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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. I chronicled some of these back in 2008. It goes beyond what is known as “ newsjacking ,” to analyze public reaction and also have the agility to strike while the iron is hot. (2)

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A Roundup of New Year's Predictions, Resolutions, and Best Of 2008

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm not as creative as Chris Brogan who wrote about 2008 needs or CogDog Blog's Top Zero List. What lessons have I learned that will stick with me for 2008?" In the past two weeks, I have been mulling around what type of New Year's post to write. Should I do best of, predictions, resolutions , or something else.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let the Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road. Twitter Isn't Pointless, It's Pointilism. Working Wikily: The Secrets of A Wiki Gardener. The Best Free Sources of Social Media Audience Research. Advice on How To Not Pitch Bloggers. Tips for Using Your Social Networking Presence for Professional Networking.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9). April 2008 (14). March 2008 (15). February 2008 (15). January 2008 (17). Copyright © 2008. Google Analytics.

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

What they actually did was far more mundane – the same type of modeling and segmentation that the Obama campaign deployed in 2008 and 2012. The organizations that succeed in today’s digital environment aren’t the ones with the most social media content or the funniest memes. But they do provide new ways to listen to your supporters.

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Has the Ice Bucket Challenge Spawned Charity Jacking?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.” ” A social media meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet. Phase 2: The Ice Bucket Challenge: From Fundraiser to Social Media Meme.

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