engageSPARK, Author at SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, and Airtime Campaigns in 200+ Countries /blog/author/admin/ Survey & message hard-to-reach populations – at scale Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:48:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2017/03/engagespark_logo_small.png engageSPARK, Author at SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, and Airtime Campaigns in 200+ Countries /blog/author/admin/ 32 32 The Ultimate User Experience Design Presentation /blog/ultimate-user-experience-design-uxdesign-presentation/ /blog/ultimate-user-experience-design-uxdesign-presentation/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:37:28 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1248 Two weeks ago, our Lead Designer Sunny Yang gave a presentation on user experience design (UX design) techniques and principles to a sold-out crowd in Cebu City, Philippines. TechTalks.ph, a Cebu-based organization that is an “independent community of business, technology, and startup enthusiasts,” organized the event, dubbed Let’s Talk UX. Tina Amper, TechTalk.ph’s founder, asked Sunny […]

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]]> /blog/ultimate-user-experience-design-uxdesign-presentation/feed/ 0 Social Enterprise: Existing Laws and a Not-So-Modest Proposal /blog/social-enterprise-existing-laws-not-modest-proposal/ Thu, 30 May 2013 12:13:17 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=661 Are you a newly-minted social entrepreneur? You have a great idea. You want to have a social impact. You want to operate as a business, not a charity. You’ve reached the point where you need to incorporate but don’t know where to begin. You’ve done some Google searches, and come across names like L3C, Benefit […]

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]]> Incorporating a Social Enterprise: a Simple Legal Guide /blog/incorporating-social-enterprise-simple-legal-guide/ /blog/incorporating-social-enterprise-simple-legal-guide/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 11:49:41 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=396 Choosing a legal form (or structure) for your new U.S.-based social enterprise seems like it would be a piece of cake: (1) call a lawyer; (2) tell the lawyer what you want to do; (3) the lawyer takes care of everything. Actually, it’s not so simple – especially when every lawyer you speak to says […]

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]]> /blog/incorporating-social-enterprise-simple-legal-guide/feed/ 13 Is SMS Really the Solution for Change? Not for Most Poor People /blog/sms-really-solution-change-voice-calls-are-for-most-poor-people/ /blog/sms-really-solution-change-voice-calls-are-for-most-poor-people/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:00:13 +0000 http://engagespark.com/blog/?p=19 A small, poor village in Niger has 100 adults, 50 men, and 50 women. Women are the engines of change. They work hard. They save money for their families. They make sure that their children go to school. But – they can’t read. The overall literacy rate in Niger is only 29%, and yet, it […]

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]]> /blog/sms-really-solution-change-voice-calls-are-for-most-poor-people/feed/ 8 Announcing engageSPARK: Engage Mobile Phone Users Anywhere – Easily & Quickly /blog/announcing-engagespark-engage-mobile-phone-users-anywhere-easily-quickly/ /blog/announcing-engagespark-engage-mobile-phone-users-anywhere-easily-quickly/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:49:53 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=122 engageSPARK is a not-for-profit social business that will empower development organizations such as NGOs and governments to dramatically extend the reach and impact of their pro-poor programs. engageSPARK will be the first solution that enables organizations around the world to easily and quickly launch comprehensive messaging, surveying, and decision tree programs focused on developing countries via SMS and […]

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