"The Gold Solution Provider Program is the first of its kind in the virtual worlds industry, reflecting the strength, longevity, and unique ability for users to create and own their content on the Second Life platform. The new Gold Program identifies exceptionally qualified Solution Providers with a high level of client satisfaction, a track record of developing successful Second Life projects, and demonstrated expertise working with real world organizations. Today, we are inducting 31 Gold Solution Providers into the program who comes from the United States, Europe and Asia (full list of members below). They have business backgrounds in areas ranging from design and web development to marketing agencies and training, and have developed projects for multinational corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, and non-profits.

Gold Program members provide many services and products to help enterprise customers effectively use Second Life for their business. Below is a small sample of the services they provide:

• Host and provide innovative training experiences for employees spread out across the world, saving travel time and expenses
• Design and create engaging spaces for mixed-reality meetings and classes enabling remote attendees to participate in real time
• Cultivate and manage vibrant communities around brand marketing efforts
• Organize events, contests, and other activities to offer non-profits a new venue for fundraising efforts
• Develop simulations for educators to recreate science experiments that would be cost-prohibitive and/or dangerous in a physical setting"