giving management
StuffBee - Give & Take for mobiles
StuffBee aims to promotes “give and take†on Mobiles
StuffBee gives the opportunity to anybody having redundant objects to avoid trashing them by meeting other persons in need of those objects within the same geographic area, thanks to their mobile and Internet.
Benefits are multiple: increasing interaction between unknown persons, save time and money, avoid recycling.
At first sight, this project may seems exactly the same as "Freecycle Cellular Osmosis" but the application is operational and the project scope is broader:
- Deploy the ultimate "give & take" application in hands of 3 billion users.
- Broadcast the free object database created by mobile users with existing "give & take" websites to unify users of Internet and Mobile communities.
- Help bulky object departments to broadcast reusable stuff to persons living within the publication area instead of recycling usable objects.
- Help local humanitarian associations by increasing visibility of available items and give a better service to people in need.
StuffBee has been designed initially for Android mobiles. It will soon be ported to all other mobiles.
StuffBee is operational and shows an attractive, compelling, multithread design optimized to offer a rich give & take user experience.
Languages available are English and French.
In June, StuffBee will feature 10 Languages scaled to a total of 70 languages in September.
Users will interact with Real/Virtual objects, their mobiles and other users.
We made everything possible to provide a rich user experience by using animations, colors, game technics while keeping StuffBee smart, efficient and addictive.
Givers and Seekers will play with their mobiles. Givers will use their camera to picture their stuff through the publication wizard while Seekers will browse free objects gallery thanks to StuffBee Intuitive Image explorer.
Tech & Smile is participating to other challenges, contacting representatives of “give & take†websites, local and european authorities, potential sponsors/supporters … to make this project a reality.
StuffBee uses already a SOAP Server to establish communication between mobiles and possibly other "Give & Take" websites.
We need help in meeting mobile providers for packaging/deploying StuffBee on all mobiles.
Givvy - Giving Management + Network for Good
Givvy is a comprehensive online giving management system launching in early June. This is a real project with a dedicated team working without funding at this point.
Charitiable giving is personally and emotionally rewarding. By providing a framework and set of tools to improve the way we support our causes, Givvy users will feel more satisfied and successful with their giving.
Givvy is a system to enable donors to accomplish the following:
- easily create and manage their giving plan
- research over 1 million charities/nonprofits
- execute their giving (donate thorugh Network for Good) and track donations made via other methods (mail, phone, etc.)
- analyze their giving footprint - what types of charities, what geographic reach, how close their actual giving is to their plan, etc.
At Givvy we believe that better tools for giving can result in a better world.
We are mashing up IRS data on 1.4m charities, user reviews and ratings, wiki pages for each charity, and more. In addition, we are joining this data to merchant-funded rebate malls to generate donations through shopping, auction services and more.
This is our first social venture.
We need funding to cover license fees and initial launch activity.
Network for Good: http://www.fundraising123.org/files/NFG_DonateWebSvc_Guide.doc
IRS Data: www.irs.gov
Online Mall: www.mallnetworks.com
