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What Does the Mobile Market Look Like for Nonprofits?

NetWits

There is no debate on what the future of nonprofits in the mobile space looks like. Although many nonprofits are resistant to the idea of doing anything in the mobile due to issues of cost, time and resources the future is staring them in the face. Make sure your web site has a mobile component. It’s a must have.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The purpose of the tool was to empower Kenyans to document and report on incidents in real-time, giving the media, governments, and relief organizations a true picture of what was happening on the ground.

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Are Nonprofits Wasting Time Developing Mobile Apps?

Care2

New tools and mobile apps should always be on our radar. But have nonprofit camaigners in the US been drinking too much Kool-aid these past couple of years and putting too much faith in mobile apps? Consider what the most popular mobile apps are today. Mobile Apps are a Waste of Time for Associations.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing.

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The Mobile Web: Consider the User

NTEN

Jed Alpert, Mobile Commons. Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). Not so with the mobile web.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

We have done our best to clearly map out the fees and strengths of each platform to help nonprofits find the best fit. Founded: 2014 Quiks works in both the nonprofit and corporate worlds as a mobile payment app that cuts the costs of processing ACH payments and donations. We’re asked this question a lot at Whole Whale. Click To Tweet.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution.

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