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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. You use it to send a shout out to your followers.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He has served on multiple charity boards. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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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. Farmer 2 Farmer Learning.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He has served on multiple charity boards. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.