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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

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. Brian Burke, VP of Research at Gartner, defines 7 key considerations when designing the player experience for gamification: Business Outcomes and Success Metrics.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Integrated Mobile Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. What metrics are you using for mobile?

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Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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» Monday May 07 2007 Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace Monday, May 7, 2007 at 04:34PM | by Hatef Yamini Carie Lewis of the Humane Society recently shared with us some lessons learned about branding and list recruitment from their unique MySpace campaign against clubbing baby seals. We posted our badges on others pages too.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins.

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MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:46PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. What do yo think?