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October 13-15, 2008
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Wireless Technology for Social Change

Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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Jul 18: StoryBank – using mobiles to share stories in an Indian village
Jul 18: Switching on: Connecting the world
Jul 18: Anthropologists are a vital tool in developing mobile phones for the third world
Jul 17: Mobile development in a hurry
Jul 16: And then on mobile phones and e-health initiatives from Chetan Sharma

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Jul 22: Openmoko Signs Koolu to Distribute FreeRunner Open Source Mobile Phone
Jul 21: Sri Lanka Bans Lending Mobile Phones to Friends
Jul 18: Mobile Livecasting Faces Off: Qik vs Kyte vs Flixwagon
Jul 18: Mob4Hire - Crowdsourced Mobile Application Testing
Jul 14: BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile development rings true

Mobile Advocacy: A Primer

June 25, 2008 | CorinneRamey

file under:
advocacy, cell phone, m-advocacy, mobile advocacy, ringtones, sms, United States

Note: This primer was written for the NTEN newsletter, targeted at a US audience and thus focuses on America. For more on mobile advocacy in many other parts of the world, see here.

Text Messaging to Save Trees

May 12, 2008 | CorinneRamey

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Argentina, environment, Greenpeace, m-advocacy, mobile advocacy, sms campaign, sms petition

Mobile phones are nothing new for Greenpeace Argentina. The organization has used mobile phones multiple times to mobilize its now 350,000 person-strong mobile list to successfully lobby for important environmental legislation. One of Greenpeace's significant accomplishments was the passage of the Ley de Bosques, or Forest Law.

According to a recently UN/Vodaphone report, Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use, before the law was passed forests in Argentina were being quickly destroyed.