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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Wild Apricot

MARCH 19, 2009

When the venerable Fieldstone Alliance surprised its readers this week with 25 Random Things that Make the Nonprofit Sector Great , picking up on a popular fad that’s been making the rounds of Facebook, it was a strong hint to take a closer look at that odd phenomenon of online culture, the meme. What’s a meme? read more ).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs! In the last 24 hours, I have seen countless blog posts, discussions, and news articles all mocking this current meme for doing nothing to actually prevent child abuse.

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Nonprofit AF

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Every year at about this time, as people become more inclined to donate to charity for the holidays, memes start.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

We still use Twitter a bit to talk about our programs, we participate and create our own memes like “ #felinefriday ”, but we focus on listening and responding to what people are already talking about. We started out by listening and found many people asking questions about us or our issues. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

All that said, a lot of nonprofits are upset by the recent changes and responding by asking their fans to add their nonprofit to an Interest Lists with the meme floating around that if you add a Facebook Page to an Interest List all their Facebook Posts will be seen in both the main News Feed and the Interest List Feed, but that’s not true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2006

He started the meme about asking for NGO related resources by pushing it out to Nancy White , Hell's Dire Agent , Jennine , Taran , and Declan. Note to self: This is all needs an inspiration map to show the relationships and how the content of the meme has morphed.and some reflection on memes.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause. It goes beyond what is known as “ newsjacking ,” to analyze public reaction and also have the agility to strike while the iron is hot. (2)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Jane Quigley , who I met at Podcamp, tagged me for the Media Snack Meme. As Jane notes, this meme was started by Jeremiah Owyang and has included amazing viewpoints from Connie Reece , Connie Benson , Chris Brogan , among others. Photo by KellyK. He asks: What are you doing well, and what do you need to improve on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2008

The meme isn't necessarily limited to individuals as David Neff at Fispace mentions - corporate bloggers like Tyson Foods will donate 100 pounds of food for every comment made here. She ends her post with change blogging meme -- asking and answering three questions and tagging other bloggers. I guess I'm a change blogger too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

And if I was till in Cambodia, I would translated the meme. And, not only that, Gina graciously gave me some of her BlogHer swag to take to Cambodia and this is a perfect way to say Thanks! Photo by Cambodia4kids. Instead, you'll have to settle for some Linux Chix from Cambodia on a ladder. Photo from Cambodia4kids

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TechImpact

JULY 21, 2014

Try using funny images or memes. Too serious of a tone. Show off your creative flair, get funny, get happy, and be different. Come up with some snappy titles and headlines that will attract clicks. Whatever is pertinent to the message and goal of the newsletter, and will help you accomplish your goal. It’s all fair game!

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

I got tagged by three different people for the same blogger meme that swirling around the blogosphere. Here's the meme: Publish five little known facts about yourself, and then tag five of your blogger pals to participate. The culprits are: Matthew Saunders , Nedra Weinreich , and Dina Mehta.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

A huge thank you to all those who participated in the #ThanksAmy meme (on the blog , on Twitter, or on facebook), and especially to my friend and NetSquared Local organizer Ivan Boothe for starting the meme after my departure was first announced , and to Claire and Laney for taking it to the next level. My Next Steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2007

I've been collecting examples of the "hold a sign" meme in flickr and by way of Erin Stojan of RE-AMP I found this example from the American Rights at Work. American Rights At Work Flickr Stream. The Flickr stream is here.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The original “Top 12 Internet Memes for Nonprofits” received such a positive response, that a few more have been created. Look for more nonprofit memes in the future. Don’t recognize one of them? Then check out knowyourmeme.com. Research & Trends'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

So, let's unleash the NpTech Mashup Meme. I've had this post about a mashup between Idealware , TechSoup , and Social Source Commons in draft and was going over to Deborah Finn's Blog to grab the URL for her excellent post last week about Social Source Commons. I also stumbled across her more recent post about NpTech Mashups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2006

So, the meme goes something like this -- What are the five resources that you would recommend to anybody working in an NGO who wanted to know about information management and technology but didn't know where to start. As a result, been behind with the online/blogging part of my life.

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Candid

MARCH 29, 2022

In the second half of the talk, Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE , shares how having a Candid profile and adding to this broader data has improved funding and equity for the small nonprofits she works with in Austin. . Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2006

I tagged John Howes of CharityBlog for Nancy White's NGO meme. This leads me to why I tried to tag beyond my borders with the ngo meme. Sometimes seemingly unrelated events start to suggest a pattern. I'm not quite sure what this pattern is or if it exists. So, ramble along with me as I think outloud.and blog it. Does anyone know?

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

when Kathy’s had her second cup and is dying to find the right Facebook article to forward off to her dedicated crew of colleagues who rely on Kathy for the perfect morning meme or share-worthy article. You could’ve posted it at 10 a.m., But you still have a jargon headline and a boring read. And if the writing sucks, who cares?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2007

A couple weeks ago Tara Hunt of HorsePigCow tagged me to be a part of the media consumption meme that has been flying around. media meme It's been a pretty busy couple weeks, so I'm just now getting to it: Books: My favorite category! I haven't started to use Twitter yet, but would love to hear people's opinion about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

This is a fun meme for user=generated content -- Take a photo of yourself with sign or message related to our campaign or cause. This has also been done by NTEN and Netsquared. And, there was a protest against Target using that technique (holding signs) although it was not on flickr: [link].

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2007

Soha El-Borno of Wild Apricot tagged me to participate in the 8 Random Facts About Me Meme. I'm tagging: Vale of Evening Fog Playing Hooky Into the Studio HappyKatie Minkgirl Muses Waiting for a Train ext337 Fake Plastic Fish meme I think I've done this before so if you've been reading here for awhile, I'm probably repeating myself.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I was invited by Matt of the Empathy blog to participate in a Book Meme earlier this month and am just getting around to it: Total number of books I own: About 350. I never counted my books before. Last book I read: Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton.

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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. I love the Flickr Hold A Sign Meme - but so far haven't found a great application in Facebook that allows for easy cross posting. The flickr pool of photos is here. Has anyone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Supporters are encouraged to share photos of themselves wearing a hat with the hashtag and say why the campaign is important. This campaign combines the popular selfie with the time honored hold a sign meme. Have you seen great examples of nonprofits using the “selfie” meme for good? Share the link in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

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. Prepping is key, as is getting the word out.

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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. . That’s the tweet that showed up in my Twitter stream last week it caught my attention.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 1, 2007

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Qui Diaz posted a 3-question Changeblogging Meme , which I'd like to participate in, and I hope you'll pass it on: What is one change - big or small, local or global - you want to see in your lifetime?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Some supporters may jump at the chance to be a social media ambassador for an organization they care about, but do you really want messages about your initiatives intermingling with political rants or drinking memes? Your ideal social media ambassador is someone with a passion for your cause who naturally emanates your brand.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2008

Qui Diaz of Livingston Communications has started a 3-question Changeblogging Meme, which you can join: What is one change - big or small, local or global - you want to see in your lifetime? Brazen Careerist bloggers will be there as well. Who is already working on this issue that you think others should support?

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

While both posts might be meant inspire, you might have used a meme for one post, but used a news article for another. Once you’ve identified different content themes you’re posting to your Facebook, label those different themes with more specific regarding their category. For example, you might have two posts that are themes inspiration.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

These carousels are often used to share memes, be a meme, or take a viewer on a visual journey. Any images within this carousel can also be downloaded by viewers to save and/or share. This is a great way for your nonprofit to share facts, policy information, and “Did You Know” slides!

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The Sponsorship Collective

MARCH 27, 2023

It’s created celebrities, introduced memes, and dropped that next viral piece of content right into your lap. Social media is powerful stuff. Moreso, social media is an excellent tool for finding sponsors. How can you use it to beef up the sponsor list for your next event?

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