{"id":570,"date":"2013-10-28T04:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T11:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2017-05-16T17:15:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T00:15:57","slug":"mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/10\/mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"mobile devices, mobile apps, texting &#038; volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/handheld_tech.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3121\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/handheld_tech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>A recent blog post by VolunteerMatch on\u00a0<a title=\"5 Ways to Use Your Mobile Device for Your Volunteer Program\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.volunteermatch.org\/engagingvolunteers\/2013\/10\/23\/5-ways-to-use-your-mobile-device-for-your-volunteer-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 Ways to Use Your Mobile Device for Your Volunteer Program<\/a>, which has some good, basic advice as well as some comments regarding how to send a text to multiple people at once,\u00a0reminded me of how often that this topic has come up on the <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.techsoup.org\/cs\/community\/p\/activity.aspx\">TechSoup community forum<\/a> in some shape or form.<\/p>\n<p>So I have done my best to compile these previous TechSoup threads here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"mobile time tracking - for volunteers to track service hours?\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36746.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">mobile time tracking &#8211; for volunteers to track service hours?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"What mobile apps do you promote to clients, volunteers, supporters, staff?\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36558.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">What mobile apps do you promote to clients, volunteers, supporters, staff?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Mobile apps: what do managers of volunteers *want*\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36747.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Mobile apps: what do managers of volunteers *want*<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"anyone using these mobile apps as part of their work?\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/t\/36734.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">anyone using these mobile apps as part of their work?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"Sending text messages to 50 non-smart phones\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/13\/p\/31844\/113220.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Sending text messages to 50 non-smart phones<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a title=\"FrontlineSMS - FOSS management for text messages\" href=\"\/cs\/community\/f\/26\/p\/34163\/117495.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">FrontlineSMS &#8211; 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