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Bydd llawer ohonom yn gyfarwydd â’r bwlch sgiliau digidol ar fyrddau elusennau. Mae’n her gyffredin. Fel y mae diffyg amrywiaeth, ac  fel y mae ymchwil defnyddwyr gyda chymunedau amrywiol wrth gynllunio gwasanaethau digidol hefyd. 1. Sgiliau digidol ar lefel bwrdd: y broblem Mae Adroddiad Sgiliau Digidol Elusennol 2022 yn mesur y broblem. Mae sgiliau digidol […]

Rydych chi angen cyflawni prosiect. Mae gennych chi’r hyfforddiant ardystio ystwyth, y mapiau proses a mil o gardiau wrth gefn. Ond yn bennaf oll, mae gennych chi dîm. Sut ydych chi’n cael y tîm yma i  gyflawni? Nid ydych chi! Rydych yn eu galluogi nhw i wneud. Syml? Felly sut ydych chi’n arwain sefydliad digidol […]

Read Part 1. If charity digital services are to keep growing, then relationships between charities and digital agencies need to grow too.  Last year we spent a lot of time with charities and digital agencies learning more about what makes a great partnership. We also explored the barriers and how people were overcoming them. As […]

It’s been going on a while now. Ever since Tech for Good became a thing. Charities and digital agencies have been creating digital services for good. They’ve had some amazing successes. But just like it is for many new couples, relating to one another has, at times, been tricky. Despite best intentions there have been […]

It’s been going on a while now. Ever since Tech for Good became a thing. Charities and digital agencies have been getting into bed together and building products and services for good. They’ve had some amazing successes. Not every coupling ends happily… But just like it is for many new couples, relating to one another […]

The Catalyst Discovery programme: 103 charities, simultaneously guided by 11 agencies through the early stages of a digital project.  It sounds quite experimental. It was. We’ve never taken so many charities through such an intense process. Nor have we done it so quickly (four weeks). There were positives and negatives. Today we’re sharing the positives. […]

We’ve talked about how to keep your team working and connected. And we’re writing a guide to delivering services digitally. But, in this time of Covid, when you’ve less face-to-face time with your beneficiaries, how do you find out what they need from your organisation? It turns out there’s several ways of doing this by […]

This is a follow up to Website Crit #2: Reach Volunteering Website. It critiques the library part of their website. We’ve made our experts’ feedback open so you and others can learn from it. Thanks to Reach Volunteering for putting their library forward for this critique. What is Reach Volunteering’s volunteer project library?  Reach Volunteering […]

The Dementia UK site offers information and support for people affected by dementia. Shivy reviewed the usability and experience of three aspects of the site: Navigation  Homepage Helpline page We’ve made that feedback open so you and others can learn from it. Part 1. Navigation review Dementia UK weren’t sure if their site navigation was […]

Your website is more than a window into your charity. It’s a tool for identity, service delivery, and organisational growth. It’s even a tool for income generation if you choose it. Most importantly it’s a place for your users to get information that is relevant for them. “If your users don’t feel that your website’s […]

“I recommend you do user testing, because you are not the user of your website” – Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group – the pioneers of website research If you believe your website needs redesigning, or if you’re mid-way through designing a new one then you should test its usability with your users. Testing your website […]

November last year, I experienced a productivity miracle.  I found a way to build websites four times quicker. Literally. A website that would have taken a month now took a week. And the quality improved too. The HTML (code) was cleaner. It didn’t feel like we were accumulating technical debt.  Now, I’ve spent the last […]