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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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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. Event] Example Tweet: UNICEF is using RapidSMS in 23 countries, many more users who download the open source software.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center. Open Source, Open Standards Video. It's really hard to narrow it down to 5-10 projects, but here's a sampling of the diversity of projects and causes represented. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Creative Commons suggests. Village the Game.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Democracy in Action has invited everyone into the NpTech Oscar Pool Katya Andresen from Network for Good gives us the lastest celebrity news (what no gossip?) The " OpenItUp " blog shares a list of commonly used excuses for not using open source as heard during the recent LASA UK Circuit Rider Conference. " Web 2.0,

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

why does someone spend so much time in a game world customising their avatar???? Democracy in Action Blog tells us how to use tagging and widgets to share jobs in their community. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Twibbon is a tool that allows your supporters on Twitter and Facebook to add a micro version of your nonprofit’s avatar to their profile pics. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country.

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