Manage your organization
From Shareideas
Mobile communications can be used in a variety of ways to help you manage your organization more effectively. How can mobile communications assist you and your organization? See the examples below:
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Where can it help?
Mobilize volunteers
There are many ways that mobile phones can help you maintain regular contact with your volunteer base.
Depending on the number of volunteers they are trying to reach, many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) call key supporters to coordinate activities. A more efficient method of staying in touch with a substantial number of volunteers is to send SMS messages. NGOs use SMS to inform volunteers of special events and specific actions they can take to contribute to their efforts (e.g., attending a protest, signing a petition, cleaning up a park, or facilitating a fundraising drive). SMS can prove a life-saving tool in the event of a natural disaster when mobilizing volunteers fast is critical.
Case studies
Inform members
Keeping an organization's membership up-to-date on key activities can be made much easier with the help of mobile technology. Many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are using SMS to alert their members and key constituents about special events/activities, goals achieved, and actions they can take.
A number of environmental organizations, for example, offer their members the chance to subscribe to SMS updates, whereby they can stay informed of their field activities and pending legislation. Animal rights groups provide subscribers to their SMS services with tips on how to protect and nurture animals. And advocacy groups are using SMS to urge members to take actions from signing a petition to showing up at the polls on election day.
Recruit employees
Some organizations have used SMS technology to inform their members/constituents about job openings. In South Africa, for example, Fauna & Flora International and Resource Africa set up "SMS Communities" to inform residents living near Kruger National Park of animal movements, community events, and even job openings.
