Helper of the Week: Irene Arkright

Please join us in warmly congratulating Irene for her excellent work on the plaza and around the island!

ROLE Magazine/Help People Institute Affiliation

Help People® Institute is pleased to announce an affiliation with ROLE Magazine to enrich the experience of new residents to SL in a variety of ways. A shared philosophy of giving back to the SL community brought these two SL forces together and the end result will be additional exposure to new residents of all the many wonderful things SL has to offer as well as the opportunity to learn from the needs and talents of new SL residents.

ROLE Magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to highlighting the many facets of Second Life® and showcasing the most interesting people, places and things in a high-quality magazine production. ROLE Magazine covers fashion news, specific designers and trends as well as artists, entertainment, subcultures, literary and technical aspects of Second Life. ROLE Magazine is produced in Second Life and published in-world as well as on our webpage.

The ROLE Magazine & Help People® Institute affiliation will include twice monthly live musical performances on the Help People® sim and exclusive designer “new resident” packages. ROLE Magazine will publish articles provided by Help People® volunteers as well as new residents as they navigate our virtual world.

Check it out!

Article about Help People® in ROLE’s January issue

Help People® webpage
www.helppeople.com

ROLE Magazine webpage
www.role-magazine.com

Cricket Crabe Presents HPI for SL6B

photo by Notfragile Gausman
by Se7en Wirsing

June 27, 2009
Cricket Crabe, a Helper from Help People Island (HPI), gave a presentation about HPI as a part of the SL6B Celebrations. The event was held at 1500 PDT on SL6B Quantum on the roof (slurl). Ludo Merit hosted the event and assisted with the "speakeasy." The program was co-authored by Seafoam Teardrop, also a Helper at HPI. This presentation was a part of a celebration of people and institutions who help people in Second Life.

Cricket said of himself only that he helps at HPI and teaches classes for the benefit of new residents and quickly moved on to the purpose of the program, which is to familiarize the group with the philosophy and operations of HPI. He talked first about the history of HPI and how it came to be in SL, including information I hadn't been aware of and enjoyed hearing about. He described how Brett Dumont brought his concepts of helping large companies prosper to SL and created a unique venue to promulgate these ideas.

Cricket Crabe with guests at SL6B Quantum

Being an all volunteer group that is independent of Linden Labs, HPI has taken the concepts and grown the group into a flourishing and self-propagating state. Cricket explained the five principles, well-known to all Helpers, Apprentices and Greeters:

1. Ditch the negative attitude.
2. Show sincere appreciation to others.
3. Be a good listener.
4. Make other people feel important.
5. Help people.

And how the principles affect our lives...

As they still do today, "They came as duck walking avatars, boys with blue striped shirts and girls with pink polka dot dresses," and they found other people who willingly assisted them, in accordance with these principles. The concepts have become beneficial even in our real lives.

Next, speaking of HPI groups, he described Help People Fans, HP, Inc. (management group), Help People group and HPI New Resident Team. He described the HPI region and the training of Helpers. "Help People also participates in grid wide help efforts," Cricket stated, and talked about HPI team members helping on Moose Beach and Bay City Municipal Airport (Info Hubs).

After describing the treatment a visitor may expect on HPI, he summed up by saying, "At HPI we believe that genuine people who wish to explore this virtual world deserve the same welcome as we ourselves would wish to receive. We believe the time invested in people and the information provided make for a better community and benefit not only the resident but all of Second Life."

Ludo Merit

Helper Of The Week June 15, 2009

Everyone, please join us in congratulating Gary Bohemian as Helper of The Week!! He is a constant presence on the plaza and a pleasure to watch his interactions with our new Residents. GOOD GOING, GARY!!!!!!!!!

HPI Showcased as a Hot Spot

by Se7en Wirsing

Check out the Showcase in "Search" and you will notice Help People Island near the top of the list. This is very exciting news considering the criteria (listed at http://secondlife.com/showcase/faq.php) for venues in the Showcase:

"Showcase is a place to show off some of the most interesting, entertaining, and novel Resident-created content.

Showcase is for existing Residents as well as potential Residents exploring the SecondLife.com Web site for the first time. At any given time, the featured content will be limited. We will be looking for content that we believe 'showcases' the best of Second Life."


Wow! Are you impressed with yourselves yet? Today I received this group notice from Notfragile Gausman, "For those of you that don't know, HPI has made it into the showcase in search under Hot Spots!!! Check it out and tell your friends!!!! Great job everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Clearly, he's not the only one to think so.

Notfragile Gausman and HPI Guests