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Participatory Campaigns: The Hold A Sign Meme

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Tim Fullerton from Oxfam America - who organized the campaign and will be speaking about at NTC - shared the URL of the YouTube video. Britt Bravo who is also the Flickr Affinity Group wrote about Oxfam America Campaign here. What creative twist could your organization do with this technique and support your cause/work?

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Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?

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The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. It's a valid technique to make your messages much more relevant, useful, and timely — qualities that can increase the number of people who read and share what you have to say. Memes travel within all age groups.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

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Asking for feedback about how to improve the school experience is also a good technique, as used in the example above is from URJ Camp Kalsman. With old class photos, you can leverage memes like “ Throw Back Thursday , like in this example from Reshet Ramah , a network of alumni from across the globe.

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Nonprofit and Flickr Resource List: Not listed, Add in the Comments

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he Hold The Sign Meme : Examples of different campaigns on flickr. Documenting Events and Conferences Youth Service America Service Day Blog post about it. Flickr 101: Techniques Basic Guidelines for Tagging on flickr Flickr for Beginners: Tips from LifeHacker. More Advanced Techniques. Community-Powered Campaigns.

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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

Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. America's Giving Challenge: We Came In First! Effective ROI StoryTelling Techniques. Let the Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road. Social Media ROI: Compare With Paper. An Internet Lesson in Rural Cambodia. You're Never Too Old To Change the World. Twitter on Paper Icebreaker.

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Give Local America: Getting People Excited About Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several community foundations will be part of Give Local America , a campaign that encourages and supports local philanthropy and the 100th anniversary of community foundations in the US and the vital role they play. launched a meme contest, encouraging their nonprofit partners to create one to promote their Giving Day campaign.

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