With the new year, there is a new normal. COVID-19 prompted a surge of new technology that can help nonprofits like yours make a greater impact. There are many ways you can consider using tech to better serve your community in the new year. This post will help you understand those considerations. Using Tech to […]
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Using Tech to Show Gratitude
It’s the season for giving thanks. But the end of the year may have snuck up on you like the Grinch stealing Cindy Lou Who’s Christmas tree. Now you need help using tech to show gratitude this holiday season. This post will offer some suggestions and provide a way to weave the Thanksgiving spirit into […]
Financial Empathy — The Promise of FinTech
Many of the factors that determine our social labels and future success are placed upon us at birth. Uncontrollable and at times unfortunate, what can we do to forge new paths for realizing every person’s potential? That is a question that drives our social sector, our development goals, and our philanthropy. The answer is complex […]
Building trust between users and technology
Fostering trust with your users can be a battle, but the rewards you’ll get are worth the fight.
Balancing Act Demo Puts Fort Worth Budget into the Hands of Neighborhood Leaders
60 attendees participated in the workshop demo where they were tasked with balancing a hypothetical deficit of $4.2 million with a few challenging fiscal options thrown in.
WordPress 5.0 and What You Need to Know
WordPress is introducing a new way of managing content. The enhanced content editor, named Gutenberg, will become the foundation for customizing and building websites on WordPress.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Technology has the power to transform our world on a scale that is unprecedented. How might we, as social good organizations, learn, adapt, and benefit from these shifts?
Advanced REST API Design
In our previous post, we covered the basics of designing a REST API: defining endpoints, using HTTP verbs and performing common read-write operations on data. In this chapter, we’re going to introduce some advanced use and edge cases you may want to consider in order to give your REST API a sound and long-lasting design.
What you need to know about REST.
If you are a developer and you’ve worked in any modern web application, I’m sure this term rings a bell for you. REST stands for Representational State Transfer. If you’re already familiar with the basics, hop over to our look at Advanced REST API design. If you’re in need of an intro, lets dive in and you’ll see why this architectural style has become a de-facto industry standard for back-end APIs.
Week 4: Synthesis and Roadmap
This week may be the most important because it synthesizes everything into a decision-enabling Roadmap. This is the why. And the how. And the what to do next.
Week 3: Prototyping
Starting now, we’ll take all of our work during discovery, immersion, and ideation and boil it down into something real. This week is all about the Workshop.
Week 2: Research + Empathy
Hey gang, welcome back. Hopefully by now you’re really powering with your team and starting to feel the momentum of the process. Last week kicked things off with brainstorming and early research. Now, we’ll focus on confirming the direction, trusting your hunches, experimenting beyond your team, and seeking deeper empathy in your process. So let’s get started!