The latest of Alan Rosenblatt’s Internet Advocacy Roundtable discussions covers mobile advocacy, a popular topic this week. Contact the Internet Advocacy Center for more info.
Advocacy in the Mobile Age
The US is starting to catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to using mobile phones for non-voice applications, and it is a good thing for advocacy and political campaigns.
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October 16th, 2006
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MobileActive has released a new strategy guide to using mbile phones to register voters, monitor elections and turn people out to the polls. And there’s more to come (from their press release):
The MobileActive series of Strategy Guides is designed to equip organizations around the world with the know-how to deploy effective mobile campaigns for a variety of types of activism and advocacy. Other guides in the series will focus on issue advocacy, fundraising, humanitarian and disaster relief, and mobile organizing.
Mobile phones are a tool to watch — forward-thinking campaigns should be getting supporters’ cell numbers now, even if they don’t have specific applications in mind yet.
– cpd
October 16th, 2006
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