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6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014

TechImpact

Convenience is key in today’s technology driven society, and as a direct result of this fact, mobile giving is poised to rise in 2014. With these alarming stats in mind, here are a few ways your nonprofit can increase their mobile donations in 2014, according to John Simcock of eduserv. Every second of delay can cost you donations.

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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. mobile apps nptech mobiletechnology' It’s back to the future.”

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. The use of selfies helps mobilize library fans in a new way and make going to the library a more integrated online experience. Fedoras for Faireness. Family is Familia.

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. As hand-held mobile devises connected to the internet spread to cities, villages, remote communities around the world, we need to continue finding ways to use these tools to make a positive impact. Cebu, Philippines. billion people lack access to toilets.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Technology Review published a survey of the role of mobile technology in the developing economies this past January. Going beyond the merely anecdotal, the article tried to put some metric on the role mobile technology plays in growth in these countries. percent, or around US$12 billion for an economy the size of China.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

And then there is Myrna in the Philippines, who escaped trafficking as a young girl and worked as a domestic helper. For Barbara — a participant in a training led by World Pulse community member Loyce Kyogabirwe in a remote fishing community in Uganda — the issue of domestic violence and mobile phones has been transformed.

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Blogging To Improve Cambodia's Environment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. I got an exchange deal with a local mobile phone company and they gave us a free dial number so that listeners can call in during the broadcast for free for one year.).