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Building empathy through remote user research
User research isn’t just good ethics. It's also the only way your product or service is going to succeed. You can’t make effective digital tools without speaking to the people who are going to use them, but how do you begin to approach remote user research?
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6 tips to creating successful charity online communities
With dormant forums galore, how do charities create engaged online communities that bring users and the charity, real value?
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Building confidence in Agile amongst your charity trustees
Regularly labelled risky by charity trustees, an Agile approach can in fact, be the strategy of choice for the risk-averse.
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The Google Page Experience Update
Google updates its core algorithm a few times a year. Usually, there’s no specific advice or recommendations before or after the roll out. Website owners are unhelpfully advised to “keep making great content” and that’s often where any recommendations begin and end. The Google Page Experience Update coming in May 2021, is different.
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HIV and digital: how technology accelerates activism
Once in a while, something comes along and makes an undeniable impact on a group of people or cause...
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What works better than speculative design?
The speculative (spec) design debate has been going on for years now amongst agencies and freelance designers. As a rule, we’re against producing speculative design for a myriad of reasons. But rather than using this blog as a cathartic excuse to rant – we have some suggestions of what we think works better for the end user, the client and the agency.
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TikTok for charities
For many charities, TikTok can feel like an enigma; a world of untapped potential for fundraising, reaching young audiences and a creative, dare we say, fun way to raise awareness of a cause...
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Introducing a fresher, more inclusive Reason Digital.
The new and improved RD brand and website is our response to research revealing pressing issues with online accessibility.
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The best charity websites
A breakdown of best practice in the world of charity websites.
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The devil is in the discovery: a charity guide to digital discovery
Humans are deeply curious by nature. Discovery provides an opportunity to put that curiosity to good use. And yet, we see investment go into digital services that sit on a virtual shelf, unused whilst society goes about its business unchanged and unimproved. As one of the most fascinating and fundamental stages when building technology that successfully changes and saves lives, discovery is a must....
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Simple steps to charity website security
Your charity website security and safety may not be the sexiest of reads... until now. Just kidding, BUT keeping your site and your users' information safe and secure is of paramount importance. Let's break down what your charity can actually do to keep on top of website security...
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Charity Chatbots in 2020: all talk or still worth a conversation?
Chatbots have been the next big charity digital trend for years now. Sure, chatbots have certainly made some waves in the charity sector, but in 2020, is this a digital tool every charity should be exploring, or a passing fad that’s already fading?
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