Mobile Commons

We’re thrilled to announce that Matt Wilson has joined Mobile Commons as our Director of Partnerships. Matt comes to us from Convio, a CRM powerhouse in the nonprofit sector, where he brought us in as their mobile partner. We’ve worked with Matt closely over the past year and are excited for all the great experience and enthusiasm he’s bringing with him (in addition to his time at Convio, Matt’s worked on five Presidential campaigns and one race for DNC chair). Matt’s also going to be opening our San Francisco office.

From Matt himself:

Nearly 18 months ago, I set out to learn more about how Convio could deliver services to our clients in the exploding mobile space. After a ton of research and evaluation, I was thrilled to form Convio’s mobile partnership with Mobile Commons. Throughout the entire project, the Mobile Commons team and product continued to impress me. And when they asked me to join them, I couldn’t say no.

What was so interesting to me? Mobile applications felt much more like having a conversation with an organization rather than a broadcast from them, something that is paramount to interactivity and capturing a constituent’s attention. 60-80% percent response rates and 99% open rates are just plain more fun when it is time for testing and benchmarking.

The most alluring mobile opportunities, however, are the things we haven’t done yet. What are some location-based applications that would be useful to an activist organization? How will iPhone Apps or Google’s Android OS affect nonprofits? How can we help nonprofits raise money with mobile? Will voice calls to Congress, driven by text messages, change our legislative process?

Here is a little about me:

I love politics and technology. Prior to joining Mobile Commons, I built partner programs at Convio and GetActive Software that introduced innovative technologies into Convio’s product suite and brought leading consulting firms devoted to political and nonprofit online strategy into the companies’ communities.

Building partnerships with other cool technologies and introducing our mobile suite to nonprofit marketing agencies will be my main focus here at Mobile Commons, and I am really excited to continue working in this vibrant nonprofit technology community.

If you want to learn more about becoming a Mobile Commons Partner, please shoot me an email at matt {at} mcommons(.)com or give me a buzz at 415.699.4474.

Cheers!
Matt