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Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use

April 29, 2008 | KatrinVerclas

file under:
environment, mobile advocacy, mobile phones, mobileactive, NGO, relief, social change, urban sensing, wireless technology

Mobile technology is transforming the way advocacy, development and relief organizations accomplish their institutional missions. This is nothing new to readers of MobileActive. Our recent report Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use, released today by the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, brings this point home.

Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use was written by Sheila Kinkade (ShareIdeas.org) and Katrin Verclas (MobileActive.org), and commissioned by the United Nations Foundation-Vodafone Group Foundation Technology Partnership. The report examines emerging trends in “mobile activism” by looking at 11 case studies of groups active in the areas of public health, humanitarian assistance and environmental conservation.

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A Mobile Language Line for Domestic Violence Victims

February 11, 2008 | CorinneRamey

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At&T, cell phone, domestic violence, language line, mobile phone, NGO, nonprofit, social services, translation

Claire Joyce Tempongko, a Filipina immigrant, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in front of her two young children five years ago. Tempongko had repeatedly tried to get help from state services -- she had called the police before, and her ex-boyfriend had been in jail for domestic violence -- but she was murdered despite the involvement of various services.

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QR Codes: Old Media Meets Mobiles for NGOS

November 29, 2007 | CorinneRamey

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advertising, media, mobile, NGO, qr codes

QR codes have been in the news recently, bringing news stories, animated zoo animals, and nurtrition facts from tiny barcodes to the screens of mobile phones worldwide. By linking print media with mobile phones, the codes are helping to bridge the connection between old and new media and have impliations for social mobile campaigns.

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VON is seeking NGO Use Cases for Mobile App Development

October 1, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

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mobile applications, mobileactive, NGO, VON

Do you have a mobile technology solution that you would like to explore, but lack the technical expertise to do so? On October 29, the Innovation Track at the VON Conference in Boston, USA will convene a group of world-class programmers to develop a mobile solution for the NGO with the best idea.

The programming team will create an application using voice and text technologies to support the goals of the selected nonprofit or NGO. Areas for NGOs to consider include:

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