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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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Can Memes for Good Work for your Nonprofit’s Content Strategy? Not on Facebook!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This “ Keep Calm and Shine On ” t-shirt is a riff on the popular “ Keep Calm and Carry On ” meme used by Autism Speaks to help promote the annual World Autism Awareness Day. Even though you interact with these memes, we’ll help you be more sophisticated by not showing them to you.’

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Is success of the Ice Bucket Challenge a happy accident for ALS and the people who suffer from the disease or is the first example of the power of crowd charity? Can other nonprofits reproduce it? 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. My answer: yes and no.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” But do selfies have benefits, especially for social change causes? I wondered whether selfies can be used as part of your social content strategy to help support a social good cause? Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good? Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth.

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How a Few Tiny Horses Bucked the Facebook Algorithm

Tech Soup

Magic is part of the Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses , a Florida charity that visits more than 35,000 adults and children each year with its team of tiny horses. Besides being an amazing charity, Gentle Carousel has a monumental Facebook presence for a completely volunteer-run operation. and 2x, respectively."

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Social Media Police: The Nonprofit Edition

Connection Cafe

Highlighting #winning moves from organizations such as Human Rights Campaign, charity: water and the Preeclampsia Foundation along with some only-named-behind-closed-doors social media #fails, the panel shared some “teaching moments” for attendees to keep to guide their social media success: Listen, don’t broadcast. Have fun doing it.

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7 Things I learned About Social Media Powered Online Fundraising and A Big Heartfelt Thank You for #OceanLoveEarl

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Given the theme of the campaign was to honor my Dad’s love of the ocean and surfing and I was supporting Surf Rider Foundation, I used the surf theme to name each giving level after particular type of wave. Social Proofing Helps Generate Donations. It is no longer a linear journey up a ladder or pyramid.