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Give Local America: Getting People Excited About Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are three ways the foundations we work with has reached out ahead of their big days this week: Make-a-Meme Contest : The Centre Foundation in State College, Pa., launched a meme contest, encouraging their nonprofit partners to create one to promote their Giving Day campaign. Most, like this one , were full of humor.

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Viz what you love for Iron Viz 2021

Tableau

Earn the humble-bragging rights that come with qualifying for the world’s largest data visualization contest. . For the global qualifier contest, we want you to viz what you love. Baby Yoda memes. The top 10 overall finishers in the qualifier contest will receive a $200 Tableau Store gift certificate to get their data swag on.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This campaign combines the popular selfie with the time honored hold a sign meme. Johnson & Johnson sponsored a contest where they donated $1 for each selfie photo donated through Donate a Photo. Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good? Family is Familia. Photography Visual'

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Participatory Campaigns: The Hold A Sign Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause. I'm reminded of the March of Dimes - flickr contest - that asked people to photograph where they kept their change because a handful of change is what preemie weighs at birth.

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Twitch star Timthetatman finally won a game of Fall Guys

The Verge

His countless failed attempts and increasingly comical frustration morphed into a meme, with the official Fall Guys Twitter account goading and trolling him for his failures and fellow streamers poking fun. But on Wednesday, Tim claimed victory — and did so with close to 340,000 live viewers on Twitch.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. It does have a Star Wars theme, but he created a fun caption contest. Don’t like Throw Back Thursday?

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How Two Nonprofits Use Social Media To Help Save Fish – #keepemwet #SaveMarinsCoho

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Hold A Sign Meme. The “Hold A Sign” meme has been around for almost ten years. Catie Clune asked me to participate in a “hold a sign meme” campaign her organization is running to Save Marin’s Coho. Instagram Contests and Hashtags. Have you used a contest?