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Mobile-First Still Matters

Forum One

Mobile-first” became a major topic for websites when Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, popularized the idea in 2010 at the Mobile World Congress. While it’s been over a decade since this idea was first introduced, mobile-first still matters today. The genesis of the mobile-first approach. starting with mobile and scaling up).

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5 Ways To Expand Financial Inclusion For The World’s Poor

Global Giving

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. Mobile payments to alleviate extreme poverty. 1,171,000,000.

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The State of the Internet 2014

Tech Soup

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Mobile: we’re watching much more of our video (nearly 25%) now on our smartphones. Global mobile data traffic is up 81% from the previous year. One of the most interesting findings is how technology is getting less expensive.

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Non-Boring #Tech4Good Meetings for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

NetSquared organizers bring together the nonprofit technology community for face-to-face meetings. Naples, Florida: How to use Technology to Communicate and Manage Volunteers. San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day at the Salvation Army. Jakarta, Indonesia: Strategy of Data Collection for Nonprofits.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

Jakarta, Indonesia: Youtube for Nonprofits. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary. Second Term 2017 Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Mukono, Uganda.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On demand access to trusted information for every realm of decision-making is available, and yet for all the technology progress – many in our social sector find ourselves at loss. For example, they have some predictable analytics on how people use their mobile phones and this helps understand whether or not they have jobs.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

From @davidahood: I’d say you need someone who knows the issue inside and out (campaigner), someone who is a media and communications specialist, someone great with web, social media and other technology and someone to organise events and coordinate volunteers and engage directly with members of the community one on one (community organiser?).

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