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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As of now, nonprofits, activism, and philanthropy are virtually non-existent in the metaverse (pun intended). It will also require regulation with teeth to keep Big Tech accountable to the public interest. A visit to the Second Life Marketplace can help you better understand the concept of shopping for NFTs in the Metaverse.

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10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends for Nonprofits in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Plain Language Movement started in the 1970s based on the idea to make it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government communications. There will be multiple realities in the metaverse, such as Second Life (founded in 2003), and there is currently a global race to build the metaverse.

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29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Blog: Nonprofit Commons: Nonprofits in Second Life. Blog: Philanthropy 411. Blog: New Voices of Philanthropy. Blog: Philanthropy 2173. Blog: ext337. Blog: Rosetta Thurman.

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Live Blog Post from MacArthur Foundation: Virtual World Event on Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. We're trying a year of conversation about how to enter the culture in Second Life and the role of philanthropy. The John D. and Catherine T. We got advice not to do that.

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Virtual Platforms for Good: Empowering Individuals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to highlight a couple of observations that Lucy Bernholz makes in her analysis of yesterday's discussion about philanthropy in Second Life by the MacArthur Foundation. I was also surprised to read this post by the Web Metrics Guru, not the usual type of blog that covers the nonprofit world or philanthropy.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Much commentary and critiques about the semi-public ballotting process. Marketing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy So far, there will be at least four bloggers live blogging at the Council on Foundations conference. The "invited live bloggers" are Susan Herr , Tactical Philanthropy , Worldchanging and Lucy.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

In the case of Delicious, you can make your tagged content public, so that it can serve as a resource to others, or private, perhaps to remind yourself to come back to something later. Check out TechSoup's Nonprofits in Second Life Delicious group page for an example of how multiple users can collaborate with social bookmarking.

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