April 8, 2011
Here are 15 mobile fundraising and mobile marketing takeaways shared by four mobile experts at the 2011 Nonprofit Mobile Day.
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March 28, 2011
Ascend Integrated Media announces the launch of its first mobile app for a nonprofit client - Kansas City's largest pet adoption and animal rescue, Wayside Waifs. The mobile app provides users with an adoption tool that allows them to search and find their next pet and stay up to date on the organization's events and communications. Users of the mobile app also can learn how to volunteer or take advantage of other programs and services provided by the organization.
March 16, 2011
ClearSky Mobile Media Inc., a leading provider of mobile data services and content to regional wireless carriers, announced its alignment with The mGive Foundation to facilitate mobile donations from wireless subscribers via premium SMS (P-SMS).
Billions of charitable dollars were donated last year via text messaging, as thousands of charities integrated mobile donations into their fundraising efforts. Support for short codes allows consumers to make contributions to their charity of choice directly from their mobile phones.
March 14, 2011
Charlotte Brandin of World Childhood Foundation USA and Fredrik Oscarson of Mobiento shared ways that WCF, Doctors Without Borders and Amnesty International implemented mobile fundraising and advocacy at the 2011 Nonprofit Mobile Day.
March 11, 2011
mGive will provide the technology platform behind several mobile donation campaigns raising funds for the Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami relief efforts, including:
• The American Red Cross – Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10
• Convoy of Hope – Text TSUNAMI to 50555 to donate $10
• GlobalGiving – Text JAPAN to 50555 to donate $10
• World ReliefCorp of National Association of Evangelicals – Text WAVE to 50555 to donate $10
March 7, 2011
The American Cancer Society's Miles Orkin explained why mobile matters for fundraisers at DMA Nonprofit Mobile Day and shared best practices for implementing a mobile program.
March 1, 2011
Here are seven ways nonprofits can solve the mobile giving puzzle by using cell phones to rake in the cash.
March 1, 2011
When the mobile-giving revolution does pop, let your inner Integrator answer the call (or text, if you will), but remember that there's no such thing as a silver bullet, no magic pill, no one strategy that will ensure an organization's fundraising success in perpetuity. The one and only, true Next Big Thing is, was and always will be integration.
February 15, 2011
There is a growing number of apps in the app store that claim to provide some kind of fundraising benefit to nonprofits, and they approach the challenge from a variety of angles. But the most effective fundraising app of all may not even claim to be one: Facebook.
February 4, 2011
Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash has launched a mobile giving campaign to benefit Educare Arizona, a platform of the Steve Nash Foundation. The Phoenix Suns designated Friday, Feb. 4 “Educare – Early Learning Night at the Phoenix Suns,” while Nash and the home team match up against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
U.S. cell phone users can make a $10 donation to the Steve Nash Foundation in its support of Educare Arizona by texting NASH to 20-222.*
