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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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I’ve Got a Tech for Good Idea! What Should I Do Now?

October 8, 2018 By Joe Roberson

Loads of us have great Tech for Good ideas. But while having an idea is relatively easy, knowing what to do with it next is much harder.

We asked Ellie Hale from the Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology what voluntary sector organisations should do with their ideas, before they try and fund them.

Why It’s Wrong to Shirk Your Users Needs

September 17, 2018 By Joe Roberson Leave a Comment

User needs are what make your TfG boat rock. Fudge the needs and you’ll sink. Nail them and you’ll be cresting a wave of user value from here to Tech for Good Bay.

Warning: There are a fair few ‘musts‘ and ‘shoulds‘ in this article. Stop reading now if you don’t want to be told what you ‘should’ do…

Every feature must meet a user need

Every part of your digital service. Whether it’s app, website or something else. Not just some. All.
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The Duffer’s Guide to Tech for Good

August 6, 2018 By Joe Roberson Leave a Comment

You wake up one morning and you’ve forgotten all you knew about Tech for Good.

Or maybe you just woke up already knowing nothing and decided it was time to learn.

Either way, you’re thinking about how your charity might use tech to deliver better services. You know the revolution is here and that you need to get on the train out of analogue babylon.

So here, in one place is your duffer’s guide, your crash course in TfG. It’s a list of resources to read and use. There’s ten, but [Read more…] about The Duffer’s Guide to Tech for Good

How 5 New Tech for Good Projects are Starting With the Problem, Not the Solution

July 16, 2018 By Joe Roberson Leave a Comment

You’re more likely to win Tech for Good funding if you show a clear understanding of the problem. And if you have this understanding then you’ll find it’s much easier to build something that solves the problem and that people will actually use.

For most of us in the third sector ideas are easy. Lets do some blue sky thinking! Or how about a solution-focused brainstorming session?

Or perhaps we should dig up that idea we had last year because it fits this funding programme?

Even better, lets ask people what they want, then create it for them!

Ever done any of these?

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The Wizard’s Guide to Creating a Winning Tech for Good Funding Application

July 9, 2018 By Joe Roberson 1 Comment

This post connects to the final part of the story of Dorothy’s journey to the Emerald City of Tech for Goodness where she and her friends have now met the Wizard of Tech for Good. The story has been unfolding in weekly instalments delivered to 280 Hub subscribers. Become a subscriber here and get future stories and TfG guidance delivered to your inbox.

Sooner or later you’ll want to get your hands on some Tech for Good funding and digitise part of your service. Use this guide to maximise your chances of a successful funding application.

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