Petition challenges company’s nonprofit-unfriendly policy Guest post by Beth Kanter bethkanter.org In June I wrote about how unfriendly Apple’s iPhone donation app policy was when I came across this editorial by Jake Shapiro, the CEO of PRX, (the company behind the popular This American Life iPhone and Public Radio Player apps), arguing that Apple’s […]
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QR codes may give big boost to cause marketing
Guest post by Joe Waters Director, Cause Marketing, Boston Medical Imagine this: You visit your local supermarket and are asked to support a local food pantry. You a buy a pinup for a buck. On your receipt is message that you can learn more about the cause you just supported by scanning this barcode with […]
A beginner’s guide to mobile fundraising
Image by Mexicanwave on Flickr Some tips to get you on your way to your first mobile campaign This is the first of a two-part series on how organizations can use mobile tech for social good. See part two: How nonprofits can get started with mobile. 2010 will go down as the year nonprofits began […]
Mobile community: The holy grail of m4d?
Where are the best sites for people to stimulate debate around mobile technology? The other week I wrote a post on the difficulties of running a “mobile for development” – or m4d – project. I tried to make it challenging, and was hoping to stir up some discussion around the merits of mobile-initiated development […]
5 top online survey tools for nonprofits
Wufoo, SurveyGizmo & Google Forms are among your best bets Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, citizen publishers, educators. By Jessica Haswell Socialbrite staff Surveying made easy: We took a look at the five of the best survey tools on the market that can help nonprofits and other organizations get to know your users’ opinions and […]