Welcome to Mobiles in-a-box: Tools and tactics for mobile advocacy
Mobiles in-a-box from the Tactical Technology Collective is a collection of tools, tactics, how-to guides and case studies designed to help advocacy and activist organisations use mobile technology in their work.
Mobiles in-a-box is designed to inspire you, to present possibilities for the use of mobile telephony in your work and to introduce you to some tools which may help you. After reading the material in this toolkit you can expect to be able to design and implement a mobile advocacy strategy for your organisation.
Tactical Tech is no longer updating this toolkit. Read how it has been used here. We welcome people to develop, adapt or translate this toolkit. Please get in touch if you'd like to learn more.
How-tos
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Once you have captured your pictures, video and sound you need to get it...
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Ring tones can be a great way for your organisation to market itself or...
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Camera phones can make a great impact to your organisation's advocacy work...
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There are commercial services available which allow you to send and receive...
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An SMS hub is a stand-alone system which allows you to send and receive...
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A 'mobile web site' is a version of a website which is easily viewable on...
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You can use your mobile phone to update your organisation's blog or website.
There...
Tactics
Mobile phones are increasingly being used for facilitating financial transactions...
The fact that mobile phones have made rapid communication easier and cheaper...
Finding and engaging audiences can be a big challenge for NGOs. Mobile phones...
People's media means ordinary individuals and groups using media technology...
Tools
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Set up an office phone system, make free or very...
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Use Skype, or your favourite instant messaging...
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'Clickatell is a commercial SMS service which allows...