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Pokemon Go and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pokemon Go , the latest installment in the best-selling Pokémon video game series, launched as a smartphone app using augmented reality. Museums , gardens, and parks have jumped on it. It became an overnight viral sensation and cultural phenomena. Others are using it to lure visitors to their location. This primer helped.

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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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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

Forum One

Some over-hype it as "magical" and "transformative." Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. Apple's new iPad tablet computer has spawned some mixed reactions. Personally, I'm bullish on the product.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you are a location-based nonprofit, such as a museum or zoo, then also add your address. According to Hubspot , single-image posts receive 28% more likes than video and 14% more likes than carousel posts. Verified Badges. In addition, apply to get verified. Post Eye-catching Photos. It helps build your location page.

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Wielding Web 2.0 Intelligently: the SFMOMA Experiment

Museum 2.0

So often, people struggle to shoehorn museum content into new technologies. They wanted to use the museum content directly, with no chronological timed release. They wanted a way for people in the museum’s learning lab and people at home to share comments and to see each others’ submissions. Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Raise More Money: Incentive-Based Fundraising 101

NonProfit Hub

A $1000 gift will receive an opportunity to attend an exclusive event where your nonprofit premieres a video of these women receiving the help they need. More importantly, you’ll need to advertise the event so that supporters get hyped about wanting to attend. To do so, you can emphasize: Your featured attractions. The community.

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

been through the cycle a few times, hype and burn. text, graphics and video? Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. Maybe for nonprofits, it is in the marketing area, where taking people into your world makes sense or for museums. I also have been around this. way to the future?