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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs!

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

For fun, have them also prepare a 30 minute presentation for the organization. For fun, you can also offer a bounty for any spelling or grammar errors found on the site. Custom photo stock This is a fun excuse for an intern to run around the office and any physical sites to take good pictures of work in action.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

You may or may not have seen a message from those same friends encouraging you and everyone else to do it, too, as a way of increasing awareness of child abuse. According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November.

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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? Many more groups joined in on the fun, recording videos and posting to YouTube. Why meme at all? It’s fun, for one. Stick to your voice.

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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. 5) Whacky, Goofy, and Fun: “Stunt Philanthropy” has been around for years. 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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Changeblogger Ning Group, Meetup, Meme and Wiki

Have Fun - Do Good

In early May, I wrote a post asking all of you for suggestions for "changebloggers," people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, to build community, and/or to facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. Brazen Careerist bloggers will be there as well.

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