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Has the Ice Bucket Challenge Spawned Charity Jacking?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” Charity Jacking is similar to brand jacking and news jacking , defined by David Meerman Scott as the process by which you inject your ideas or angles into breaking news, in real-time, in order to generate media coverage for yourself or your organization. Charity Jacking goes one step beyond “Social Media Meme Morphing.”

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Effective Social Media Planning & Storytelling for Nonprofit Fundraising Success

CauseVox

The Importance of Storytelling It’s no secret that a great story can generate movers and shakers. This could include memes, videos, or quizzes that provide a break from serious topics while still aligning with your cause or mission. Inform: Position your organization as a trusted source of information by educating your audience.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

Susan Pointer: We took the decision as a very complex – google.cn It was not an alternative to the normal site. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. Annabelle Sreberny: So much of the content from Iran was user generated content sent to the media – what’s happened to that? Even in China?

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Using Cartoons To Make Sense of Your Data

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Countless online meme-generating sites can let you whip up a sharable text-on-photo image in seconds; a mobile photo captioning app like Over for iOS lets you do it yourself right on your own device. Online charting and data visualization tools like Easel.ly are can let you pull together charts and info graphics quickly and easily.

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