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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme. In discussions with small and medium-sized nonprofits, there’s a lot of hype about stories (which disappear 24 hours after posting), but very little ROI and stories can be time-consuming to create.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is the Social = Me First meme , I have spoken on widely. So, the same will prove true for Facebook and whatever other social streaming applications emerge. Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. How short was the hype cycle of MySpace? tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube? Of Facebook?

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MoviePass’ CEO wants in on the metaverse

The Verge

During a launch presentation on Thursday, Spikes took the stage in New York to hype the relaunch of his embattled movie ticket subscription service. Spikes is insistent that this is a pivotal differentiator between this new MoviePass and the one that spurred 1,000 memes for how poorly it was mismanaged.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. Here's your chance to vote on sessions and suggest speakers. A short case study about the Nature Conservancy uses e-metrics. I wholeheartedly agree

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Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party

The Verge

People are urged to BUIDL, pronounced “biddle,” a play on Bitcoin’s HODL meme. To that end, Polis hyped Colorado’s history with cooperatives to the crowd. He gave an enthusiastic performance, opening with an old meme by singing “hey, hey, hey” to the crowd and getting the crowd to sing it back. BUIDL is about building things.

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There’s never been a better time to play video games

The Verge

From Animal Crossing helping folks stay connected during the pandemic’s early days to Travis Scott performing a virtual concert in Fortnite to politicians streaming Among Us on Twitch, games seem to be everywhere. They’re short films and TV shows, comic books and novels, sports and live-streaming entertainment. Jay Peters.

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This company is making digital humans to serve the metaverse

The Verge

I’m at home, staring at the future face of the metaverse and trying valiantly not to think about memes from a TV show known for its exploration of ethics and humanity. As we wade into more metaverse hype, it’s clear that companies like Soul Machines will be filling in customer service gaps across every industry, from games to healthcare.

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