by Murat Knecht | Sep 19, 2021 | ICT, SMS Marketing, Technology
SMS Surveys are a great way to get feedback from customers, gather data from citizens, or run M&E follow-ups in collaboration with beneficiaries. Because text messaging surveys are such an important tool to businesses and NGO’s alike we’ve put together...
by Christine Hortinela | Aug 12, 2021 | Announcements, Design, engageSPARK Platform, Technology
It’s no secret that the engageSPARK platform is built for non-techies to easily launch campaigns in minutes. That’s why when we add new features, we always consider: How can we make your life a little bit easier when using the platform? With that in mind, we decided...
by Murat Knecht | Jul 28, 2021 | Mobile phones, Social Enterprise, Technology, Voice
When the International Organization for Migration wanted to survey migrants in Senegal, they faced a huge obstacle: How do you survey people who are illiterate or struggle to read & write? When you do on-site interviews this is not an issue: the interviewer simply...
by Erika Hernandez | Jul 21, 2021 | Design, Technology
Adding contacts is simple enough on the engageSPARK platform. All you have to do is go into the Contacts page and upload your Excel or CSV file with the “upload contacts” button or simply add contacts one by one using the “add contact” button. But what happens when...
by Murat Knecht | Aug 28, 2020 | ICT, Technology
Recently, a program manager reached out to us about surveying members of a rather remote community. Usually, such a survey would mean she or one of her colleagues would ride a boat for several hours—one way—followed by the giving of gifts and finally the survey. This...
by Murat Knecht | Aug 24, 2020 | Disaster Relief, ICT, Technology, Voice
This is an exciting time for communicating with beneficiaries around the world. As more and more messaging apps are ready for integration we can reach more people and in better ways. Surveys in particular benefit from this: you can make surveys more powerful, cheaper...
