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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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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

You may or may not have seen a message from those same friends encouraging you and everyone else to do it, too, as a way of increasing awareness of child abuse. According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Million Dollars to fight the horrible disease, according to the ALS Association web site. Just one week ago, donations totaled $22.6 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. Can other nonprofits reproduce it? My answer: yes and no.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

This blog is for volunteers, webmasters and administrators of associations, clubs, charities, communities and other groups. changes in awareness or attitude) or tangible results (e.g. RSS feed: We write on web technology and social media tools for non-profits - charities, associations, clubs and other organizations. Remember Me?

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The key to crossing the chasm to adoption is education, awareness, and discussion internally. The idea is that you need to think about your organization's web presence, one-way communication like email marketing and search engine optimization and finally the social. Especially in this economy.

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Social Media Glossary: 34 Terms to Know

Whole Whale

Maybe you’re setting up a Facebook campaign for the first time, or maybe you just can’t remember the difference between a meme and a GIF. Originally a phrase associated with Twitter, but each social channel has some type of private messaging. . Users search by location so adding yours could be useful. . Cost per click (CPC) .

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

The incident with Google in China has made aware the increasing militarization of the internet – targeted attacks against corporations and activists and that’s the most worrying development. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. You can also opt out permanently of being associated with certain things.

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