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Here is a link to the presentation I gave at Engage Expo about using the 5 C's to engage tweens online....

Tap into the Emotional Triggers of Tweens

It was a nice conference with some interesting discussions about what the future may hold for Virtual Worlds including how to use them in education.

Use this discount code “speakervip” when you register at, www.engageexpo.com/index.html. This discount code reduces the price by $200 and makes the early registration rate just $395!
This special offer is over MONDAY - Feb 2, 2009.

I have observed that the kids in the KidsCom.com virtual world interact in different ways in different settings. Some of this I expected (and we designed for) such as kids taking on the roles of manager, waiter, cook and customer in a Restaurant and playing together.

Other differences based on settings I did not expect. On the "Beach" we have chairs set up around umbrellas and the conversation trends to meeting and dating. In the "Palace" there are no chairs and the conversation trends to discu… Continue

I will be speaking at Engage Expo (formerly Virtual Worlds 2009) on March 11. Here is the description of my presentation:

Tap Into the Emotional Triggers Of Tweens
So you have spent a lot of money attracting tweens to your virtual world. Now how do you keep them coming back? The key to engagement is the five C’s: creativity, competition, collection, community and caring--and how well you use them. Adults are often under the misc… Continue

Here is something very cool that we are doing at KidsCom.com --- latest in our series of real life events that some kids who are in our virtual world get to experience.

KID REPORTERS DESCEND ON CES IN SEARCH OF NEWEST GREEN TECHNOLOGY

At the Consumer Electronics Show, kids in the role of KidsCom.com Idea Seeker News Network Reporters will be reporting about the latest technology items that will help them continue to spread the news about going green and saving the planet and its animals. Kids… Continue