That’s a Wrap

Cupping hands letting a butterfly fly away with the text: That's a Wrap
What started as a 3 week experiment, grew into 2 years of heartfelt and impactful connections during a worldwide pandemic. Thank you for embracing the power of connecting with family and friends in simple everyday ways with us. We love our Connections Community and are so glad you’ve come on this journey with us.

That's A Wrap!

What started as a 3 week experiment, grew into 2 years of heartfelt and impactful connections during a worldwide pandemic. Thank you for embracing the power of connecting with family and friends in simple everyday ways with us. We love our Connections Community and are so glad you’ve come on this journey with us.
 
Cupping hands letting a butterfly fly away with the text: That's a Wrap

We’ve done so much in these last two years. Check it out!

The Experiment

First, our biggest accomplishment was this Experiment we started in June 2020. We started hoping to maybe have 200 participants and ended up with 5500 participants from all over the world who said, “yes!” and took our pre-survey to join the experiment. That blew our minds and made us soooooo excited! Participants even asked for more once we were were done with the 21 days, which encouraged us to host a 2nd Experiment in October 2020 with all new plans. And leads us to…what did we learn from all this wonderful participation?

The Results

What did we learn indeed?!?! Does connecting with your family past and present for as little as 5 minutes a day really improve your mood? We gathered the results from our pre and post survey and even made them into some pretty graphics. You can see what we learned on the Experiment Results Page (click the button right below here 😉).  

View the Results

Social Media

We’ve run the experiment and connected on Social Media:
  • 738 posts and 1445 Instagram followers
  • 1721 Facebook followers
  • 2.9k members of our Facebook Group
  • 497 Twitter followers

Interviews

We hosted over 150+ interviews. You can find them on: YouTube  |  Facebook  |  Twitter @21DayConnect

Connection Plans

We created 21 different Connection Plans, not including our library of Community Created Plans.

Products

We created 14+ products to go along with the plan. (we even have freebies for you to try out!)

RootsTech

We hosted an entire track at RootsTech 2021 & 2022. (This is a BIG DEAL!!) Our track was called the Power of Connection. If you haven’t seen it, you should go check it out and if you did see it, you should go watch it again because it’s that good!

Connection Tools

And not to be forgotten, we’ve created Connection Tools (games to connect), blog posts, Memes (it allows you to make your own memes) and a million daily email reminders, graphics and more.

Volunteer & Participant Hours

+15,000,000 hours of volunteer & participant contributions. 😉

And we've loved every minute!

 And we’ve loved every minute! Connecting with you over the past 2 years has been a pleasure, we hope to do it again in the future.  (Insert favorite WINK FACE)

What's next?

We want to keep our resources available as long as possible, and will continue to do so while the funds last. Our products and digital downloads will also remain available through the end of the year, these funds will be used to support the website, so be sure to grab them soon.  
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If you have enjoyed participating in the Connections Experiment in any way, please share your experience on social media and tag us via @21DayConnect so we can see it, too! We’ve loved connecting with you! Feel free to reach out.
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  1. I love what you have done. Thank you!!! I partcipated during the pandemic and just returned to find some more things to do and share. I really appreciate your fun and meaningful ideas. So well done!

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Thank you for participating! We've loved connecting with you!

We want to keep our resources available as long as possible, and will continue to do so while the funds last. Our products and digital downloads will also remain available through the end of the year, these funds will be used to support the website, so be sure to grab them soon. 

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Complement your 21day experiment with Your DNA Guide—the Book. It takes you step-by-step through the various ways of using DNA to answer questions about your origins.

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Make My Where Am I From Meme

Celebrate your heritage by making a pie chart showing where your family is from.  You can use the results of DNA testing or FamilySearch’s Where Am I From activity.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Enter Your Information

You can enter information for up to 8 countries.  If you have less than that, that’s okay too.  Just enter what you have.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

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Make My Relative Meme

Check our relativefinder.org and see if you’re related to any famous people.  If you join our group (Connections-Experiment) you might some cousins among our other participants.  Grab a picture of you and your relative and you can make a meme to celebrate the relationship.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Choose a background for your meme

Step 2: Tell us about your relative

Step 3: Upload a photo of your relative

Step 3: Upload a photo of yourself

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

 

Make My Celebrate An Ancestor Meme

Visit this FamilySearch page to see important dates in the lives our your ancestors.  Make a note of the person’s name, a birthday or anniversary and their relationship to you.  Then make a meme to celebrate the special day.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Choose your template

Step 2: Tell Us About the Ancestor You're Celebrating







Step 3: Upload your photo

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Make My Chinese New Year Meme

In honor of the Chinese New Year, find out which animal is associated with the year you were born in.  We’ll create a meme for you with the animal and some characteristics associated with that animal.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Tell us the year you were born

We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

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Make My Heirloom Story Meme

Do you have a cherished heirloom?  You can create a meme to celebrate the item and the story behind it.  You just need a picture and then you can follow our easy steps.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Choose the background for your meme

Step 2: Tell us about your heirloom item




Step 3: Upload your photo

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Make My Down Memory Lane Meme

Take a walk down memory lane by creating a meme from a photo of your childhood home.  You could also commemorate other locations that are special to you.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Pick Your Background

Step 2: Upload a photo of the house where you grew up

Step 3: Enter a phrase to describe your house

It can be as simple as, “My Childhood Home” or you can include dates or any other description you would like.

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Make My Couples Meme

Create your own shareable graphic to celebrate the milestones in your relationship with your significant other.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Choose your template

Step 2: Tell us a few details about your relationship with your significant other











Step 3: Upload a photo of the two of you

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Make My Remember When Meme

Recreate an old photo and then create your own meme to show it off. 

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Pick Your Background

Step 2: Upload your photos and tell us what year they are from






Step 3: Choose a phrase for your meme

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #21dayexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Make My Heirloom Meme

Do you have an item that has special family meaning?  Creating a meme to celebrate it is easy.  Just take a picture and follow these steps.

**Please remember this is a family friendly project and we request that all content produced using this tool be appropriate for all audiences.

Step 1: Tell us about your heirloom item

Step 2: Upload Photo

Don’t love your meme?  You can make any changes you want and then click Create Meme again to see your new meme.  Once it’s perfect, you can download and share.

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We’d love to see your creations so please share on social media and tag us using #connectionsexperiment.

**21 Day Family Connections Experiment is not responsible or liable for any content that is produced using this tool.

Choose Your reminder SErvice

Email

Receive daily emails with your daily plan prompts and information about other events and connection opportunities.

CLICK HERE and enter your email address to be added to this email list.

Text

LEARNING AND CONNECTING EVENTS

Receive a text before events.

TEXT the message @FCE-Events to the number 81010.  *If you have trouble, try texting @FCE-Events to (224) 324-3285. 

App

Download the Connections Experiment App from the
Google Play store for easy access to daily plan prompts.

 

Join Us

We’re gearing up for our next experiment starting October 1, 2020 for Family History month!

We would love to have you join us! Simply sign up below and we’ll send you a reminder when the initial survey and plans are up! 

We can’t wait to participate in another experiment with you!