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The Phases of Service Design

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Now let’s take some time to dive into how it gets done. There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Phase 1: Align You’ve decided to embark on a service design project! Phase 2: Research The next phase is research. This phase usually involves a lot of sticky notes.

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The Phases of Service Design

Forum One

Now let’s take some time to dive into how it gets done. There are 4 key phases for service design: Align, Research, Ideate, and Prototype. Phase 1: Align. For Phase 1, we aligned in this project by talking with key stakeholders to learn how they operate, what members need, and where they hoped to see improvements.

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How Nonprofits Can Avoid Buyer’s Remorse for Fund Accounting Software

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Prioritize Planning If you want to mitigate any post-purchase regret, spend a lot of time planning. This phase can be the most complex and time-consuming part—and one of the most effective ways to get a strong ROI. Look for vendors that have ongoing system testing and support before, during, and after implementation.

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Are we building the Candid tools you need? 

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To understand how Candid products can best serve our users, we need to know what problems those users are trying to solve. What problems are we trying to solve? It is critical to have a clear understanding of all phases of their work to create an effective solution. And as our design and engineering teams build, we test.

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The Promise & Peril of Creator Tools Like ChatGPT for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The opposite, more utopian view was that AI was magic fairy dust and could wave a wand and solve all our problems. As with any technology moving from emerging to mainstream phases, it takes time to become fluent and this might lead to new job requirements, skills or even jobs. We call this the dividend of time in our book.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

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It might be time for a capital campaign. They’re major investments of your time and resources with potentially huge payoffs—an increased capacity to drive impact, strengthened relationships with donors and partners , and tons of valuable fundraising experience. Don’t underestimate the amount of time you’ll need.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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In short, the founder problem isn’t really a problem, if you understand it correctly. When it comes time to put the idea into practice, the qualities that enable someone to be a founder can manifest as micromanagement or frustration, especially when others cannot see the details as clearly as you can. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?