# Will the Selfie be upstaged by the UnSelfie?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/27/will-selfie-upstaged-unselfie/
- Published: 2013-11-27T19:45:46+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

This month we learned that the word ‘Selfie’ had been named by Oxford Dictionaries
as “[the word of 2013](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24992393)“. Appropriately that
rather self-regarding notion has been hijacked by the global [GivingTuesday](http://www.givingtuesday.org)
campaign to promote charitable giving. People are now being encouraged to share 
an ‘Unselfie’ image with details of how they are supporting their favourite charity
and how other people can join them in doing so. To join in, Giving Tuesday encourages
people to:

> “Take a pic, tag it #unselfie and #givingtuesday and upload to your Instagram,
> Twitter or Facebook from now till December 4”.

 Here are just some of those joining in this campaign. [#Unselfie](https://twitter.com/howardlake/timelines/405780388372439040)

 * **[Plan UK launches Girls Get Together fundraising campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/06/plan-uk-launches-girls-get-together-fundraising-campaign/)**(
   6 October 2014)
 * **[Amputees launch Limbination: show your stump with pride on social media](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/18/amputees-launch-limbination-show-stump-pride-social-media/)**(
   18 October 2014)
 * **[Social media fundraising 2014: meme-raising!](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/10/18/social-media-fundraising-2014-meme-raising/)**(
   18 October 2014)