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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Metaverse is a broad term that encapsulates the next evolution of the internet. It is a digital reality – a cyberspace made up of multiple virtual worlds – that combines components of social media, gaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Oculus Quest 2 experience.

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What Are Gaming Fundraisers and How Can They Raise Donations for Your Nonprofit?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first event, held in 2010, raised $10,000 for the humanitarian organization CARE. Because you’re likely to solicit donations digitally, especially if you’re providing a livestream, be sure to have a system in place that allows you to collect donations over the internet. million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

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Satellite Internet gets the boot

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Internet gets the boot October 31, 2007 Finally, I have real broadband. We moved last weekend to a town that has actual real cable high speed internet.

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12 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2019

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Emotion AI, the Internet of Things, voice-giving, facial recognition payments, and human microchips. EcoCards in an online store of digital e-cards. Since their launch in 2010, Humble Bundle has raised over $146,000,000 for charity. BitPay :: bitpay.com. EcoCards.org :: ecocards.org. Nonprofits can enroll for $50 a year.

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How Digital Inclusion Is Done in Africa

Tech Soup

I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. and was completely surprised at how African projects like MyDigitalBridge are getting low-cost Internet to low-income people in a mostly rural country. In Africa, Internet is wireless, and Africa uses mainly cell phone towers to provide broadband.

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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving. Generation Z is being born into digital technology and will be highly connected throughout their lifetime.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

nationwide digital inclusion project called Connect2Compete. Connect2Compete (C2C) is a project to supply low-cost broadband Internet, low-cost computers, and free training to as many as 100 million "offline" Americans. It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States.

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