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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Some stick and go “viral” while others just get shared with a small community of friends, and some go nowhere. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Can You Build a Base of Supporters with Memes?

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How to Pick the Right Fundraiser for Your New Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Evaluate Different Kinds of Fundraisers If you start looking around, you’ll see lots of different fundraisers happening in your community. For example, if your community is already into cornhole, then a Cornhole Tournament might make sense. A meme got my attention recently on Facebook. A Scholastic Book Fair for grownups.”

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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

Community lifeline. Apps and websites cannot replace the communities that have always connected and supported us, but they can help diverse and dispersed groups coordinate care in unprecedented ways.”. Another positive is the “community lifeline” to other people that connectivity offers. Health and wellness aid.

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How the Parkland Students are Changing the Rules for Advocacy Nonprofits

Connection Cafe

After the Parkland shooting, students didn’t wait for professional advocates to step in: they began talking to reporters immediately (one courageous student covered the shooting as he hid in a school closet ) and were soon planning media appearances about changing gun laws.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. THe right to community is all about access. Thinking about the right to communicate opens up many interesting issues. Susan Pointer: It was absolutely based on what would provide the most access to our users there.

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