Task 3914 - Presentation - Avatars in the Working Environment

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    Avatars in theWorking Environment

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    Avatar - Definition There are many

    definitions of the word

    avatar: An Avatar is Divinitytaking a human form.

    Avatar is a character that

    you can personalize anduse when interacting withfriends online, creatingyour won unique persona.

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    Important Thousands of real-world

    employees are beginning to

    use avatars as part of theirregular jobs.

    There are many companiesthat have been using Avatars

    to deal with customers andinternal matters: IBM, Accenture, Cisco, State

    Farm, Intel, BP and Wells Fargo.

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    Avatar - 2011

    The Gartner Group

    predicts that 80% of

    us will use an

    avatar at work by

    the end of 2011.

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    Avatar Benefits

    They're practical:

    it's easier, cheaper, greener, and

    healthier to meet people in avirtual world than it is to fly, drive

    and host a live meeting where

    people shake real hands.

    Document sharing in a richer,more interesting environment

    provides more contextual clues

    about who's interested and who's

    paying attention.

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    Avatar Benefits

    They're practical:

    it's easier, cheaper, greener, and

    healthier to meet people in a virtualworld than it is to fly, drive and host

    a live meeting where people shake

    real hands.

    Document sharing in a richer, more

    interesting environment provides

    more contextual clues about who's

    interested and who's paying

    attention.

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    Avatar Benefits

    People become more

    interested: As a result of this

    intensity, avatars create

    the emotional and social

    connections necessaryfor the most valuable

    business conversations.

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    Avatar Problems

    Using Avatars can offersome problems since itcreates an imaginary worldwith characters that don'texist.

    It can develop an InternetAddiction Disorder with a amajor impact on our mentalhealth (obsession).

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    Avatar Problems It can interfere in our everyday

    life and decision-making when

    facing the real world.

    It can give up or reduce

    important family, social,

    occupational, or recreational

    activities in duration because the

    user can get out of his imaginaryand fun world.

    Feeling of incapacity to deal with

    real life problems.

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    Avatar Conclusion

    The sense of engagement

    that avatars can create will be

    valuable as companies seeknew ways to design work that

    is compelling and purposeful.

    Avatars generate a kind of

    fun that isn't the opposite of

    work it's a reason that

    people will engage their work.

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    Avatar Conclusion

    But we need to be

    always aware of the

    many differencesbetween Neverlandand

    our Real World.

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