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Why Nonprofits Should Pay Attention to Web3 and the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It is defined as open-source software that doesn’t require the support of a trusted intermediary and it has no governing body. It is an immersive, interactive, and social platform where people can create avatars to represent themselves, buy and sell virtual property, and interact with other users in real-time. .

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In this early stage, the metaverse is being envisioned and portrayed as an online reality that we humans enter and experience as avatars through a VR headset, similar to the Oasis experience in the movie Ready Player One. The possibilities are wide open. The most devout may even be eager to experiment with implanted hardware.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Double the Donation is only open to U.S. 8) Embrace Cause Awareness and Giving Days. Nonprofits, regardless of their size, can tap into the power of cause awareness and giving days. If you do so, add a “Fundraise” button and pitch your awareness day landing page.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. If you have not yet viewed your nonprofit’s website on a tablet or smartphone browser, it’s going to be a real eye-opener. It will make a strong impression. Guaranteed.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle

Connection Cafe

They turn on the system, choose their avatars, and are suddenly transported into the video game. Once inside the world of Jumanji, the students assume the form of their chosen avatars. Teacher: You’re aware there are other people in the world, right? Be aware of those people. But he opened the basket anyways.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's my avatar, I'm live blogging from Second Life. From my office in the Boston, I teleported myself into the Virtual World of Second Life and headed straight for the New Media Consortium virtual campus where I joined about 65 other avatars representing educators from all over the world (even Austrailia where it was 3:00 a.m.

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Two Tagging Projects that Make Sense

Museum 2.0

And while looking at nests is interesting for a while, the intrinsic motivation to look at another set of 15 photos of chicks with their mouths open is (for me) pretty low. When the Posse first opened, I joined, but then I ran into the same problem I've had with other museum tagging projects--I didn't feel compelled to tag.

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