social mobile

SANGONeT and MobileActive.org invite you to register now for MobileActive08.  MobileActive08 is the only global gathering that is connecting leaders who are working at the convergence of civil society, mobile technology and social change.  If you:

• have expertise in the field of mobile technology for social development,
• are a researcher working on mobile technology for social impact, or
• are a mobile service provider with interest in the social market,

MobileActive08 is for you.  Register now!

MobileActive08 is the largest event to date focused on mobile technology for social development. This global gathering brings together people like you - practitioners, researchers, technologists and donors experienced and interested in the use and application of mobile technology for social impact.  Register now!

At MobileActive08 you will explore how mobile phones are effectively used to advance civil society work, assess the current state of knowledge in the use of mobile technology to advance social development, and investigate trends, needs and investment opportunities.

We will cap attendance at 350 people and we expect to fill up quickly, so please register now to ensure your participation. Our partners at SANGONet and we at MobileActive.og look forward to welcoming you to South Africa!

JD Lasica interviewed me at the Aspen Roundtable on Mobile Phones in Civic Engagement and posted the video on OurMedia - quite fitting. I am talking about MobileActive.org, and how the incredibly innovative and creative people of the MobileActive community are making the world a better place with your work, ideas, and knowledge. I describe some of the great projects that we have featured here - your projects, and your work. Thank you for all you do!

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Welcome to MobileActive's 3,000th community member, Ignacio Nieto, Universidad Andres Bello in Chile.

Since our inception in 2005, we have grown from 40 handpicked practitioners using mobile phones in their social change work to an astonishing 3,000 participants in the MobileActive community. You come from NGOs, the academic community, the private sector, government, and as individual organizers and activists. You are technologists and developers, bankers, marketers, healthcare workers, and consultants. You come from more than 60 countries (63, to be exact) and you are interested in everything mobile - from mobile banking and mobiles in economic development to grassroots organizing and advocacy and mobiles for better health care.

In short, you are an amazing, diverse, passionate, and commited community.

To become part of MobileActive, simply register on the site to find others, communicate with them, post announcements and blog posts, and list your tools, social change projects using mobile phones, and list vendors you use. You will receive occasional announcements and our newsletter, if you want. If you simply want to say informed, sign up for our low-traffic mailing list for the occasional MobileActive newsletter that keeps you informed of the 'mobile for good' field.

If you are on Facebook, join MobileActive in the Facebook Group and follow me on twitter here where I post updates on all things social mobile.

Thank you for being MobileActive!

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The submission form for the first Android Developer Challenge is now available. As you recall, Android is the new Google mobile platform. The developer challenge will provide $10 million in total in awards -- no strings attached -- for great mobile apps built on the Android platform.

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Google announced today Android and of the Open Handset Alliance, throwing wide open the field of mobile applications for commercial and social and civic causes and potentially much cheaper handsets that are especially important in developing countries. We here at MobileActive.org think that this will spur developments for the social sector that are faster and cheaper -- an "Android for Good."

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