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I have just come back from the Games for Change Annual Festival. It was my very first. There were so many great panels from which I now have a ton of materials to check out and even more fodder for thought. I will dump all the links shortly so you can read, play, and generally have fun. But, before that, here is one snippet to think about. Read More »

While in New York for the Games for Change conference (blog reports to come soon), I decided to check out the “Designing for the Other 90%” exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Took a few photos, noted down some thoughts, and decided to … scrapblog it.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former (and the first woman) Finance Minister, speaks eloquently about the exciting new opportunities emerging in the African continent. Read More »

We are undertaking a complex technology implementation and need help managing it.

Technology implementations are getting more complex by the day: more tool combinations, more vendors, and more organizational stakeholders. We provide implementation management services that include managing vendors; bridging communications between organizations and tech development teams; testing and reporting issues or bugs; and troubleshooting issues so that projects are delivered as planned.

Consulting Lab » Implementation & Project Management

Our organization needs a communication strategy and plan so we can effectively reach out to our target audiences.

We help organizations craft communication strategy and plan that includes all the different contact tools and messaging media. This includes creating a communication calendar and planning out the activities (web site content planning, mailing list messaging, fundraising asks, and advocacy actions) for the year, assigning the needed resources to it, and ensuring that the results are tracked for future action. These calendars also help the organization schedule their communications so that they contact their constituents at appropriate intervals.

Consulting Lab » Strategy & Planning

Our organization does not have an over-arching strategy or plan for technology. We know where we are. We want to understand how technology can help us get to where we want to go.

Most organizations start using technology as a reactive tool (we need a web site, let us build one using x technology) but soon get to a point where they need it to become a proactive solution (what other services can we provide online and how do we start laying a technology foundation with the future in mind). Technology strategy and planning can help the organization understand the long-term goals so that they start putting in place components that will help them reach there. The strategy & planning document can serve as the blueprint for the future than can then be built upon piece by piece or module by module.

Consulting Lab » Strategy & Planning

Blogging (or mobile payment or podcasting or YouTube or Facebook) seems to be all over the place. We want to know if our organization should be doing anything with this.

Technologies change at such a rapid pace that it is becoming hard to keep track of the new and even harder to figure out how the organization can benefit from this. We help organizations identify technology trends and work with them to understand which of the trends can be beneficially engaged to advance the mission and vision. We also ensure that organizations understand and plan for internal resource allocation (staff time, financial costs, etc) are needed for introducing new technologies like blogging and podcasting so that it can be sustained as a tool over a period of time instead of it appearing and disappearing as a fad.

Consulting Lab » Strategy & Planning

We are planning a large technology project. We need to gather requirements, write an RFP (Request for Proposal), and select an implementer for the technology.

We can manage the entire technology RFP process or parts of it: from requirements gathering to writing the RFP, from vendor response analysis to making a final recommendation, from due diligence to contract negotiation.

Consulting Lab » Strategy & Planning