Lisa Kalenkiewicz, Author at SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, and Airtime Campaigns in 200+ Countries /blog/author/lisakalenkiewicz/ Survey & message hard-to-reach populations – at scale Mon, 25 Mar 2024 22:48:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2017/03/engagespark_logo_small.png Lisa Kalenkiewicz, Author at SMS, Voice, WhatsApp, and Airtime Campaigns in 200+ Countries /blog/author/lisakalenkiewicz/ 32 32 Why Internet Rights Matter for the 60% of People Offline – RightsCon /blog/rights-for-the-60-offline-rightscon/ Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:27:32 +0000 http://blog.engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1853 No matter what sector you are in, the Internet is impacting you and your communities. Even though the Internet is currently accessible to only about 40% of the world’s population, data is being collected, stored, distributed, and discussed online at an astronomical rate; even data about many of those offline communities! And legislation and procedures […]

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]]> Here’s what Mobile’s Global Leaders said about Mobile for Development /blog/leaders-mobile-for-development/ /blog/leaders-mobile-for-development/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:11:55 +0000 http://blog.engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1840 The Mobile World Congress is taking place this week, March 2-5, in Spain. Thousands (in 2014 it was 85,000) from around the world are meeting to talk and learn about industry trends, cutting edge technology, new gadget releases, and what’s going on in Mobile around the globe. For those of us who are passionate about […]

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]]> /blog/leaders-mobile-for-development/feed/ 0 Simple Tips so Your Nonprofit can Benefit from Tech (& Avoid Headaches) /blog/nonprofits-ngos-need-reconsider-use-technology/ /blog/nonprofits-ngos-need-reconsider-use-technology/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:08:51 +0000 http://blog.engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1784 I know how you feel. I have worked at an enterprise software company in the US, and I have also worked at a nonprofit (NGO) in the Philippines. So I’ve seen firsthand just how different those universes are, as well as how different the utilization of technology can be between them. And that makes sense: […]

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]]> /blog/nonprofits-ngos-need-reconsider-use-technology/feed/ 0 How to Make the Biggest Impact with Mobile: Voice or SMS Text? /blog/make-biggest-impact-voice-sms-text/ /blog/make-biggest-impact-voice-sms-text/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2015 11:27:06 +0000 http://blog.engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1770 For an updated discussion, read this recent comparison between SMS and Voice for data gathering in Indonesia. We live and work in the Philippines, which has been dubbed the “Text messaging capital of the world.” So we are very familiar with the power of 160 characters. But as a social enterprise whose goal is to […]

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]]> /blog/make-biggest-impact-voice-sms-text/feed/ 0 If You Care About Human Rights, Freedom, or Facebook, You’ll Want to Read This /blog/care-human-rights-freedom-facebook-youll-want-read/ /blog/care-human-rights-freedom-facebook-youll-want-read/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:41:54 +0000 http://blog.engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1766 If you’re reading this, you’re one of the 40% of people in the world with access to the Internet. Humanitarian groups, online businesses, and tech loving individuals are all vying to bring the Internet to the 60% currently offline. But meanwhile, a conversation about the future of the internet is well underway, and laws surrounding […]

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]]> /blog/care-human-rights-freedom-facebook-youll-want-read/feed/ 5 Mobile for Disaster Preparedness & Relief: Engaging Philippines’ Typhoon Hagupit /blog/mobile-disaster-preparedness-relief-engaging-philippines-typhoon-hagupit/ /blog/mobile-disaster-preparedness-relief-engaging-philippines-typhoon-hagupit/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:18:29 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1737 Barely one year after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) devastated the Philippines, another Super Typhoon – named Hagupit but known in the Philippines as Ruby – was headed down the same path. The storm did slow down and was categorized as a category 3 typhoon, but it retained the power to be extremely destructive. Fortunately, Filipinos, the government, and disaster relief NGOs (non-profits) learned a lot from […]

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]]> /blog/mobile-disaster-preparedness-relief-engaging-philippines-typhoon-hagupit/feed/ 0 60% of the world is living without something that you use every day /blog/60-world-living-without-something-use-every-day/ /blog/60-world-living-without-something-use-every-day/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2014 12:00:13 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1730 If you’re reading this, you’re part of the 40% of the world’s online population. While it may be hard for you to remember a time before you answered all unknown questions with, “Just google it,” 4.4 billion people have never used a search engine. In depth studies on internet access have been released in the […]

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]]> /blog/60-world-living-without-something-use-every-day/feed/ 0 7 Useful and Not-So-Useful Ways Tech Can Battle Ebola /blog/7-ways-tech-can-battle-ebola/ Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:22:54 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1664 In 2014, when mobile phones globally outnumber toilets, it seems pretty obvious that technology will have a major impact on an international public health crisis like Ebola. But obviously, not all approaches are equal. A recent amusing example was when a United States’ representative suggested that we should all use iPhone apps to monitor our […]

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]]> Innovative SMS Project in Africa Improves English Literacy Rates by 50% /blog/sms-project-improves-english-literacy-50-percent/ /blog/sms-project-improves-english-literacy-50-percent/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:46:50 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1598 According to UNESCO, “Literacy is universally linked with poverty reduction, economic growth and wealth creation.” If you’re interested in development, poverty reduction, healthcare, and essentially any global social justice issue, you’re sure to agree that improving literacy rates is extremely important. So you might be interested to hear about how a school in Papua New […]

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]]> /blog/sms-project-improves-english-literacy-50-percent/feed/ 0 9 Social Enterprise Controversies You Should Have an Opinion On /blog/9-social-enterprise-controversies-you-should-have-opinion/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:00:04 +0000 http://engageSPARK.com/blog/?p=1587 In late August, brilliant minds and passionate hearts from around the globe gathered in Cebu, Philippines for the second annual “Geeks on a Beach” conference. engageSPARK founder and CEO, Ravi Agarwal, hosted a panel on social enterprises. Instead of the standard question-and-answer format, Ravi turned the panel into an “Agree or Disagree” game show. He […]

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