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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It is a digital reality – a cyberspace made up of multiple virtual worlds – that combines components of social media, gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The metaverse is being conceptualized and developed as the merging of our physical existence with our digital lives.

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Hype vs. Reality: What digital channels are the most effective in 2010?

Care2

There is a lot of hype around new digital channels, but little evidence is published to back this up. Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" Should we use Twitter and Mobile?" "Is

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. One thing that Namibia has going for it is a stable parliamentary democracy and a government that clearly believes in digital inclusion. Verizon Wireless launched the first large-scale LTE network in North America in 2010. like Connect2Compete.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

nationwide digital inclusion project called Connect2Compete. It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. Sometimes there’s no getting around a staff increase: since 2010, the U.S. Government.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Such was the sentiment in 2010 of tech CEOs such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, and Sun Microsystem’s Scott McNealy. In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses.

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How Nonprofits Can Jump on the Bitcoin Bandwagon

NonProfit Hub

Bitcoin is a type of digital currency where your transactions are recorded and maintained, and it operates independently to a bank. If you had bought $100 of Bitcoin in 2010, it would now be worth around $20,000,000. What is Bitcoin? At its core, it’s a financial system where mathematics replace human emotions and errors. .