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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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New Pew Research Report: The Future of Digital Life and Well-Being

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Gina Neff, an associate professor and senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, said in the report, “Digital technology has been a godsend for care-givers, allowing people to coordinate their efforts to help during cancer treatment, when a newborn arrives, or during a health crisis. We don’t seem to be able to maintain both.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

While I was with the American Cancer Society, we were inspired by an amazing monitoring system developed by the Humane Society. You can make one, too: type in Cancer (or your own keyword) at search.twitter.com and see what results are returned. In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. Be proactive.

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37 Social Media Ideas for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

We love how quickly orgs like Stand Up 2 Cancer can turn these out on Instagram. Lung Cancer Foundation of America does this with their #LivingWithLungCancer series, highlighting the human face of a disease they’re working to cure. Tap into the meme stream Not just visual memes, either!