six months in: caravan studios update
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SIX MONTHS INCaravan Studios Update
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THE METHODOLOGY
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GenerateConvene people working in a particular issue area. Generate ideas.
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DesignGather ideas and draft. Create prototypes.
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SelectEncourage the community to vote for the right tool for them. Select the best.
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BuildInvite technologists to hack a solution. Build a tool.
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UsePublish the tool for everyone to access. Create impact in the community.
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THE WORK
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9 Generators have resulted in 58 Ideas with 4 Prototypes and 405 community touch points.
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SafeNightMobile service that allows organizations to crowd source funding for hotel rooms when an individual needs urgent help and there is no appropriate and available shelter space.• V1: July 3• V1.x: TBD• Field Review: July 3
– August 25, 2013• Platforms: Win
7.8+, mobile• Partner: AidMatrix
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CampfireDeploy known volunteers to meet urgent, previously unknown needs.• Alpha: TBD• V1: TBD• Field Review: July
16 – August 30• Platforms: Win 8,
mobile; html5• Partner: JayStack
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CookstoveProvide an easy interface to allow a community member to find the nearest place, in time and location, for a youth to get a free meal.
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LanternIlluminate the connection between housing costs and intimate partner violence.
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Also in development
Privacy Shield
• Installed by a website owner
• Allows a website viewer, in a public place like a library, to click a button to obscure key words and graphics on a page.
DV API
• Make data from NNEDV annual census available in a technological format
• Work with a social benefit training organization to organize the data
• Work with a volunteer to put the data behind an API
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OUR LEARNINGS
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1. The interface matters. A lot.
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2. We need community editable ways to manage the data.
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3. The Generators work.
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4. But not everything we thought was a Generator was a Generator.
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5. We have a lot of opportunities to talk about TechSoup’s other services.
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THE END
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Informed by• Change by Design by Tim Brown• Do Things That Don’t Scale by Paul Graham• Harper High School (part 1 and 2) from This American Life• Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky• The Atlantic Cities• The Vocabulary of Politics by T.D. Weldon• Changing the City on Medium• How to Ask a Question the Smart Way by ESR• How to Be a Leader in Your Field by Phil Agre• Networking on the Network by Phil Agre
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Colophon• Camping Icon Set from WeGraphics• Campfire black clip art• Objects Pocket lantern icon• Marnie Webb at Vizify
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Caravan Studios is a division of TechSoup Global, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
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We hope you will connect with us at:
@caravanstudios http://www.caravanstudios.org
and
@techsouphttp://www.techsoupglobal.org