Amy Sample Ward

JULY 31, 2012

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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Care2

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We know that social media is discussed at every tech conference, in every workshop, and within nonprofit organizations, but no matter how much we talk about it, the trends are always shifting, changing, and growing. Please do not cat memes just because you know they are popular.

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Care2

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Earlier this week on Frogloop, we discussed how social media channels like Facebook and Twitter were flooded with people discussing (ok there was a lot of bickering too) the Presidential debates. It's where the hashtag and meme Binders Full of Women erupted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

I’m at the AFP Conference where I will be on a plenary session about “ Social Media for Social Change ” moderated by Social Media 4 Nonprofit leaders Darian Rodriguez and Ritu Sharma, along with Carolyn Miles, Save the Children and Ben Rattray, Change.Org. Demonstrate impact.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

There’s so much talk over where a nonprofit’s audience is online, and where a nonprofit needs to be concentrating their social media marketing efforts. Facebook is one of the most important social media channels for almost every nonprofit in operation today. Export Facebook insights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Recent research suggests that taking and posting too many selfies on your Facebook profile (or other social channels) can be damaging to your relationships.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Elliot Harmon will be hosting TechSoup's social media channels, answering any Creative Commons questions you have on Twitter and Facebook. Memes are a fun, easy way to create engaging content, especially for social media. Memes are a fun, easy way to create engaging content, especially for social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2012

Hulk (fill in the blank) Twitter accounts are popping up all over Twitter, the latest Twitter meme. The HULK meme has many variations and spotted easily on many social media channels like pinterest and YouTube to name a few. . There’s Feminist Hulk , Buddhist Hulk , and many more. HULK STRATEGIC.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I presented a plenary session on networked mindsets and leadership and facilitated two workshops on SMARTer Social Media. The Hold A Sign Meme. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The campaign contacted the owner of the account earlier this year asking if they could acquire it and switch it over as an official campaign channel. Now, the account’s former owner will be volunteering for the campaign and will continue to make content after school alongside Biden’s Social Media and Audience Development team. “as

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving powered by social media, peer pressure (the good kind!), A graphic: You need an image that you can use in social media and in email marketing to visually represent your Giving Tuesday campaign. Post this same message to your social media channels.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

Our donors are being solicited on every channel from numerous organizations multiple times a day. Do a social media shout out. If you have a social CRM and have done social media appends, you have access to where your donors are on social networks. Today I received at least 10 fundraising pitches.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Miami City Ballet took home a $1,000 prize for the first gift of the day; Men and Women United in Justice, Education & Reform took home a $1,500 prize for generating the most buzz on social media about the Give Miami Day campaign. Using more visuals, such as memes, also helped. Other prizes ranged from $500 to $1,500.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

There are very few marketing channels as well rounded as email newsletters. To stand out, consider injecting some lighthearted memes, jokes or interesting links from around the web. We add a meme to each issue. Give them the option to share through email or social media. Make your emails fun — not just educational.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The owner of a fan account with over 233,000 followers, which posts videos, photos, and memes related to the South Korean band, claims that their original header and profile picture, as well as multiple tweets including their own screenshots and memes, have been taken down by the trolls over the past few weeks.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

Canva – Canva is one of my personal favorite tools for social media. It’s incredibly easy to create beautiful graphics for your social media posts. Fiverr Social Media Freelancers – If you simply don’t have the time and expertise to manage your Facebook presence, Fiverr is a great resource.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Channeling Joan Rivers and E!’s s Fashion Police, nonprofit social media authors Amy Sample Ward, Allyson Kapin, and Melanie Mathos shared the latest trends, campaigns and faux pas in the nonprofit social media world during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md. Have fun doing it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

Let your champions and supporters roll with adapting and remixing your content or jumping onto fun memes. The content you create doesn’t have to be from scratch for every channel, you are simply tweaking or optimizing it for the channel. The skill of writing good headlines is an important one to develop!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

I am leading a #Nettalks Webinar on “ Leveraging Social Media to Engagement and Inspire Alumni Networks ” at 2 PM EST today. On Monday, I shared a post about some network and strategy concepts. Make up your own nostalgia meme. Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. Engagement'

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

In addition to music, Uppbeat now offers a sound effects and clips library which works well for “meme-style” content, via an expansion to the site in September 2021. The Premium subscription ($6.99/mo) mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. (A A 3-year and lifetime subscription is also available.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

Today, #londonriots is clearly driven by events in the news, while #WhyAreYou and #ImTheTypeOfPerson are what we call “Fill in the blank” topics, where people answer a question, participate in a meme , or give their 2 cents. They can use a username and password or their Facebook account too. Have a clear, simple, single call to action.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

Interactions delivered during the solicitation phase come in many shapes and forms and through many different communication methods, like the phone, social media, direct mail, text message, etc. Connect with your donors regularly through a variety of social media networks and via text with a variety of messages.

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

So many things are competing for your supporters’ (and potential supporters’) attention, from the latest meme to their endless email queue—how can you capture their interest amidst all that noise? The answer: tell an engaging story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Now the online channel has breathed new life into this surging wave and brought with it Facebook events, Myspace groups, Razoo causes, BBC News feeds updated real-time, Twitter posts about Wear A Red Shirt This Friday For Burma and countless IMs??? On the other hand, Justin Kownacki thinks wearing red t-shirts is social media fluff.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

Within days, hundreds of millions of clicks, reblogs, tweets, shares, and media stories, including a key Buzzfeed post , carried the argument around the Internet to every country in the world. The Dress became one of the most quickly viral memes that the Internet has ever seen. Meme Me Up, Scotty.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Disaster Girl Meme ” (sold for $500k). Though newer, Twitch competes on the same level of viewership as traditional media channels. Anyone developing these networks needs to be social media savvy, up to date on peer-to-peer fundraising basics, and—importantly—have knowledge of gaming trends, if not actually a gamer themselves.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

Clear Social Media Goals Get Clear Results. gave practical tips to help social media professionals to optimize their practice. Identify the Social Media Metrics You Need. Develop a Sophisticated Social Media Metrics Spreadsheet to Track Key Data. Design an Online Social Media Campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

The account inspired many to copy the concept or become an internet meme. This is similar to what I found in my research on frequent social media users and giving. All in all, this was the perfect combination of learning and connecting with people who care about social media for social good.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Social media has a reputation for capturing ephemeral thoughts and images, but around the world, people are using Facebook for a different purpose, setting up groups to record and share images and memories of the past. “The good news is it wasn’t worse than that,” Furry says.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2018

Social Media Integration. Facebook and Twitter are even more powerful when they are directly connected to your digital campaigns: Add social media registration and sign in to your event forms. Design an infographic or meme ( kittens! Let’s go over a few cool tactics that can help you tap into the people power wave.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2022

Korban’s years of experience creating content for social media platforms has, in a morbid way, served her well in this inadvertent role as an unconventional war correspondent. In fact, the tones range wildly, from purely informative to entirely meme-like. “It’s just so stressful,” Callaway says, fighting back tears. “I

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

Memes about goals are EVERYWHERE. Goals are powerful tools that help channel resources towards solutions. We will accomplish this through quarterly emails with specific Asks, two campaigns via social media, and two snail-mail appeals. [If Goals, goals, goals…. The word shows up everywhere! A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

The winner will then get a special prize or a shoutout on social media! How many channels are you using? This determines if you need a tech team, a cameraperson to record the event or livestream it, or a social media coordinator to live tweet and post real-time updates. Venue Management.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Right now, that means if a brand reaches out to you about a sponsored post on any social media platform, you can look them up on our website and see how much they paid other creators for similar types of sponsored posts. The brands will find you on social media, that much seems clear. What is F**k You Pay Me?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant, a freelance writer and a social media enthusiast. Social media is the sole indicator of success. Social media as a marketing channel is extremely beneficial to extend the reach of your content and gain valuable feedback as to what content works for your audience.

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