http://www.netsquared.org/tags/mobile-phones share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ben-rigby/looking-smart-marketing <p>Hi all. This is Ben Rigby from Mobile Voter. We’ve submitted the “Volunteer Now – by mobile phone” project to this year’s Mashup Challenge. I’m pretty blown away by all of the support that has come to this project already via the Net2 website – and we’re not even at the conference yet. We’ve already found coders, strategists, volunteer coordinators, and even a specialist in mobile phone volunteerism (would you have believed there was one out there?).</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ben-rigby/looking-smart-marketing">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/ben-rigby/looking-smart-marketing#comments marketing mobile phones mobile voter n2y3 n2y3con volunteer now Wed, 21 May 2008 14:48:10 -0400 Ben Rigby 12761 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jensly/quick-note-about-my-trip-swaziland <p>Hello again from Swaziland.  I wanted to clarify a bit about my previous posts....I am the founder of YouthAssets, and organization dedicated to connecting orphans, particularly those of child-headed households to the information and resources that they need.  We are exploring the use of mobile phones to provide access to support systems and information that is valuable to them.</p> <p>I just attended a 3-day conference with southern African leaders working to support orphans and vulnerable children - the conference was to develop sustainable strategies to help with the orphan crisis here.  Although no mention was made specifically of ICT tools used currently, the delegates defined a GREAT need for collaboration, information sharing, data collection, and instant communication.</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jensly/quick-note-about-my-trip-swaziland">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jensly/quick-note-about-my-trip-swaziland#comments mobile phones orphans OVC Swaziland technology Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:50:42 -0500 jensly 7208 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/lglira/how-do-mobile-phones-promote-economic-growth-new-paper-provides-vivid-example <p>To do with the price of fish</p> <p> May 10th 2007 From The Economist print edition</p> <p><a href="http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9149142" target="_blank"> How do mobile phones promote economic growth? A new paper provides a vivid example.</a> </p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/lglira/how-do-mobile-phones-promote-economic-growth-new-paper-provides-vivid-example#comments mobile phones telecommunications Fri, 25 May 2007 17:25:40 -0400 lglira 6703 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/frontlinesms-text-messaging-hub-for-ngos-0 <div class="field field-type-image field-field-project-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Screenshot</h3> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.netsquared.org/sites/netsquared.org/files/imagecache/casestudy_teaserimage/sites/netsquared.org/files/casestudy/frontlinesmssendconsole_1.gif" alt="frontlinesmssendconsole_1.gif" title="frontlinesmssendconsole_1.gif" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-org"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Supporting organization</h3> <div class="field-item">kiwanja.net</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-url"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">URL</h3> <div class="field-item">www.frontlinesms.com</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-location"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Location</h3> <div class="field-item">Cambridge, United Kingdom</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-affiliate-organizations"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-description"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Description</h3> <div class="field-item"><p>A one page summary of the project can be viewed at <a href="http://www.kiwanja.net/frontlinesms.htm" title="www.kiwanja.net/frontlinesms.htm">www.kiwanja.net/frontlinesms.htm</a> or full details via the dedicated project website at <a href="http://www.frontlinesms.com" title="www.frontlinesms.com">www.frontlinesms.com</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-points-of-interest"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> http://www.netsquared.org/frontlinesms-text-messaging-hub-for-ngos-0#comments campaigning communications mobile phones portable sms text messaging Grassroots mobilization/activation Public outreach/publicity Cell phones/SMS/Mobile Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:54:57 -0500 kiwanja 909 at http://www.netsquared.org