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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

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. According to Mashable , The origins of this campaign remain a mystery, as it doesn’t seem to be affiliated with any official organization. What do you think?

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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! While there is a Facebook page setup to promote the campaign , it doesn’t appear to have organized from a particular nonprofit or cause. This is for a campaign against violence on children.&#

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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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Biden campaign enlists teen’s Instagram account for online organizing

The Verge

The Joe Biden campaign is taking over a popular Instagram account from a teen supporter, who built a huge following over their summer break. Formerly a fan account, @VoteJoe account will now serve as the campaign’s primary point of grassroots outreach on Instagram, supplementing Biden’s personal account. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA).

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Infographic: How To Create An Awesome Meme

Care2

We have found that people respond best to advocacy campaigns that tell stories and use calls to action that connect with them on a human level. Memes are a great way to talk about your issue and use humor to get your message shared. 42% of meme's are pictures. 41% of memes are video and 29% orginated on YouTube.

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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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How to Plan a Simple Yet Powerful Giving Tuesday Campaign

Get Fully Funded

Look, Giving Tuesday requires planning, like any other fundraising campaign. Giving Tuesday Made Simple Over the past few years, I’ve helped dozens of small nonprofits create successful Giving Tuesday campaigns that raise money for everything from scholarships to Girl Scout camp to new stables for rescued horses.

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