could prove even trickier, creating a hybrid audience, with some people attending virtually and others in the flesh. . based company that makes technology for virtual and in-person events. What should the virtual experience be like? Allie Magyar, Hubb CEO. “ This is what I learned when I implemented this.

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Let’s meet! Virtually, in-person, or somewhere in between?

CIO Business Intelligence

Many formerly in-person events from team meetings to conferences transitioned to virtual events and many companies seem conflicted on if, when or how they can get everyone back to the office. So, will virtual events continue to thrive and, if so, can they deliver better experiences? Room to grow virtually.

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Reinvention and the virtuous circle of learning by doing: the case of The Virtual Excellence Show

Trends in the Living Networks

For the last couple of months I have been selectively sharing conversations, tutorials, and highlight videos from The Virtual Excellence Show on this blog, but I haven’t written anything about the show itself. Physical events supplanted by virtual events. Virtual speaking and events in fact play to my strengths.

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Conferences want to cure the work-from-home blues

Vox

Sunshine and wine caves: How conferences are trying to win over a remote-work world. The tech conference was held, as it usually is, on numerous stages in and around a giant arena. It took me a solid 20 minutes to walk from one end of the conference to the other, trying to wade through myriad company booths and demonstrations.

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Nonprofit takes D&D digital to help kids who struggle socially, and to study its own impact

GeekWire

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. It seems, instead, that they shook their die and rolled a virtual 20.

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