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Mobile Technology for Social Impact
October 13-15, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa

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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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Sep 2: Red Cross Mobile Donations
Sep 2: Republicans, Obama ask supporters to text hurricane relief
Sep 2: Dot Mobi is fastest-growing web domain, including Bank of America
Aug 31: UN Calls for SMS Campaign on the International Day of Peace
Aug 29: Telecoms in South Africa: Apres moi, le deluge

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Sep 3: BRIC Countries - Mobile Internet, Nielsen Report
Sep 3: Rising Economies Hit Web with Phones - eMarketer
Sep 2: Text messages raise 100 mln yuan for China's quake survivors_china_English_SINA.com
Aug 30: Mobile Marketing Not Ready For Presidential Politics?
Aug 24: Mobile Web Traffic In Africa Jumped 21% from Q1 to Q2 2008

Join the Cause: MobileActive on Facebook

November 15, 2007 | KatrinVerclas

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mobile training

Join MobileActive on Facebook where we are congretating from around the world to celebrate and discuss mobiles for social change. And raise some hell, exchange ideas, and talk to MobileActives around the world on Facebook!

KatrinVerclas's blog

SMS Basics - MobileActive confcall

January 11, 2006 | KatrinVerclas

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activism, mobile active, mobile training, mobileactive, sms

Eric of Development Seed reports on the MobileActive conference call on "Activism and SMS Basics." We are hosting the next call on 'Mobiles, VOIP, and Asterisk for Activism" on January 27th - stay tuned for details!

TXTPower brings gospel of mobile activism to Hong Kong's anti-WTO protests

January 11, 2006 | KatrinVerclas

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hongkong, mobile democracy, mobile training, sms and politics, thumb revolution, wtoe

TXTPower brings gospel of mobile activism to Hong Kong's anti-WTO protests - On Dec. 16 at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, amid anti-globalization forums and protests left and right, convenors of TXTPower successfully mounted a meeting of mobile activists.

Nineteen souls gathered for the meeting, coming from Africa, North America and Asia. The meeting focused more on sharing the telecommunications situation on our respective countries and the challenges facing the individuals and movements using mobile technology for social activism.