tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post6133697902174624315..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: What matters about mobile?Lucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-32422452371186171142010-03-19T06:56:32.387-07:002010-03-19T06:56:32.387-07:00Location is definitely good - although I do think ...Location is definitely good - although I do think Beth's 'air' comment is valid. It seems to me that mobile giving is evolving:<br /><br />- Clearly TXT campaigns work in a crisis<br />- How do we evolve to day-to-day use?<br /><br />I agree with Artez that mobile display is key as is increasing the % of donations that actually go to the cause. <br /><br />http://www.artez.com/blog/introducing-artez-mobile-communicatorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029024296454675949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-6877076540813440702010-02-27T23:00:30.404-08:002010-02-27T23:00:30.404-08:00As a Zoetica cofounder, we do help conceptualize, ...As a Zoetica cofounder, we do help conceptualize, but don't build apps. It's a strategy play for us. There are many, many great developers who build fantastic apps. Adobe is actually coming out with a solution that will allow for Android and iPhone app development simultaneously (SP?), dramatically reducing costs.<br /><br />Lucy: As someone who has had a history as a wireless reporter dating back 15 years now,I'd have to say the thing that most people don't get about mobile is it's unique properties as a stand alone medium. The screen size creates new behavior patterns...<br /><br />We have finally hit a smartphone diffusion point where this matters. In turn this creates a fantastic new world of apps, which we as nonprofit communicators are just beginning to wrestle with.. It's the new frontier.Geoff_Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544330173671071491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-79818917574906662632010-02-26T12:18:18.710-08:002010-02-26T12:18:18.710-08:00Lisa
Thanks for writing in. Tim Ogden has a good p...Lisa<br />Thanks for writing in. Tim Ogden has a good piece in this month's issue of Alliance Magazine about the kinds of conversations that we should anticipate as we move to mobile, and the expansion of what he calls Peer to peer philanthropy - P2PP. I don't know if it is online yet - it is out in the print edition<br /><br />http://www.alliancemagazine.org/<br /><br />As for firms to help design the app - Zoetica comes to mind as a possibility. Others? Anyone?<br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-8120716667560710672010-02-26T06:04:51.474-08:002010-02-26T06:04:51.474-08:00Great post. In the coming months and years as eve...Great post. In the coming months and years as everyone jumps on the mobile bandwagon, I expect the space will start to get crowded just like everything else. What can proactive nonprofits do now to make sure we build and maintain trust, and use this opportunity in ways that will position us for long-term success? <br /><br />Also, do you know any firms/developers that specialize in helping nonprofit imagine and design (not just build) great mission-centric apps?Lisa Coltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437724727971490348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-16145725050883635542010-02-24T10:27:13.523-08:002010-02-24T10:27:13.523-08:00Thanks Wendy!Thanks Wendy!Lucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-70129005000276074362010-02-24T09:43:19.046-08:002010-02-24T09:43:19.046-08:00I love the question "what matters about mobil...I love the question "what matters about mobile" much more than "how do I sign up for mobile giving?" <br /><br />There are so many more opportunities for nonprofits to fulfill their missions more impactfully via mobile (just like with social media tools). I love all the conversations starting to emerge around the idea that this could be more than fundraising (just like with social media tools).Wendy Harmanhttp://twitter.com/wharmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-89256285346977733092010-02-24T06:56:59.570-08:002010-02-24T06:56:59.570-08:00Thanks for writing in. There will, no doubt, be a ...Thanks for writing in. There will, no doubt, be a trough of disillusionment for mobile. BUT, mobile phones as access to the cloud are not going away. The bigger short term problem is that there is not one easy on ramp from Mobile - your android phone uses different apps then my iPhone then someone else's windows mobile. That is a huge problem for everyone, not just nonprofits - Zittrain claims it to be the end of the internet as we know it. <br /><br />As Americans catch up to the parts of the world that are already primarily accessing the internet via mobile being accessible via mobile will be critical. <br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-70675991420271723882010-02-23T22:50:57.797-08:002010-02-23T22:50:57.797-08:00So to paraphrase what Charlene Li was saying two y...So to paraphrase what Charlene Li was saying two years (Social Networks will be like "air") - are you saying that mobile will be like air? Let me push back, are there instances when nonprofits should not be so enamoured with mobile? <br /><br />Wonder what we'll be saying when mobile its the trough of disilluissionment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com