Comic Relief's Tech for Good programme for charities and social enterprises etc
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
[Read more…] about My Story: By Bertie the Tech for Good App
Guest blog by Kirsten Naudé, Director of New Ventures, The Children’s Society
Talking about ‘Agile’ in charities is tricky. Especially larger, more traditional ones.
My mind is a bit of a haze on the topic. It’s a sticky subject. Having just read that under one third of agile projects in charities fail because the teams are too geographically dispersed. And that 34% fail through lack of planning – doesn’t fill me with hope. [Read more…] about Beyond the Fad: Busting Some Agile Myths
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
Dan Sutch from CAST describes what the project teams have been doing over the summer, and explains the Discover, Define, Develop model that they’ve been using.
In October we’ll be sharing some q&a videos we made with the project teams.
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 part of your digital service. Whether it’s app, website or something else. Not just some. All.
[Read more…] about Why It’s Wrong to Shirk Your Users Needs
The Tech for Good movement isn’t new anymore. There’s folk who’ve already walked the path, who’ve dived into its depths and retrieved it’s pearls. We should listen to these old timers.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It’s precious as a pearl. But when its wisdom belongs to [Read more…] about 7 Pearls of Wisdom from the Tech for Good Old Timers
