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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? That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Why meme at all?

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

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. According to Mashable , The origins of this campaign remain a mystery, as it doesn’t seem to be affiliated with any official organization. What do you think?

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Social Media Police: The Nonprofit Edition

Connection Cafe

s Fashion Police, nonprofit social media authors Amy Sample Ward, Allyson Kapin, and Melanie Mathos shared the latest trends, campaigns and faux pas in the nonprofit social media world during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md. Have a social media staff handbook.

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Let's Make the Most Amazing Online Organizing Guide Ever

Tech Soup

Hi friends, I've been inspired by this community for a long time - from being mentored by Britt Bravo when first starting a little Net2 chapter in Vancouver (which Elijah van der Giessen and team have turned into something huge and magnificently helpful), to being inspired by Amy Sample Ward to grow conversations and dig deeper.

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How to Plan a Simple Yet Powerful Giving Tuesday Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving powered by social media, peer pressure (the good kind!), Look, Giving Tuesday requires planning, like any other fundraising campaign. That gives you enough time to think things through and dig into the details of your campaign, like: 1. Donors gave an astounding $2.7

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are the simple rules for nonprofit marketers as explained in this article in Social Media Today : Start with a hypothesis. Use Scientific Methods: These include having a significant sample size, randomly selected groups and some split testing. Verbal fads and memes come andgo in the blink of an eye. Don’t just guess.

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: Looking at the Big Picture!

NTEN

The passionate meme "What's my calling?" Stacey Monk and the team at Epic Change are unleashing their love, and hoping for yours, with this year's To Mama With Love campaign. Smith from Idealist , Farra Trompeter from Big Duck, and Amy Sample Ward from NTEN. Share yours! Check out the slides and highlights from @fdncenter !

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