Shannon Muir Broden Explores Virtual Worlds
On January 9th, 2026, I was given the opportunity to present at Nonprofit Commons on the topic of knowledge management for nonprofits.
The goal was to show people how they could begin adopting knowledge management at any scale or level. The structure was an overview followed by a guided discussion.
It was great to hear a variety of insights from people as part of this lively event.
One thing I became very passionate about during my student journey at San Jose State University was the idea of wellness in a virtual world setting. After all, sitting at a desk for long periods of time in a virtual world is just as much a thing for working in virtual worlds as the corporate office worker.
Personally, I also had been studying the concepts of chair yoga and using yoga techniques for office workers, originally to help myself. This led into looking into what was available in terms of research on mindfulness and virtual worlds.
The result was my presentation August 23, 2025, for VWMOOC2025 on “Educating About Mindfulness in Virtual Worlds Spaces”.