TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica , a Vancouver-based startup developing a “web-based metaverse.” ” According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla’s ongoing work with Hubs, the latter’s VR chatroom service and open source project.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Upload an avatar, and fill out a short blurb about your nonprofit in the bio. By doing this your nonprofit’s Twitter account will look populated and active enticing users who are drawn to the signs of activity. Twitter’s information turnover rate is extremely high and its users only want to follow accounts that are active.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

New avatars are available, and more details were announced around Teams Premium, a paid set of Teams features including AI-generated tasks and meeting guides, which is set to arrive in December in preview. ” He continued: “You can create custom avatars to represent yourself.” Teams Premium.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Your NGO has a visually compelling avatar that is used consistently on all social networks. Donors and followers will associate your NGO with your avatar. Your NGO is active on at least two social networks and experimenting with a third. Use Canva to easily create social media graphics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2011

Beyond accruing a lot friends to distribute your avatar throughout the YouTube community, it’s was never clear what the benefits of having friends were. Subscribers, on the other hand, see your video activity and bulletins in their video/bulletin feeds. Cosmic Panda Design :: youtube.com/nonprofitorgs > Community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 4, 2011

On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. Most nonprofits do not create enough of their own content to be active daily on Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 22, 2011

Some nonprofits have already claimed their Venue Page(s) (most have not), but if you want to get more pro-active in the Foursquare community by offering Tips as your nonprofit, then Pages are the way to go. 2) Title your Page and upload your nonprofit’s avatar, a page banner, and write a sidebar title and page description.

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Engadget

APRIL 21, 2025

The company says this will make it easier for active community members to "better adapt to local market conditions and maximize earnings." Regional pricing should make international users more active in the Roblox marketplace. Regional pricing doesnt yet cover avatar items, but will later in the year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To tap this potential, your NGO, nonprofit, or charity needs to activate its social media presence before, during, and after #GivingTuesday to help build the movement and, in the process, raise awareness and funds for your organization and mission. Best Practice #4: Activate Your Networks. Also, activate your ambassadors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

A small selection of that criteria is as follows: Consistent use of a visually compelling square avatar across all social networks. They consistently get retweeted, repinned, and reblogged and have an active fan base on Facebook and Google+. Custom-designed Twitter and YouTube Channel backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

In my opinion, a growth marketing funnel consists of three main pillars: acquisition, activation and retention. Activation is the second step in the funnel and involves pushing users to complete a desired behavior or action. When building product features, the focus should be on how to push users to your activation metric.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Use a Horizontal Avatar. LinkedIn Groups are the only community discussed in this book that uses a rectangular avatar instead of a square one.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

These alerts usually shows your avatar and often time your bio. Make sure your avatar and bio information is up to date and start actively following as people in your community. Most, if not all, social media platforms will notify users when they have received a new follower with an email, push notification, or other alert.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 26, 2009

As an iPhone user, I personally would love to download the Apps of my favorite nonprofits and have their avatars displayed on my iPhone. You will be asked to upload your Avatar/Organization’s Logo which will become your App Avatar. It allows you to login to your back end and track the activity of your App.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users. Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. For the first 13 years of its existence, growth was slow but steady.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

TikTok owner Douyin is piloting a new AI-driven feature, dubbed the V Project, introducing virtual avatars designed to mimic creators’ personalities and habits, enabling 24/7 interactions with users, according to Chinese media outlet Tech Star. Tech Star, in Chinese ]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Add Google’s +1 button to your desktop and mobile websites and blog. heathermansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The ability to be both effective and active on social networks is directly related to how many staff hours your nonprofit allocates to mobile and social media (see Chapter 16). If your avatar, banners, and backgrounds are professionally designed, then users are much more likely to become followers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather will like, follow, and subscribe to all your communities and analyze the quality of content being posted and the “voice” behind your nonprofit’s avatar, as well as the design and utilization of the tool set of each site.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars. Microsoft’s Minecraft gets less hype than Roblox these days, but it enables similar activities through modding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors. Also, activate your ambassadors. Be very active throughout the day on social media.1. Consider a.ngo domain for your landing page, microsite, or third-party redirect. WorldAidsDay.ngo , WorldRhinoDay.ngo , etc. are still available.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This allows a person to hide any new messages, DMs, server notifications, profiles and activity from selected users without alerting them. Ignore can be activated from several places, including the drop-down menu that appears when clicking on an account's avatar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather will like, follow, and subscribe to all your communities and analyze the quality of content being posted and the “voice” behind your nonprofit’s avatar, as well as the design and utilization of the tool set of each site.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

For starters, product teams need to identify optimal activation metrics that spotlight the right users — the ones who find utility and delight in your offerings. Why growth activation matters. The small improvements you make by tweaking onboarding processes or fine-tuning lifecycle emails could help you close your next round.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign. If SL commercial activity gets in the news, why not our social cause? What are the logistics of working the avatar?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

It will automatically pull in your avatar, apply your Twitter username to your Pinterest account (such as pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ), and sync your account with Twitter in case you occasionally want to share Pinterest Pins with your Twitter community. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. If your nonprofit organizes speaking tours, hosts many events, or uses location-based communities for activism campaigns, WeePlaces is a unique way to visualize and share your check-ins on a web-based map with your Fans, Followers, and Friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

I attended a meeting at the SLTechSoup Office, a discussion forum on Avatar Marketing hosted by Harvard Berkman Center , and visited a donation site for the Make A Wish Foundation. If you want to get involved in the planning for the event or other activities geared for nonprofits, join the Google Group here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A fun, colorful way to track your nonprofit’s growth and activity on Twitter. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Currently in beta, TwitSprout also allows you to easily convert your Twitter data into a PDF-format for easy sharing with others.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

While my email list included some of the social media friends I was already reaching via other channels, it contained mostly relatives, parent’s friends, and classmates who typically do not see my Twitter and Facebook activity. Multimedia Tells the Story. Being a Tease Helps.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Based on Sony’s language, it doesn’t seem as if Sony is actively listening to all of your conversations you’re having with your pals during your latest rounds of Fall Guys. But the feature could also be a useful tool to help people report bad party members that may be harassing them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Step 2: Create avatars and banners for your chapters. On your nonprofit’s website, the head office should offer a downloadable version of your nonprofits primary avatar (250 x 250 pixels). If they do not have the capacity, then the head office must customize the avatar for them. Step 3: Create a best practices document.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California. In 2020, IMVU saw record growth, with over 7 million monthly active users and 400,000 products created every month by IMVU users.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

That means you can hang out and chat with people in Horizon using custom VR avatars, or play games and activities built with the app’s internal tools. is, in Facebook’s own words, “an ever-expanding universe of virtual experiences designed and built by the entire community.”

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