http://www.newtactics.org/en/taxonomy/term/1830%2C1366 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action <h1>Feature Online Dialogue: Using Mobile Phones for Action </h1> <p> <strong>Table of Contents</strong> </p> <p> The following table of contents was developed to make the dialogue easier to navigate. Important themes and different discussions have been highlighted for archival purposes and for new users. The preferred method of viewing the comments is with &quot;Thread list - expanded&quot; option, which is explained <a href="/node/2357" title="Explaination of Comment Viewing">here</a>. </p> <p> A list of resources and videos featured in this dialogue can be found <a href="/en/node/3483" title="Featured Resources">here</a><a href="/en/node/3483">.</a> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>  <p> <strong>Using Mobiles</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-493">Using Mobile Phones to Document Human Rights Abuses</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-497">Mobiles in Mass Organizing</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-504">Election Monitoring</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-513">Relationships and Mobiles as a Tool</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-516">Mobiles and Emergencies</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-553">Citizen and Official Monitoring</a> </li> </ul> </td> <td>  <p> <strong>SMS (Short Message Service)</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-566">Difficulties of SMS</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-526">SMS Mechanics</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-528">Unsolicited SMS</a> and <a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-547">here</a> </li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-571">SMS Vs Email</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-747">Do it Yourself SMS Campaign Tools Guide </a> </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Resources</strong> </p> <ul> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-521">Twitter and Mobiles</a> and <a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-937">here</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-540">Mobile Resources and Ideas</a></li> <li><a href="/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comment-570">Open Source Phones</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Intro </h2> <p> Mobile technology is being used by citizens all over the world as the most affordable and massively adopted piece of technology. How can we harness this technology for advancing human rights and civil society participation? </p> <p> Our <a href="/en/node/1685" target="_blank">outstanding resource practitioners</a> for the November-December tactical discussion shared and discussed many ideas for &quot;Using Mobile Phones for Action&quot;. You can still contribute your ideas, questions and experiences! </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/Evans_cropped_web.jpg" alt="Evans Wafula" width="83" height="93" /></td> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/Ken_Banks.jpg" alt="Ken Banks" width="102" height="93" /> </td> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/ellene_cropped_henna_hand_web.jpg" alt="Ellene Sana" width="112" height="88" /> </td> <td align="center"> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" align="center"> <table border="0" width="735" height="145"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/natasa_cropped_web.jpg" alt="Natasha Dokovska" width="91" height="110" /></td> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/Noel_working_cropped_web.jpg" alt="Noel Large" width="104" height="120" /></td> <td align="center"><img src="/sites/newtactics.org/files/Katrin_Verclas_web_resize_jpeg.jpg" alt="Katrin Verclas" width="138" height="103" /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Clockwise from top: <strong>Evans Wafula </strong>(Kenya) <strong>Ken Banks</strong> (UK), <strong>Ellene Sana </strong>(Philippines), <strong>Natasha Dokovska</strong> (Macedonia), <strong>Noel Large </strong>(Northern Ireland) and <strong>Katrin Verclas</strong> (United States). </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> Philippe Duhamel - in his <a href="/en/blog/philippe-duhamel" target="_blank">interTactica</a> blog - <a href="/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/harnessing-new-technology-new-tactics" target="_blank">Harnessing new technology for new tactics</a> provides some great examples to get our creative ideas flowing. </p> <ul> <li>Sending out an SMS -- Supporting human rights work and activism with text messaging, or SMS - Short Messaging Service - functionality </li> <li>Organizing demonstrations -- Such as the Orange Revolution in Ukraine </li> <li>Coup de text -- Like ousting a president, it happened in the Philippines</li> <li>Protest Ringtones -- Highlighting corruption, it's being used in the Philippines</li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> <strong>Links from the dicussion:</strong> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in"> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.kiwanja.net/database/kiwanja_search.php" target="_blank">Kiwanja's Database on Examples of Mobile Projects</a><a href="http://www.kiwanja.net/database/kiwanja_search.php" target="_blank" title="http://www.kiwanja.net/database/kiwanja_search.php"></a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="/en/blog/philippe-duhamel/take-new-tactics-everywhere-mobiles">Intertactia Blog Post- Top 5 uses for mobiles</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10219930" target="_blank"><em>The Economist</em> article on this topic </a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Mobile Active Resource page </a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pangeaday.org" target="_blank">Pangea Day </a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ngomobile.org" target="_blank">nGOmobile competition</a></li> </ul> http://www.newtactics.org/en/blog/new-tactics/using-mobile-phones-action#comments Archive election monitoring ICB kiwanja mobile phone advocacy phone monitoring phones SMS text messaging http://www.newtactics.org/en/crss/node/1754 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:26:52 -0600 New Tactics 1754 at http://www.newtactics.org