Digital and Product Management
Storify by Martin Lugton Sun, Jul 14 2013 03:09:03 Agile innovation in income generation for charities Innovation in income generation – NFP Tweetup 19, 11 July 2013 – in 10 tweets. This tweetup was actually focused more on ways of working than on income generation, and agile methodology was the big discussion point. Share on …
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Computers often ask us to confirm our intentions. Asking ‘Are you sure you want to do that?’ is a useful way to reduce input errors, but the way this question is posed is inconsistent. We could improve the user experience – and reduce errors – by making it more consistent. Here are a couple of current …
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Noise is the price we pay for volume and diversity of content. I’m hopeful that we can reap the rewards of the wealth of information around us, while minimising the price way pay having to filter through it to get to the good stuff. I’m interested in the task of focusing on relevant, helpful material …
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Gamify This! – NFP Tweetup 18, 13 March 2013. I’ve picked 10 or so tweets to summarise the evening, and added in some of my own notes. View as slideshow Gamification is making an activity more like a game. The definition of ‘game’ used here encompasses rewards, external markers of success, and (often) competition; but it …
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Alternative title: “What ear wax taught me about being a digital communicator”. Being creative and having lots of different ideas is fantastic. But as a digital communicator this is not the end of your job. You can relentlessly use data and evidence to improve your work and focus in on the best ideas. Or, in …
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I dived in to learning programming in 2012. If you’re interested in doing the same I’d like to share some of my recommendations with you. For the last year or two there’s been a lot of buzz around efforts to introduce more people to programming. We’ve seen the launch of online platforms like Coursera, Udacity …
I received an email from Google announcing a couple of changes to the Google Grants programme: “We are writing to let you know about a few changes to the Google Grants programme. As part of our ongoing efforts to grow our advertising programme for nonprofits, we are making two changes to the Grants programme. First, …
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Lots of organisations are recruiting digital communications managers right now. This role requires a wide range of skills: strategic thinking, creativity, flair and instinct for written and oral communications, combined with sharp technical skills, an enquiring mind and an enthusiasm to dive deep into intricate problems and emerge with practical results. But if you’re not a digital …
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I went to share an exciting hearing research story on twitter this evening and found that the link wasn’t working properly. Rather than a short blog post on an impressive piece of research, however, I arrived at the following screen: This isn’t the type of message any digital communications manager wants to see on their website …
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Charities are still working out how best to harness digital communications for fundraising. (See Public Zone’s Digital Handbook, for example). But digital’s untapped potential extends far beyond fundraising. I’m most interested in seeing how we can use digital technology to improve service provision and to directly change the world for the better. In this post …
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