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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). Without these, the metaverse risks inheriting the problems of today’s social media, if not becoming something worse.

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Second Life: Debunking Myths, Identifying Opportunities - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life. Whos on Second Life?

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life.

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Brighton Beach Brainstorm

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The best part of my job is brainstorming with brilliant, passionate people around social issues. The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. phenomena.

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Tear It Down and Virtual Guantanamo: Two Examples of Virtual Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Both projects are engaging examples of virtual advocacy, with one creating a virtual representation of the detention center in the virtual world Second Life and the other, a flash-based web site that has a video game quality to it. government to close the real prison and the other to encourage public discourse.

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A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Now, you need a surefire strategy to get you those key last minute donations.

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NpTech Summary: Advocacy 2.0, Sketchcastes, and NpTech in Different Languages

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ruby Sinreich's Advocacy 2.0 Phillip Smith has a thoughtful post called " Social tech meets the Social Innovation Generation " The Nonprofit Eye blog writes about leadership challenges in the nonprofit sector. An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Social Web.

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