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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)

January 7, 2019 By Joe Roberson

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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My Story: By Bertie the Tech for Good App

December 17, 2018 By Joe Roberson

I was conceived in the middle of winter.

My parents, a successful charity and a socially minded web agency, won a Tech for Good grant. They were delighted to hear I was on the way.

Even if you fail in doing something ambitious, you usually succeed in doing something important”

Peter Diamandis – XPRIZE Foundation

The Big Challenges: Most Difficult Tasks Running a Tech for Good Project

December 10, 2018 By Joe Roberson

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

8 Smart Tips for First Time Tech For Good Funders

December 3, 2018 By Joe Roberson

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?

November 26, 2018 By Joe Roberson

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

November 19, 2018 By Joe Roberson

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