Comic Relief's Tech for Good programme for charities and social enterprises etc
We thought they’d say “learning new ways of working”.
But not one of the five projects we asked named it as the biggest challenge they’d met in their first three months.
Instead they chose to talk about: [Read more…] about The Big Challenges: Most Difficult Tasks Running a Tech for Good Project
Just like a little kid getting on a bike the first ride is often the clumsiest. It’s new, awkward and breathtakingly exciting at the same time. Making your first Tech for Good Grant is like that.
If you’re a funder you’ll have heard about Tech for Good. You may have read an article or even attended one of our learning events.
You’ll have noticed that more digital services are getting funded, because more charities want to build them. [Read more…] about 8 Smart Tips for First Time Tech For Good Funders
You know how it is when applying for a grant. Though the odds are stacked against you, somehow you still feel hopeful.
Usually that hope gets crushed. Rejection is normal.
But sometimes you win. Sometimes you get offered a grant. Then you feel happy. And excited. And probably a wee bit nervous too.
So we thought we’d find out if this was true [Read more…] about Why Was Your Tech for Good Grant Application Successful?
Grant making is changing because charities want to deliver more digital services. This has big implications for traditional grant makers.
I’d like to ask you, please, about how funding tech for good projects is different to funding traditional human powered services?”
That’s what I asked Martha Young and Ali Macfarlane, Comic Relief’s Tech for Good Programme leaders.
Then I opened my ears wide and listened. Here’s my report. [Read more…] about It’s All New: 5 Ways Tech for Good Grants are Different
Back in July our funded projects had a rough idea of what their users needed. Since then they’ve been developing more specific ‘user stories’. Learn how to use user stories to make sure you’re creating what your users need, not what you think they want.
In all my days of working with agile service and product designers there’s one trick they use that never fails to impress me.
It’s user stories. Or more specifically, the power of [Read more…] about What are User Stories?
The Tech for Good Programme doesn’t fund solutions. It funds solution finding projects. Understanding what this means in practice will help you apply for your first Tech for Good grant.
Samaritans had an idea. It helped them win funding from this programme. But then data analysis and user research changed their understanding of the problem. This in turn challenged their ideas and assumptions about the solution. We talked to Simon Stewart, Product Manager about how this happened. [Read more…] about Demand Spikes and Testing Loops: Why One Project Scrapped Its First Solution
