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What does web3 have to do with museum membership?

What does web3 have to do with museum membership? Actually, everything. Across the cultural not-for-profit ecosystem, membership is a painful subject. While membership has the limitless potential to nurture (and benefit from) deep engagement with an institution’s patrons, its conventional role has been to solicit patrons for annual contributions — in exchange for often lackluster […]

Dec 12 2022 by Nancy Lerner in Editorials

Gotta Mint ‘Em All: Are POAPs the Future of Brand Engagement?

Can you recall the early days of Pokémon GO, when crazed players logged thousands of steps to catch the rarest characters? The game brilliantly capitalized on FOMO and the shared human desire to collect things — and in doing so, fostered a diverse, devoted community that is still active today. Could POAPs be the next […]

Apr 13 2022 by Madeline Rosemurgy in Metawise

Life in the JUMP DAO.

Back in January I joined a DAO — a decentralized autonomous organization. It’s called JUMP and it was founded as a community for branding, marketing and advertising professionals to learn about web3. What started by Jeff Kauffman Jr. as 30 people in a group email in June 2021 has mushroomed to a membership in excess […]

Apr 4 2022 by Nancy Lerner in Metawise