Ice Bucket Challenge Will Return #EveryAugustUntilACure

Didn’t face an Ice Bucket Challenge last summer? Well, now you have a second chance  (opens in a new tab) to get soaked.

The latest edition of the Ice Bucket Challenge, sponsored by the ALS Association (ALSA)  (opens in a new tab) to benefit amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)  (opens in a new tab) research and raise awareness about the disease, will take place this August. Those getting in on the action are already sharing their videos via the hashtag #EveryAugustUntilACure  (opens in a new tab).

“Last year gave the ALS community hope for the first time in a long time,” Pat Quinn, the co-founder of the challenge and an ALS patient, said in a news release  (opens in a new tab). Quinn joined partner Pete Frates launching this year’s campaign in Boston last week.

The challenge garnered  (opens in a new tab) almost 17 million participants last year and filled the internet with videos of people being soaked in ice water. More important, the challenge raised $220 million globally  (opens in a new tab), of which $115 million was donated to ALSA.

ALSA is being careful in how it’s going about this year’s reboot: It wants to capitalize on last year’s viral success but will watch how it advertises and pushes the campaign.

So far, it’s off to a good start, thanks to the world of baseball: The Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball have already pitched in  (opens in a new tab), with MLB donating $100,000 and the Red Sox helping to launch this year’s challenge. Minor League Baseball has also challenged each of its 160 teams to take part  (opens in a new tab)—which means they’re gonna need a lot of buckets.

“But we still need the public’s help to keep the momentum going,” Quinn stressed. “We plan to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge again this August and every August until we find a cure.”

Pricing As Science

It’s not an art. Pricing is a science of data and research. Colleen Dilenschneider, a blogger at Know Your Own Bone, says organizations have to find a “sweet spot,” where pricing will bring in profit but not threaten participation levels.

While her video (above) and latest blog post  (opens in a new tab) focuses on admission at museums and similar cultural facilities, Dilenschneider’s insight can help associations and organizations look at pricing for their memberships—and more.

Links For Your Day

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Downloaded Windows 10? Check your privacy settings. The automatic settings are a bit iffy, so Lifehacker‘s Whitson Gordon looked at everything and shows you how to secure it all  (opens in a new tab).

(ALS Association)