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4 Reasons To Go Mobile Before 2014

TechImpact

However, reaching mobile consumers is one of the most inexpensive ways to increase donor engagement according to Nonprofit Tech For Good. And over 90% own a mobile phone–and let’s not forget the growing number of tablet users. Even email is preferred in mobile format. Social is mobile too.

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Open Mobile Camp report

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Yesterday, I spent the day in Manhattan, at the UNICEF building, with a bunch of folks passionate about the technology in mobile phones, and the ways to use that technology for good. Also, check out the twitter stream for the #omc09 hashtag. I was especially interested in the issue of mobile data collection. (I

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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

NTEN

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” Did you miss mobile? Mobile giving is just about five years young. This, you expected. You breathed in.

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Video Streaming Apps — To Stream or Not to Stream

Tech Soup

And that's where live streaming can be useful. Live Streaming for the People. Live streaming events is not new. Live streaming via mobile to many, however, is. While virtual inclusion can never fully capture the physicality of live experience, new mobile apps like Meerkat and Periscope are coming close.

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Facebook Live For Nonprofits: How Live Streaming Helped One Org Raise Almost $100K

Connection Cafe

There’s a lot of talk about the ways nonprofits can use Facebook to raise money — live streaming fundraising events, breaking news, impact stories, and more, directly from their Facebook Page. Facebook’s live streaming platform is empowering nonprofits to quickly engage supporters around the causes that matter most to them.

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You Just Destroyed Your Phone — Now What?

Tech Soup

As the alert notifications forlornly streamed in and the battery quickly draining I am left to ponder my options. Since it was a Friday and I was leaving for NTC in a few days, repairing was not a viable option, so I ended up getting a new phone. (I Hopefully, you have read our three-part series on mobile backups.

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Hold a BLOCKBUSTER Virtual Event Like The Dougy Center

Greater Giving

Nearly 600 people (300 households) watched their live stream. The fundraising team also utilized Greater Giving’s “Text to Donate” feature, so anyone could give at any time from their mobile device—from anywhere in the world. By the time the event rolled around, bidders were invested and excited for the live stream to start.

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