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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! But, what still really stands out for me, is the addition of the cause-advocacy appeal once the meme hit the English translation.

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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs! The campaign spread and went viral via this copied status update, “Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon character from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Hence repetition through different channels is probably a necessary as is tracking the results of different channels and interpretation. The flickr pool of photos is here.

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” 9) Browse pictures of baby animals regularly. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Almost three years ago I wrote and published on this blog a simple system for tracking your Social Media ROI (Return on Investment). yourname@amnesty.org.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. With old class photos, you can leverage memes like “ Throw Back Thursday , like in this example from Reshet Ramah , a network of alumni from across the globe. Make up your own nostalgia meme. Don’t like Throw Back Thursday?

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Track progress]. You can do this with: Pictures of community members with your volunteers Videos of small groups that support your organization explaining why they’re involved. Qgiv offers a mobile suite where you can not only send texts but also track the progress of your peer-to-peer campaign. Determine a goal, 2.

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Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" But how should nonprofits track their social media? Understand What You Want to Track.