Recent data from industry bodies puts the number of mobile phone users in India at 427.29 million. The country is widely seen as one of the world’s fastest growing markets for mobiles. And yet mobile giving, or the process of donating money through one’s mobile phone via text message or otherwise, has...

Social media news blog, Mashable , recently posted a good piece about what charities need to do to use social media effectively. In summary, here’s what the writer, Josh Catone, says: Create a dialogue: “You’ll get a much better return on your investment in social media if you take the time to actually...

All nonprofits should consider developing a video strategy. Video (online or otherwise) is a powerful way for nonprofits to build a connection with their audience, while raising awareness about, and inspiring empathy for, their particular causes. “Your brand is the sum of all experiences at all touch...

Every two years, Architecture for Humanity hosts an Open Architecture Challenge -- an international design competition that aims to get architects and designers to think outside the box and partner with the public to address architectural inequities affecting the health, prosperity and well-being of...

The 11th Sept 08 edition of the Economist (subscription required) has a piece on a charitable organisation ' Do Something ' raising public funds in a manner similar to a corporate public offering. The organisation Do Something is raising US $8 million by way of an IPO (the public raising has...