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Join Tumblr Now to Protect the Net

Today, Congress is holding hearings on two bills that could establish the first institutionalized censorship of the Internet. The Protect-IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are meant to fight foreign websites dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting. But in practice, they give corporations broad powers to shut down web content sites that [...]

O’Reilly Radar features Mobile Commons’ Partnership with WNYC

“New York has become the epicenter for many experiments in governance,” writes Alex Howard in the O’Reilly Radar. “From citizensourcing smarter government to participatory budgeting to embracing a broader future as a data platform.” The O’Reilly article discusses the way in which New York is opening up its wealth of data to outside developers – and [...]

Capital Area Foreclosure Network Launches Mortgage Counseling by Text

With the mortgage crisis continuing to affect thousands of families across America, banks and nonprofits alike are looking for effective ways to help people stay out of foreclosure. Plenty of foreclosure counseling services are available – but are they reaching the right people, and are they reaching them on time? A new service from the [...]

Track Your Advocacy Phone Calls – Straight From Convio

As the old cliché goes, “You can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.” That’s especially true for non-profit groups and advocacy campaigns. Being able to know what your members have done in the past can be invaluable when you’re trying to engage them in the future. Non-profit groups live and die [...]

How intense was the quake in your area? Find out!

On Tuesday things got a little shaky at the Mobile Commons office. This week’s earthquake was felt along much of the East Coast and caused mild alarm in areas not used to seismic shifts. Our building was equally as guilty of forcing everyone to evacuate onto the streets of Brooklyn – a move that flies [...]

Do you have a data-driven culture?

Last week, non-profit tech expert Beth Kanter posted about what it takes to create a data-driven culture for non-profits. Mobile Commons’ client Do Something was front and center, or as Kanter puts it: DoSomething.Org… are leaders in the non-profit world for exhibiting the characteristics and work habits of a data-driven organization. (via Beth’s Blog) We know [...]

123,000 people say NO to Social Security cuts

With the recent threat of cuts to benefits like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid looming, groups like AARP have been spurred to action. As I wrote last week, AARP was able to quickly drive in over 10,000 calls within the first few days by asking supporters on their mobile list to make a phone call. [...]

Join Do Something’s Scavenger Hunt for Social Change

On July 11th, Do Something will launch its first-ever text message scavenger hunt. The mission? Saving the world in 11 days. Every day following the 11th, DoSomething will give teams – or solo do-gooders, on the hunt by themselves – a new set of challenges focused on a new cause. Each challenge will have its [...]

Do Something’s mobile campaign wins NYTimes plaudits – and motivates millions of teens

This weekend, the New York Times chronicled how the charity Do Something is revolutionizing its outreach to young people by taking its message mobile. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Do Something provides teenagers concrete steps they can take to do good in their local communities. Projects range from recycling bottles to collecting used [...]

Listen to Your Data: Lessons from a Multilingual Text Message Campaign

Mobile marketing is still unexplored territory. It’s only in the last few years that cell phones have become widely-adopted enough to create a truly pervasive mobile campaign. Because mobile messaging is so new, there aren’t many rigorous best practices or established guidelines. That can be incredibly exciting, as each new project we work on further [...]

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