Saturday, June 21, 2008

Use of Mobiles for Civil Society Campaigns and Advocacy

Use of Mobiles for Civil Society Campaigns and Advocacy, a workshop on mobile activism at the 2008 CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland.

Resource Persons include Katri Verclas (Mobileactive.org, Christiana Charles-Iyoha, Grace Avuaira(Centre for Policy and Development)

Highlights include:

  • Over view of mobiles in development
  • Use of Mobiles for Advocacy Campaigns
  • Why Mobile Based Campaigns
  • How Mobiles Facilitate Advocacy Campaigns
  • Successful Global Case Studies
  • Tools, Services and Resources
  • Some Dos and Don'ts of a Mobile Campaign
  • Challenges
  • Organizations using mobiles for Advocacy campaigns

Please, find detailed powerpoint presentations on www.mobileactive.org