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The Phases of Service Design

Forum One

As we finish our three-blog series, we hope you have a better understanding of what service design is and why it’s important for the social sector. There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Phase 1: Align You’ve decided to embark on a service design project!

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Design Series: Understanding Audience Needs

Forum One

This is the first in a four-part blog series, Building Trust and Credibility Through Design, based on a webinar led by Forum One’s Vice President of Design. Understanding audience needs is the core of good design. Watch the webinar. But how do you build trust like a team?

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The Phases of Service Design

Forum One

In our Service Design: Where Social Impact Meets Innovation webinar, we defined service design, described how service design fits into the social sector, and broke down how mission-driven organizations can apply it to their work. . There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype.

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox , a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. She draws on years of experience as a UX designer and front-end developer to guide the creation of the perfect website for your organization from start to finish. 2) Relief International.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I had the pleasure of taking the Luma Institute Train the Trainers workshop where I got a chance to immerse in practicing facilitation techniques based on human centered design principles. The workshop instructor Peter Maher is founder and CEO, of Luma Institute , and a Jedi Master. ” What is Human Centered Design?

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Design by the User, with Inspiration from New York Fashion Week

Forum One

How does fashion design relate to digital design? On a basic level, all designers gather inspiration from a range of sources and many design principles are consistent across different disciplines. Designers from around the world presented work inspired by issues in their community and the world.

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Change Management for Grantmakers: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Journey to Better Grantmaking

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Choose the Method that Is Right for Your Organization When deciding on the ideal method for kicking off CDP’s change management process, we knew we wanted it to be collaborative among the eight-person grantmaking team, with everyone having the opportunity to lead.