Mobile advocacy basics, from keyword response to mobile data collection Guest post by Melissa Loudon MobileActive S MS is everywhere, in an amazing diversity of applications. From enabling ‘instant protest’ in the Philippines, Spain and Albania, to election monitoring in Ghana, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone to HIV/AIDS education and support in Mexico and South Africa, […]
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An easy way to organize applications online
Applicant Manager Overview from WizeHive on Vimeo. New software tool can help workflow for nonprofits, foundations & NGOs Processing applications and proposals from prospective employees, contestants or grant-seekers can be a hassle for nonprofits, foundations, NGOs and small businesses. Your email in-box quickly becomes cluttered and it becomes a daunting task to separate the wheat […]
How to create your own iPhone app
I wanted to share a new service called AppMakr that allows anyone — even me — to easily create an iPhone app for less than $200. With just a few clicks, I created an iPhone version of my blog. The service offers a user-friendly interface to create a native iPhone application that you customize with […]
6 simple stats you need to measure on Twitter
This is day 4 of the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Yesterday we spoke about measuring stats on your blog. Today we’ll be gathering some stats on where you’re at on Twitter. In two weeks we’ll discuss how to analyze your network more deeply to build specific strategies. For now, […]
Fixing unbalanced sound levels in your podcast
Many podcasts suffer from unbalanced audio — say, during an interview where one person sounds louder than the other. Podcast pioneer Doug Kaye of The Conversations Network has released a free program that solves some, though not all, of these shortcomings. The Levelator is downloadable software that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or […]