Seeing the social impact of mobile technology: Experiences of a FrontlineSMS volunteer
One of our volunteers, Molly, in her FrontlineSMS Hero T-shirt 'doing' the FrontlineSMS logo \o/ This photo was taken in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, US. FrontlineSMS relies on the support of our growing band of dedicated volunteers and interns, who provide heroic amounts of support to help us keep things running successfully. We have a page on our website... Read More
Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about FrontlineSMS!
FrontlineSMS set up on a laptop. Photo credit: Ken Banks, kiwanja.net When people first encounter FrontlineSMS software, a number of questions come up again and again, both in person and on our community forum; ‘how do I access the software?’ ‘What does it cost to send and receive messages?’ ‘What can FrontlineSMS be used for?’ We’ve collated... Read More
FrontlineSMS Listed at Number 47 in the Global Journal’s “Top 100 Best NGOs”
FrontlineSMS is excited and honoured to be featured in The Global Journal’s list of Top 100 Best NGOs, which was announced earlier this week. It is fantastic to receive this acknowledgement for the important role FrontlineSMS is playing in leveraging mobile technology to support social change across the world. We have lots planned for 2012, and so this announcement is... Read More
FrontlineSMS is shaped by our diverse user community: We want to hear from you!
By Florence Scialom, FrontlineSMS Community Support Coordinator Some FrontlineSMS users 'doing' the FrontlineSMS logo. Photo credit: Ken Banks, kiwanja.net “Focus on the user and all else will follow,” has been one of our main mottos here at FrontlineSMS ever since the original version of our software was built in 2005. Yet it is undeniable that, as we gear up for a... Read More
New Year – New Internship Opportunities!
Hussain, previous FrontlineSMS intern who has now joined our team as a member of staff As 2012 begins, are you interested in taking up an exciting opportunity to learn more about mobile technology’s role in social change and development? If you’re a creative and enthusiastic individual, we’d like to invite you to apply for our two internship positions to join the growing FrontlineSMS... Read More
Supporting Education through SMS in Kyrgyzstan
IREX is an international non-profit organization working on education, independent media and civil society development. Recently, they have been using FrontlineSMS as a tool for efficient management of their Global Connections and Exchange (GCE) and Digital Youth Dialogue (DYD) programs in Kyrgyzstan. In this guest post IREX’s Myahriban Karyagdyyeva and Tynchtyk Zhanadylov... Read More
Communication for social change: How to turn a stone into a sponge (it’s not magic, it’s design!)
FrontlineSMS set up at Equal Access radio station in Chad Guest Post by Dr. Karen Greiner, University of South Florida Earlier this year we heard from Equal Access about their radio project in Chad and Niger. Dr. Karen Greiner conducted 3 months of field research over a two-year period as an external evaluator of the radio programs, producing an evaluation report as a result.... Read More
A personal message from FrontlineSMS Founder, Ken Banks
As we approach the end of 2011, there is opportunity for us to reflect on a successful year at FrontlineSMS, reveal some news and reach out to you – our users – to share your thoughts through our survey so that we can carry on innovating. Recently we sent out a personal message from FrontlineSMS Founder, Ken Banks, via our e-newsletter list and we wanted to share it... Read More
Empowering communities through Technology: Map Kibera visit FrontlineSMS office
Post by Kike Oyenuga, FrontlineSMS Community Intern “Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, was a blank spot on the map until November 2009, when young Kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Map Kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project.” Map Kibera image Jamie Lundine, Executive Director of Map Kibera, stopped... Read More
Our new website layout shows FrontlineSMS in action!
FrontlineSMS user map By Florence Scialom, FrontlineSMS Community Support Coordinator Throughout 2011, FrontlineSMS has supported an increasingly global and active community of those using our software for social change. We also have a growing team working on improving our software, our resources and our sector-specific projects. We have therefore decided to update our website layout... Read More
