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DoSomething’s Aria Finger Talks About the Power of Mobile Communications

DoSomething.org’s COO Aria Finger spoke last week at the most recent NextGen: Charity conference about the power of mobile to reach young people. Watch the video below, as Aria provides an excellent overview of how vitally important it is to reach the youth audience, explains why a mobile campaign is the best way to do [...]

Create Text Message SMS Campaigns that Sync with the Convio CRM

One of the biggest challenges of running any outreach campaign is keeping track of all the information. Which constituents have you sent mailers to? Who have you called? Did your members donate in response to an email blast or an ad they saw on television? (It was probably in response to an SMS message they [...]

Teens Have Sent Over A Million Texts to DoSomething.org

As America’s largest national database of youth volunteer opportunities, DoSomething.org is constantly looking for new ways to bring dozens of causes to millions of volunteers. And they find them! Their innovative outreach runs the gamut from a mobile scavenger hunt for social change, to an interactive map thanking emergency service workers for all that they [...]

Text messaging and GOTV: Connect with supporters and drive votes

Roman Porter works to identify and develop strategic initiatives at Mobile Commons, primarily focusing on political campaigns and government agencies. He is the former Executive Director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, California’s governmental ethics and campaign finance agency and previously worked on political campaigns and for elected officials in California. Nothing matters more at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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