How does mobile giving work?
Mobile fundraising is taking off — or so at least hope nonprofits hard hit by the economic downturn. Organizations are looking for a new channel for people to give on the spot, wherever they are, with...
View ArticleChipping away at the SMS literacy barrier
With all the excitement surrounding Monday’s launch of FrontlineForms, we almost forgot the other improvements we’ve made to the FrontlineSMS software. As well as support for IntelliSMS – another...
View ArticleHow mobile is empowering consumers
Photo courtesy Blue Ocean Institute Sensing is just one way in which mobiles are used in environmental protection. Another promising area is wildlife protection in sensitive areas where humans and...
View ArticleInformation into action: Africa and beyond
Two organisations I’ve had the pleasure of working with – Tactical Tech and Fahamu – have independently announced the release of a film and a book that cover different aspects of non-profit digital...
View ArticleSMS fundraising campaign for breast cancer
Given the visible success of the Haiti text-to-give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in an organization’s fundraising bag, if it isn’t already. This week I heard about Drew Olanoff’s...
View ArticleHow are nonprofits using text messaging?
Organizations starting to use SMS as powerful tool for fund-raising We’ve just released a new report, Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmark Study, that offers the first-ever look at how organizations in...
View ArticleTwo mobile resources in words and pictures
Outtakes from Mobile World Congress & a community engagement event Last week saw me start out at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and finish up at an event focusing on the use of text messaging...
View ArticleHow to Attract & Keep Donors Using Text Messaging
For many nonprofits, text messaging as a communications and fundraising tool can feel daunting. I’ve worked with nonprofits who grapple with understanding if text messaging is even right for them....
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