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DoSomething.org Asks Teens to MMS for the Arts

As schools face more and more budget cuts, arts education is often the first thing on the chopping block. But passionate arts students are doing something about it through the Make Art. Save Art. campaign at DoSomething.org. This innovative campaign invited students to text in their images via MMS. DoSomething.org then posted the images online [...]

Forbes.com Shows How Mobile Commons Launched 400,000 calls to Congress

A recent article in Forbes.com highlights how Mobile Commons helped generate 400,000 calls to Congress as part of the Stop SOPA campaign. The Forbes piece explains how the initial outreach from Tumblr turned into an enormous swell of activism: “Those who clicked [on the Tumblr link] could enter their phone number to get a recorded [...]

5 Mobile Ideas for Your End of Year Fundraising

We know that the close of the year is peak fundraising time for many non-profits. But with so many holiday responsibilities, from purchasing gifts to planning trips, even your most dedicated supporters can be difficult to reach. Never fear – mobile can help! To help you cut through the clutter this holiday season, here are 5 [...]

Crowdsourced Health Reports Make a Difference in Detroit

More and more, the way we talk about journalism is changing. Traditional print media are being joined by Google searches, whistle-blowing bloggers, and something near and dear to our hearts at Mobile Commons: crowdsourcing. The Columbia Journalism review touches on some of these new frontiers in an article called “Calling Dr. Crowd” about the ways crowdsourcing [...]

87,000 Phone Calls in 14 Hours Was Just the Beginning (A SOPA Press Roundup)

Last month, in opposition to the SOPA legislation, Tumblr worked with Mobile Commons to ask their users to take action. They used our mConnect click-to-call tool to directly connect over 87,000 people to their Congressional representatives. As Tumblr blogged, that translated into 1,293 hours of citizens talking to their representatives. Click here to see their [...]

Gizmodo: “It Just Got Incredibly Easy to Tell Congress that SOPA Sucks”

Over the past week, the Internet has been erupting with anti-SOPA advocacy. A number of organizations, including Tumblr, Google, Stack Overflow, Mozilla, and Creative Commons are working to get their users to petition Congress to vote against the bill. They’re using our click-to-call advocacy tool, which connects people directly to their Congressional representative Gizmodo just [...]

Jed Alpert on Reaching Underserved Communities

As part of their Digital Revolution and Democracy series, the Knight Foundation is posting videos that examine “the fast-moving trends transforming our lives.” Foundation vice president Dennis Scholl sat down with 17 people “who believe passionately in self-government — but have different visions of how it will evolve.” Click below to watch our CEO, Jed Alpert, on [...]

Text TEACHING to 30644 for Information about a New Scholarship

If you’re Latino and have a background in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), it’s now $30,000 easier to get a Master’s degree in Education – thanks to a new scholarship from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Hola! Arkansas reports, “It is estimated that by 2015, about 280,000 teachers in these fields will be [...]

Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice Uses Texts to Fights for Rights

The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice is embroiled in a battle against Alabama’s HB 56 law – which a recent article from Worker’s World called “the harshest of the various state anti-immigrant laws.” The article goes on to explain, Among its 30 provisions, the bill makes it a crime to give a ride or provide shelter [...]

5 Tips to Remember for your Ladder of Engagement

Gloria Fong is one of Mobile Commons’ Account Managers, dedicated to helping our customers get the most out of mobile. On November 1st, she participated in a panel discussion at Salsa’s Community Conference. Here are some of the results of that panel. Earlier this month, at Salsa’s Community Conference in Washington, DC, I was fortunate [...]

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