Whenever I read about mobile apps (software applications to be used on smartphones or tablets) for nonprofits, the articles are almost always be about fundraising – about how to allow people to easily donate to an organization.

What I’m hungry for is information on how nonprofits are already using mobile apps in their program or management work.

I’ve blogged about this quest before, just last month, and posted about it on the TechSoup community forum, and the silence has been deafening. The impression I get is that there are far more ideas about how apps might help nonprofits, beyond allowing people to make donations from their smart phone, than there are actual app uses.

If you have information on employees, consultants or volunteers using mobile apps as a part of their work for nonprofits, NGOs, libraries, government agencies, or any mission-based organizations, pick your place to share your story over on the TechSoup community:

• What mobile apps do you promote to clients, volunteers, supporters, staff? 
• Anyone using these mobile apps as part of their work? (like FileMaker Go , the mobile version of FileMaker Pro;  ExpenseButt, which specializes in integration with QuickBooks, NetSuite and Intact Software.; Alfresco mobile , for access to enterprise content contained in Microsoft SharePoint, EMC Documentum, IBM FileNet, OpenText and similar information repositories;  Mindjet , for access to mind maps in my butt; .Concur mobile – uses the phone to help automate travel and expense management throughout the trip life cycle, starting with travel planning).

Also see this

• Review of Mobile Productivity Apps
• Evaluation of mobile apps on farmer’s productivity in East Africa

The quest continues!