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Stephen Joos, October 22nd, 2010
We have had a lot of exciting announcements this week at mGive. First of all, we are pleased to announce that Brian Leamy has joined the mGive team as Executive Vice President. Brian brings a wealth of experience, leadership, and expertise as well as the respect of the nonprofit technology community to this position. He [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: 90999, donate sms, mgive, mGiving, Mobile Donation, mobile donations, mobile fund raising, mobile fundraising, mobile giving, non profit donations, SMS Donation, sms donations, text donation, Text Donations
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Stephen Joos, June 30th, 2010
A recent report from the Journal of Philanthropy tracked a surprising rise in the number of volunteers in America during the last year. This rise contradicts conventional wisdom which assumes that people tend to “hunker down” during periods of economic stress. The report indicates that nearly 27% of the population said that they had volunteered [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: advocacy, cell phone, human capital, journal of philanthropy, mgive, mobile, mobile accord, mobile donations, mobile giving, red cross, volunteer, volunteerism
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Stephen Joos, June 7th, 2010
Like milk and cookies, hats and gloves or wash and wax; sometimes two different things are just better when they’re together. We’re still in the early stages with using mobile technology to advance a social cause, but almost from the beginning, we have been aware of how social media can help accelerate a campaign’s success. [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: mgive, mobile donations, mobile giving, mobile technology, nptech, red cross, social media, Text Donations, text haiti
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Stephen Joos, February 3rd, 2010
mGive’s platform processes more than $37 million for Haiti in three weeks In the three weeks since the earthquake in Haiti, people all over the world have stepped up to help those in need in Haiti. From children donating their allowance to the Red Cross to celebrities answering the phones during MTV’s Hope for Haiti†[...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: case study, denver, haiti, hope for haiti, mgive, mGiving, mobile accord, mobile donations, mobile giving, MTV, red cross, sms donations, state department, telethon, text donation, Text Message Donation
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Stephen Joos, December 2nd, 2009
Telethon Airing on Galavisión to Raise Funds for Mexican Children with Disabilities DENVER, Colo., December 2, 2009 – For the second year, Mobile Accord’s mGive program will help Fundación Teleton MexAmérica raise funds through $10 donations made conveniently via cell phone during a two-day national telethon carried live on Galavisión, a leading U.S. Spanish-language cable [...]
Categories: Press Releases Tags: 90999, Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica, galavision, mgive, mobile accord, telethon, Teleton, teleton mexamerica
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Stephen Joos, November 19th, 2009
MOBILE ACCORD RECEIVES MOBILE MARKETING ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR SOCIAL IMPACT Historic Text ALIVE Challenge Honored; Raised $660,000 for Keep a Child Alive through Mobile Giving DENVER, Colo., November 19, 2009 — Mobile Accord has received the Mobile Marketing Association’s 2009 Global Mobile Marketing Award for Social Impact in recognition of the company’s historic mGive mobile [...]
Categories: Press Releases Tags: 2009, alicia keys, Global Mobile Marketing Award, Keep a Child Alive, mgive, microdonations, mma, mobile accord, social impact
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