June 22
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Remember the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from back in 2014?
If you can't remember, or somehow you missed it, it worked something like this. You shared a video on Facebook or YouTube of you having a bucket of ice water poured on your head.
You'd then challenge others to do the same.
And it was honor code that if you participated in the challenge, then you donated something to ALS research.
The idea spread like wildfire and raised over $100 million for ALS research.
About a year or so after the craze died down, the ALS Foundation tried to bring the Ice Bucket Challenge back.
It didn't take off. Like...at all.
When it comes to developing new, exciting ideas that spread, novelty wears off quickly.
A similar phenomenon happens with the piano app Piano Maestro. It's like Guitar Hero, but for piano.
Students love playing with the app for about a week (I receive a weekly report showing all the stats). The following week, usage drops substantially. And by week #3, they're not using the app at all.
It's not necessarily a bad thing. But something to be aware of in the ongoing effort to create change.
That we always need to come up with and cycle through new, fresh ideas to replace the old ones that fall by the wayside.
And in so doing, continue our pursuit for that Holy Grail idea that creates real change for the long haul.
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