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Stack the Odds in Your Favour: How to Know if Your Tech for Good Project Will Succeed (before you’ve even begun)

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Rather like predicting which horse will win a race, the trained eye can tell which Tech for Good projects are most likely to be successful. There’s some pedigree advice in this article.

You’re a charity chief exec. You’re planning a Tech for Good project or maybe you’ve won a grant. How can you be sure you’ve got a good chance of success? How can you stack the odds in your favour?

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8 Smart Tips for First Time Tech For Good Funders

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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

Why Was Your Tech for Good Grant Application Successful?

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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?

It’s All New: 5 Ways Tech for Good Grants are Different

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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