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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. Brainstorm and make a commitment to follow emerging trends in fundraising and advocacy in the metaverse.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Let us look at some of the top technology trends taking place in the training and Development Industry: Mobile Learning : According to e- Marketer, the number of smartphone users in the United States is estimated to reach 207.2 Companies are exploring online virtual platforms such as second life, Minecraft, Unity, etc.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. Another emerging trend is cloud-based computing , which enables organizations to pay only for processor cycles, memory, and storage as it's used. Second Life is an online, virtual world where you can customize your online personality (i.e.

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From Gartner: Five Laws for Exploring Virtual Worlds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

second life, ??? but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc. Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value. t ignore this trend. Check out the Nonprofits and Second Life Wiki and Blog for information about the nonprofit side.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. Silicon Valley North. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. His topic is online marriage rituals in Second Life. He teamed up with Jason Samuels to set up all of the collaborative note-taking at the latest NTC conference. Silicon Valley North. ” Where Jason Gets His NPTech Information.

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 3D space where this virtual symposium will take place is a private version of the Second Life platform that Linden Labs and NMC have created, called the Hakone Project. In fact, I'll be arriving in a Jetson like transportation and my avatar will probably look a lot like Jane Jetson. . foundation match days trending upward.)

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