Mobile phones for civic engagement
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Presentation from John Hamerlinck's March 29, 2011 webinar on using mobile phones in civic engagement efforts
Transcript of Mobile phones for civic engagement
John Hamerlinck
Agenda
Why mobile?
Some available options
Ideas & more ideas
Photo By Giana Milazzo, http://my.hsj.org/
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% of U.S. college students own a cell phone www.campustechnology.com/articles/57155
% of people across all age groups who believe that they will get a quicker response from a text than from an email or voice message www.cellsigns.com
38% of people who access the Internet via mobile phone www.pewinternet.org
% of phones that will integrate GPS by the end of 2011 www.isuppli.com
Numbers
http://www.onlineitdegree.com/cell-phone-usage/
I’d rather
text.
1. Collect data2. Advocacy3. Create Web content4. Push people to a website5. Crowdsource6. Raise Money
www.broadtexter.com
You might use text messaging to. . .
http://twitter.com
imagine
adapt
create
some basics
Let’s start with the familiar
Don’t have a smartphone?http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/sms/
A mashup is a webpage or application that integrates complementary elements from two or more sources.
Image: http://thehalfpat.com
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/
http://www.programmableweb.com/howto
API(Application Program Interface) How can my program talk to your program?
Google Maps Mania
data collection
Mobile Phones for Data Collectionhttp://mobileactive.org/howtos/mobile-phones-data-collection
1. What data is to be collected?
2. How will the system fit best with the work flow of data capturers?
3. How will the data be analyzed?
4. How will the data collection process be managed?
Data Collection
www.rapidsms.org
1. Text message framework that manages data collection using basic mobile phones
2. Can present information on the Internet as soon as it is received
3. Not constrained to any particular kind of mobile device
4. End users don’t need to install any software on their phone
5. Free, but requires a little technical knowledge to set up
Data Collection
assessment & evaluation
Photo Essaystime sequences | locations | ideas | events
Useful Resource:
“10 tips to craft a photo essay” by Leonard Gohhttp://asia.cnet.com/digitalliving/tips/0,3800004921,62053636,00.htm
Key Informant Interviews
- comfort of interviewee- be sincere- be conversational- open-ended questions- listen (The phone just records; it doesn’t listen.)
video or audio
first person voice
document process &
outcomes
Use social networks privately for reflection and formative evaluation.
http://megafone.net
Citizen Journalism
fundraising
Mobile Fundraising
image: benedikt koehler | http://blog.metaroll.com
image: benedikt koehler | http://blog.metaroll.com
www.chipin.com www.facebook.com/causes
FOR REGISTERED NONPROFITS
http://www.mgive.com
1 yr. contract, packages start at $199/month, plus a fee of .35 cents + 3.5% per text message gift
A beginner’s guide to mobile fundraising http://www.socialbrite.org/2010/09/24/a-beginners-guide-to-mobile-fundraising/
Mobile Fundraising: Text-to-Give
Vendor Exampleshttp://textgiving.com/http://www.texttopledge.com/texttopledge/home/
Mobile Fundraising: Text-to-Pledge
more innovative mobile use
http://www.slideshare.net/PSFK/psfk-presents-future-of-health
mHealth
Geo-Historian Project, Kent State University
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPRpQfHYOY
QR Codes
Projector Phones
Sharp SH-05C
Samsung Anycall
Advocacy
Information Sharing
Research
CECT N70 Triband
adapting and creating socially responsiblemobile phone apps
Does a smartphone app already exist?
www.goodguide.com
www.sparked.com(formerly “The Extraordinaries)
http://catalista.net
Developing Your Own Smartphone Apps
Ask someone.
Google App Inventor for Android http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/learn/gettingstarted.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2010/12/30-plus-tools-for-building-your-own-mobile-app.php
DYI
Thank you for your time.
John [email protected]
320-308-4271
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