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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the coming years, nonprofits and foundations will emerge to help define and implement a code of ethics on subjects ranging from human rights in the metaverse to its environmental impact , but the good people of our community are needed now to explore and be a part of the conversation around the planning and experience of the metaverse.

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

Companies can use GlobalGiving’s free charity API to access our portfolio of more than 5,000 projects in 160+ countries, including the United States, and put choice in their users’ hands. Q: How have companies used GlobalGiving’s charity API? How might they implement a charity API on their website?

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A study ( [link] ) funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacArthur Foundation has found “when digital games were compared to other instruction conditions without digital games, there was a moderate to strong effect in favor of digital games in terms of broad cognitive competencies.”. Around Gender.

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Tweetathon: Jerry Lewis Meets PBS Pledge Drive To Promote Twitter Book and To Support Clean Drinking Water On Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The event takes a television concept from the 1960's, the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethons , which does non-stop celebrity performances and pitching to raise money for charity and puts it on Twitter as well as live streaming on ustream.tv. This foundation helps children at risk around the world. I can relate to that!

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547.

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Underwear for Africa and Reclaiming A September 11th Birthday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So many generous people donated, that I had enough to distribute some t-shirts to the kids at Roteang Orphanage, managed by the Sharing Foundation , including a foo-camp t-shirt donated by Tara Hunt for Pharoth. According to a post on Mothers Fighting for Others blog, undignified underwear the only choice for Kenya???s

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Philanthropists involved in Muslim world charities not the only risk averse social investors. TechSoup Resources for Foundations. TechSoup Resources for Faith Based Charities. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war. Additional Resources.