Heidi Trotta

I was so disappointed that I missed the conversation between MacArthur Foundation President Jonathan Fanton and Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale (aka Philip Linden), discussing how virtual worlds could revolutionize philanthropy because of another work committment but I finally found the archive!

The event took place on June 22. I’m a big fan on the MacArthur Foundation because of their work with exploring digital media in eduction.  At the event, Fanton also announced that the foundation would begin a year-long investigation into virtual worlds, including making some in-world grants through the USC Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy. 

http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/
event_recap_philanthropy_virtual_worlds/#When:21:41:00Z

Here’s the archive stuff …

1. images: slide shows from uscpublicdiplomacy/flickr, or this huge flickr collection
2. new virtual spaces:  the event space (get MacArthur t-shirts and read our posters!), or visit orientation walkway for the event by USC Annenberg Center on Public Diplomacy
3. text: transcripts of the event and chat
4. audio: use the play button below to start the audio track, or download .mp3 (20MB), or iTunes podcast
5. video: click “play” to watch the 45-minute video below:
   http://spotlight.macfound.org/resources/fanton-rosedale/flvplayer.swf?file=http://spotlight.macfound.org/resources/fanton-rosedale/macfound.flv&autoStart=false’>