Date: 2007-06-11 Category: Events

Making Money in Second Life - Who wants to be a Linden $ Millionaire?

Thursday 21st June 2007
6.00pm - 8.00pm
Doors open 5.30pm for a light buffet and refreshments

Technium CAST
Parc Menai, Bangor

Guest speaker : Joel Cockrill from Movix Media

Second Life SL is an online community with its own currency, financial exchange and retail market.

Using examples from businesses run wholly within SL, and those from the real world that are relocating to SL, we will explore some of the answers to the following questions:

Who’s making money here and how are they doing it?

What are the best investments?

Is there a financial return for educators?

The Linden dollar ’L$’ - conversion to real profits

Buying land

Property development

Shops and retail

Service provider or employer

Jobs

In world, real world or both?

SL millionaires and how they got there

About the speaker

Joel Cockrill has worked professionally in feature film and TV commercial production for over 10 years, coming to SL to research Machinima films made within a 3D gaming environment which lead to the creation of SL’s only complete Machinima production studio. Joel’s company, Movix Media, provides a specialist consultancy, design and build service for businesses and organisations relocating to Second Life.

This event forms part of the ITWales business development programme

The event is FREE to attend, however advance booking is required.

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