Organizations, issues and websites that I find interesting are below. Mobile phone/SMS use in advovacy and elections
- Making voting and election information easy to access in India. Story here
- Amnesty International-Netherlands recognized
the power of text-messaging technology (also known as short-messaging
service, or SMS) to attract new members, build awareness of the campaign
against torture and engage new people in quickly responding to cases
of torture through Urgent Action appeals. The initial result was 520
new members gained directly from SMS participation with over 5000
additional people becoming active in the SMS urgent action campaign.
This notebook puts special emphasis on how Amnesty took advantage of
SMS technology to build a new constituency among young people.
They put together a notebook on how to use SMS for advocacy. Available here from New Tactics.org
Resources and services for mission-based organizations, not-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society and public sector agencies and initiatives.
Inexpensive, no tech experience required wizard walks you through development of a site with interactive capabilitites, such as online advocacy, donations etc.