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Unraveling the Threads App for Fundraisers

sgEngage

With all the hype growing around this new social media platform, you’re probably asking how it might be useful in your fundraising strategy and whether you should jump on the bandwagon. Threads is a social media platform where users can post their thoughts, opinions, and reactions in 500 words or less.

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Non-Fungible Fundraising: NFTs for Good

Whole Whale

NFTs work because they are a great way to create digital scarcity and are a great way to incentivize users to participate in a platform. NFTs are created by the developers of a platform, and they are released in an event called a “drop.” How an NFT “drop” works. Top NFT Exchanges. The Future of NFTs.

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Great reads from around the web on February 1st

Amy Sample Ward

Official Google Blog: Explore museums and great works of art in the Google Art Project – Take yourself on an art tour using Google Maps! "One Pundits have been weighing in on the role of social media in sparking the uprising, and whether it is a necessary ingredient in accelerating modern revolutions or simply an over-hyped notion.

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Metaverse Museum? Guest Post on Second Life and Museums by Sibley Verbeck

Museum 2.0

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. It seems that Second Life is both the closest and farthest thing from many museum professionals' minds.

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National Study Reveals: Digital and Social Media Are Delivering Results for Arts Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The key question we asked is whether digital and social media are delivering on their promise and the hype. As Robert Stein, Deputy Director for Research, Technology, and Engagement at the Indianapolis Museum of Art told us, “Museums have tended to use [websites] as extensions of marketing.” What we learned: a snapshot.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. Amy Sample Ward shares her first reflections and critique of the platform and wonders what’s the point? Is Jumo Worth The Hype?

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What is Twitter, Really? And Can it Do Anything for Museums?

Museum 2.0

There's a more measured article about twitter from the MIT Technology Review that gets beyond the hype to talk about twitter's functionality. No more dealing with one team member on AIM, another on gchat, one who thinks IM services are evil, and the fourth on the museum floor with a cell phone. Is this good for anything?

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