BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20120311T020000 RDATE:20120311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T202528Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T190000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T202528Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120828T202528Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250462793 DESCRIPTION:Portland Games for Change is going as a group. If we gather more than 25\, we can get a group discount rate of $12 instead of $15. P lease let me know if you would like a group ticket on the facebook event page. \;\n \;\n \;\nDirect Event Link: \;\nhttp://www.cu-p ortland.edu/jane/ \;\n \;\nJane McGonigal\, PhD is a world renowne d designer of alternative reality games — or\, games that are designed t o improve real lives and solve real problems. She has created and deploy ed award-winning games in more than 30 countries on six continents\, for partners such as the American Heart Association\, the International Oly mpics Committee\, the World Bank Institute\, and the New York Public Lib rary. She specializes in games that challenge players to tackle real wor ld problems\, such as poverty\, hunger and education. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How they Can Change the World. She directs gaming R &\ ; D at the Institute for the Future\, the nonprofit firm where she devel oped Superstruct\, a massive multi-player game in which players organize society to solve issues that will confront the world in 2019. \;\n&# 13\;\n\n\nTags: video games\, social good\, Games for change\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250462793 URL:https://www.facebook.com/events/487617824584682/ SUMMARY:Jane McGonigal: The Power of Gaming and Education LOCATION:Concordia University Gym: 2811 NE Holman St\, Portland OR 97211 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR