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The Flickr Hold A Sign Meme: Protesting Wendy's Frosty Attitude Towards Animals

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This photo is from the Humane Society's recent "Wendy That's Not Right" campaign. This technique is the " hold a sign meme " where you ask your community to send photos to flickr of you (or your animal) holding a protest sign. The flickr pool of photos is here. And please only send photos.

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Virtual Meeting Check-Ins & Icebreakers During A Pandemic

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In light of the pandemic, I’ve been using different questions that allow people to reflect how things have changed and focus on coping techniques. What is the most humorous COVID meme you saw in the last week that made you laugh? Or the last photo in their phone. Here’s a write of this technique.

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Participatory Campaigns: The Hold A Sign Meme

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And, there was a protest against Target using that technique (holding signs) although it was not on flickr: [link]. This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

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Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane. ” 3.

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Memejacking: Does Your Nonprofit Dare?

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If you somehow missed #TheDress, here's the scoop: One day, someone posted a photo of a dress to Tumblr and asked if people thought it was white and gold or blue and black. The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty. Memes travel within all age groups.

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

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Certainly, nonprofit marketers could use it in the marketing channels and customer relationship blocks to set up a hypothesis and do experiments – and use what they learn to get better results. A/B testing is one technique and you don’t have to be a math genius to apply it. Words : Language is tricky. Cultural nuances abound.

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Can This Direct Mail Dinosaur become a LOLSaur?

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Photo by Denn. The photo is from the Lolsaur which came from PodCamp Boston and is analyzed by Chris Brogan. I thought about this somewhat silly meme today when I was reading " Five Top Tips for Online Fundraising from a Direct Mail Dinosaur " 1. Segment your file 2. Incorporate variable ask strings 3.

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