TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Avatar startups have come and gone over the past few years, but the future that many of the entrepreneurs behind them originally imagined has proven more or less accurate. Facemoji is building a plug-and-play tech platform to help game and app developers put avatar systems into their apps with the startup’s SDK.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Most of these mistakes can be avoided by simply spending 10 minutes setting up your Twitter Profile or by getting some Twitter training. 1) Following others without having yet uploaded an avatar. Many will also think you’re a spammer and will simply ignore your profile or block you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

If you are new to Google+, then first please read carefully my Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits to become familiar with Google+ so that you make sure that you set up your Google Account and Google+ Profile correctly before following the instructions below for creating a Google+ Page for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Most nonprofits approach social media with the strategy of increasing awareness for their cause by posting and sharing content on their profiles and then when time permits, engaging their fans and followers as they respond to the content posted and shared by the nonprofits. 1) Use Facebook as your page and like and comment on other pages.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Only in the current market can one wonder how a celebrity avatar startup that sells NFT accessories took so long to hit a unicorn valuation. Genies, an LA-based digital avatar startup, announced Tuesday that it had raised $150 million in funding from Silver Lake, with participation from Bond, NEA and Tamarack Global.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

1) Maximize your Instagram Profile Photo and Bio. First, make sure that your nonprofit uses a well-designed, visually-striking profile photo a.k.a. After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. Second, write a compelling Instagram bio.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Create a Twitter Profile. Set up Flickr Profile. Create and complete your personal profile. Reserve your LinkedIn Public Profile URL. Create a Foursquare personal profile and check in. Create a Gowalla personal profile and check in. 2) Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Create a Google Profile. Set up your Google Profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc). but rather as the profile/person/two hands cradling earth account that promotes nonprofits and provides nonprofit tech advice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Your nonprofit’s avatar is the brand identity upon which your social media campaigns are built and resources should be allocated to ensure that it’s visually compelling and memorable. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

To get started, here’s a step-by-step tutorial for nonprofits , a list of nonprofits already using Pinterest effectively , and the Nonprofit Organizations Pinterest Profile. Add your logo or avatar to your images. In terms of branding, it’d be wise to add your logo or avatar to some of your photos. e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 22, 2011

Now, to get started with launching a new Foursquare Page for your nonprofit: 1) Create a personal profile on Foursquare first, and then a Page. Whether you ever use the personal profile is up to you, but to get started you do need to first create a personal account. They want to know there is a real person behind the avatar.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Instead of swiping through profiles, SwoonMe’s idea is to use a combination of avatars and audio to encourage users to connect based on someone’s personality, not their appearance. To use the app, you take a selfie which SwoonMe converts into an avatar. This is what others will see when they come to your profile.

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The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg’s lifelike 3D avatar | Meta. Facebook parent company Meta is introducing 3D avatars to Instagram Stories and direct messages and updating the avatars in Facebook and Messenger, the company announced Monday. A look at Mark Zuckerberg’s avatar across Meta’s platforms. New 3D avatars on Instagram.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

Digital avatar startup Genies , known its for high-profile partnerships with celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Migos and Cardi B, has just released its long-anticipated NFT storefront, “The Warehouse.” Second, he added, avatars allow people to have ownership and individuality within the digital world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2009

With a just a couple of clicks, Twitter Mosaic allows you to create a mosaic of the avatars of your Twitter Followers that can be placed on t-shirts, tote bags, mousepads, mugs, business cards, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

In the last few years, Microsoft has rebuilt LinkedIn working out many of the kinks and bugs that made it frustrating to use, and has launched a suite of new tools and functionality for LinkedIn Pages , Profiles , and Groups. LinkedIn Profiles. Strangely, nonprofits have been slow to embrace LinkedIn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ? What do you think?

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

Long ago, an Xbox user who goes by Noukon on Twitter purchased a Pac-Man ghost avatar for a dollar. Over the years, as the Xbox user interface underwent changes and iterations, Noukon’s avatar got smaller and smaller until it was little more than a tiny blue square lost in the endless gray sea of the Xbox avatar display.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

In simple terms, if your NGO, nonprofit, or charity purchases a.NGO domain, then you will be automatically be provided a profile in the new.NGO Global Directory. Until then, below is a draft design of the new profiles ( submit your feedback ) that will be launched in conjunction with the new.NGO Global Directory.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

For example, the Latin America Work Group’s website is www.lawg.org , but when the organization was setting up its profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, “lawg” was not available on all three sites. Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. Learn Basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Invest in quality graphic design for your Avatar (a.k.a. Profile Picture), Timeline Cover, and Tab Icons. Therefore, Facebook Pages should be your first priority and entry into social networking. First impressions are very important on social networks. To maximize the Likes of your page, invest in quality graphic design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

That said, my Pinterest Profile for “Nonprofit Organizations” ( pinterest.com/nonprofitorgs ) will only follow nonprofits. Sign up for a Pinterest Account and set up your Pinterest Profile. Surely Pinterest learned from the mistakes of Google+ and Foursquare which launched without brand profiles/pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. Don’t try to be clever and put your Facebook Page or Twitter Profile. Use a Horizontal Avatar. It needs to be a strong avatar that makes a solid first impression. Enable Promotions and Jobs.

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Snap is introducing the ability to pose your Bitmoji avatar on your Snapchat profile in 3D, the company announced on Monday. Some Bitmoji in 3D. Image: Snap. For your 3D Bitmoji, you’ll be able to pick from more than 1,200 combinations of body poses, facial expressions, gestures, and backgrounds, according to Snap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse. BubbleTweet : BubbleTweet allows users to embed a video directly onto their Twitter profiles. Favstar.fm : Favstar.fm allows you to see the most favorited tweets across Twitter at any given time. TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Google has created new images designed to be used for your Google profile picture, the company announced Monday. The new library of illustrations indicates that Google is taking a different approach from avatars like Snap’s Bitmoji or Microsoft’s Xbox avatars, which can let you make stylized representations of what you look like.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Create an ambassador sign up page and provide sample email text and social media graphics/avatars. In the weeks leading up #GivingTuesday, email your ambassadors and ask them to update their social media profiles. Recruit ambassadors for your #GivingTuesday campaign: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Last year, a report from The Associated Press found a fake profile on LinkedIn, part of a network of likely spies trying to make connections with professional targets, that also used an AI-generated headshot. Others, though, just use stolen avatars. AI-generated headshots are increasingly realistic. Take "Joseph Labba" here.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Discord will let you have unique avatars across different servers | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Messaging app Discord announced today that its premium Nitro tier will now allow subscribers to use a different avatar on each of their servers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Partnered with Network for Good, if your nonprofit is already in the NFG database, then you have a profile on HelpAttack!

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

Google today announced that it’s adding a popular customer request to its Google TV software: separate profiles for kids. Kid profiles will let you choose which apps are available to young viewers. You can also opt to share movies and TV shows you’ve already purchased to the kid profile with Google Play Family Library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

After introducing an in-app shop that invited premium subscribers to buy digital decorations for their profiles, Discord now wants everybody to get in on the goods.

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