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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alex Steed is a self-described millennial activist and he has just announced his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing where he will visit over 30 cities across the United States to meet, interview and report how young people are using the Internet to leverage their social and political power. What's that?

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

—– If you’ve been on facebook at all in December this year, you may have seen something happening to all your friends – their pictures changing to their favorite cartoon characters! Some Facebook commenters have also pointed out the perhaps misdirected effort, posting messages skeptical of any tangible outcomes.

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A Meaningful Book Meme

Have Fun - Do Good

I was invited by Matt of the Empathy blog to participate in a Book Meme earlier this month and am just getting around to it: Total number of books I own: About 350. Last book I read: Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton. I never counted my books before.

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5 Steps To Increasing Your Facebook Reach

TechImpact

Where it was as simple as pressing publish, and you were guaranteed to reach over 100 people, Facebook has since changed their algorithm , making achieving a high reach increasingly difficult. While both posts might be meant inspire, you might have used a meme for one post, but used a news article for another. Export Facebook insights.

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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? Share the link in the comments.

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Participatory Campaigns: The Hold A Sign Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maybe he share some reflections in the comments - like for example - about the making of the video which is quite good in terms of production values, although not glossy campaign video. This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause.

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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. Upworthy is a great example of how compelling content can generate a lot of shares and comments on Facebook too. What have the results been?