by Ethan Perlstein | Sep 17, 2014 | Blogposts |
All memes lose steam. This summer the #ALSIceBucketChallenge drenched America from coast to coast in one of the most successful meme-driven science crowdfunding campaigns on record. The national umbrella ALS charity is called ALSA, and was founded in 1985, two years...
by Ethan Perlstein | Aug 26, 2014 | Blogposts |
The #ALSIceBucketChallenge is a new species in the evolution of online fundraising, or crowdfunding. Never before has the Internet spawned such a pro-science, meme-driven campaign that has united folks like Bill Gates and George W. Bush in common cause. Not to be...