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Reaching Gen Z on social media: Expert advice vs. Gen Z opinion

Candid

But other suggestions, like using pop culture slang and memes to catch Gen Z’s shorter attention span, feel a little off. Contrary to experts’ popular belief, using TikTok, memes, or trendy slang is not required to earn Gen Z’s confidence. They want to know that their investment in your nonprofit is really going to make a difference.

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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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What NOT To Do On Your Nonprofit’s Next Email Newsletter

TechImpact

Image courtesy of Scorephoenix.org. If your nonprofit offers multiple programs and and services that do not naturally fit together, information on the different topics should not be included. Stock images. Nothing says “I took the easy way out” like using stock images in a newsletter. Try using funny images or memes.

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5 Steps To Increasing Your Facebook Reach

TechImpact

Image courtesy of Guardian Liberty Voice. Once you’ve identified different content themes you’re posting to your Facebook, label those different themes with more specific regarding their category. While both posts might be meant inspire, you might have used a meme for one post, but used a news article for another.

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Accessibility on Social Media

M+R

Over the years, platforms like Instagram and Twitter have added increased functionality when it comes to adding alt-text to images uploaded into their feeds. It’s important to consider the different ways that people perceive color, especially when it comes to layering colored text on a colored background.

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Non-Fungible Fundraising: NFTs for Good

Whole Whale

Image: Beeple. The biggest difference between an NFT and Bitcoin is that each NFT is different from the next. The game involves collecting and breeding digital cats, and each cat is unique and owned by a different user. This example shows how a nonprofit can be a fun partner to meme NFT and benefit from the sale.

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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

Rebecca Masisak from TechSoup Global shared a presentation about how their organization has integrated lean start up principles, sharing their “ Canvas ” which is a thinking tool to help you lay out your hypotheses in different business areas and then test them. Images: Images convey more than mere text, shapes, and colors.

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