Future:Media:Change

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MobileActive.org have released a great new How to Guide to mobile security for citizen journalists who risk their own security to report on events in oppressive regimes.

The ubiquitous calls to help Haiti by texting “Haiti” to 90999 last month, and the $41 million raised by the effort, may have opened your organization’s eyes to the possibilities of mobile messaging, but what are reasonable expectations for more run-of-the-mill mobile campaigns? To answer this question, M+R and MobileActive.org have released 2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks. Here are the highlights of that report.

Is a hot topic for many digitally minded folk when they get together over networking drinks and one that won’t be answered in a single blog post from me.
It seems that no matter how big or small an organisation is, successfully integrating a social media strategy throughout a entire organisation, is a difficult and frustrating task for digital teams, who battle old-school “silo” thinking from senior managers when they are trying to get new projects off the ground.
UK social media consultant, Steve Bridger, (@stevebridger) has put some thinking into the …

Kevin Thau and the Twitter mobile team have recently arranged free SMS tweets for Digicel Haiti customers. To activate the service, mobile phone users in Haiti can text follow @oxfam to 40404.

As Sarah Palin slams Family Guy for making a joke referencing the fact that her son has Down syndrome, the rockumentary Rudely Interrupted about a truly unique Australian indie rock band celebrates the achievement and relentless spirit of a group of friends with disabilities.

Your community is probably filled with a lot of bright people. People that have all kinds of advice and cool tips on how to make your nonprofit more effective. But are you tapping your community as a resource?