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Virtual Worlds and Disaster Response
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Started this discussion. Last reply by JB Hancroft Apr 9, 2010.

Virtual World Metrics
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Greetings, All. Does anyone have any metrics regarding the ROI or effectiveness of virtual environments in 1) reduction in travel and amount saved, 2) green tech--reduction in bldg and support costs…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Beverly Gay McCarter Mar 26, 2010.

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JB Hancroft replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual Worlds and Disaster *Response*

"Hi Beverly, Here are some thoughts. Virtual world spaces are: - Persistent. The objects, object attributes, relationships in space remain, whether I am observing them or not. You and I can come and go, separately, in our interaction with the…"

Apr 9, 2010

Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Thank you, Deepak. I appreciate your help. Beverly Gay"

Mar 26, 2010

Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Hi, Janice. Thank you for the information. I appreciate it. :) Beverly Gay"

Mar 26, 2010

Deepak Sharma replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Hi Beverly, Below in Virtual World Metrics might be helpful: “Our virtual conference cost was $35,000 USD, the budget for our face-to-face event was around $300,000 USD.” — Elaine Cook, Intel Events Manager Thanks, Deepak"

Mar 8, 2010

Janice Morris replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Hi Beverly, I have 4+ years stats based on personal experince of my staff providing a virtual community as part of telework solutions. We are not aware of anyone with the same business model. Thanks! Janice"

Feb 22, 2010

Beverly Gay McCarter posted a discussion

Virtual Worlds and Disaster Response

Greetings, All. With the latest crisis involving Haiti, attention is turning beyond using virtual worlds for disaster planning and towards how to use them for disaster response. What makes them stand out and be more useful in coordinating responses than our current traditional communication sources and social media tools like Twitter? Kind regards,Beverly GaySee More

Feb 3, 2010

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Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Thank you, Matt. :) Yes, it is very helpful! I am familiar with all the work the military is doing in training and virtual worlds, but had not seen the metrics for it. Again, thank you very much for the links. Beverly Gay"

Feb 3, 2010

Matt Norton replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"I think the most compelling numbers I've seen involve the substitution of Virtual environments for Live environments for Military training. Quick research on Google shows Operating cost per hour of an F-18 was $5k (in 1998 dollars). Average…"

Feb 3, 2010

Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Thank you, Ken, for the link. I appreciate the help. Kind regards, Beverly Gay"

Jan 5, 2010

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Jan 4, 2010

Charles Gatlin replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"I agree with Ken Rigby, The best metrics are the ones you gather at a live event yourself. The reports I can offer are 29 standard and also customizable reports based on unique questions potential end users may have. What I can do is give you a…"

Jan 4, 2010

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Jan 4, 2010

Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Hi, Sophia. Thank you for your response. Yes, the power of virtual worlds is amazing! What I am looking for is the elusive quantifiable numbers associated with ROI for using virtual worlds. Currently, the only ones are in regards to saving money in…"

Jan 4, 2010

Sophia Yates replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Dear Beverly, I will do some research for you on this subject. I have scene many well orchestrated meetings & events held within Second Life that were very successful. As you know people from all over the globe on a daily basis conduct business,…"

Jan 4, 2010

Charles Gatlin replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Very well Beverly, I believe I may be able to help you out. As you may imagine the corporations are way ahead of most governments on this. The recent global warming conference in Copenheagan is a classic example. It would be interesting to get some…"

Dec 29, 2009

Beverly Gay McCarter replied to Beverly Gay McCarter's discussion Virtual World Metrics

"Corporation and government. I have been scouring the web (and Linden Labs have been helpful) today and have come up with only a handful and the info in them are not as complete as I need. I know this is a tough one to find .... the field is very new…"

Dec 29, 2009