ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Pop-up messages as reminders, rewarding users for their engagement, badges, progress bars, and even weekly challenges drive a little competition to keep users on their toes. On one end, we see the excitement and fad of Facebook games such as Farmville or CandyCrush.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Each time someone adds a seafood item, they can earn virtual badges (first sushi report, first listing of a particular seafood item). We launched a mobile site , in 2007 aimed at feature phones, and we’re developing an Android version of the app for release in 2011. Will it have fundraising? Is there an Android version?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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