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charity:water and other mega-charities, we need to talk about your harmful, archaic views on overhead

Nonprofit AF

Every year at about this time, as people become more inclined to donate to charity for the holidays, memes start.

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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

Supporters are encouraged to share photos of themselves wearing a hat with the hashtag and say why the campaign is important. This campaign combines the popular selfie with the time honored hold a sign meme. Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good? Share the link in the comments.

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Non-Fungible Fundraising: NFTs for Good

Whole Whale

There have been a few large NFT drops that have had a charity component, and we’re sure there will be many more in 2021. million, will be donated to the charity Give Directly (source: CNBC, 2021 ). This example shows how a nonprofit can be a fun partner to meme NFT and benefit from the sale. Examples of NFT Fundraising.

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Mashable: Summer of Social Good Conference in NYC

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mashable , a popular social media and technology blog and geek favorite, has caught the generosity meme with its Summer of Social Good , an initiative that raises money for the Humane Society of the United States , World Wildlife Fund , Oxfam , and LIVESTRONG. Approximately $30K has been raised to date. (I