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TYCIA Foundation | Opening the Door to Discoverability The background Saraswati, all of a precocious 7, belongs to the Korku tribe living in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, the community has also built a name for itself in farmin...

Why should an organisation be discoverable? to create awareness about your work among the general public to be visible to funders finding volunteers/new hires information for government bodies to be an authentic source of information and contact space f...

For me, a foreword is, first and foremost, a note of gratitude. For the immense learning that life has been. And especially to the people who made this happen. Shemeer, for being a patient mentor, and for showing me what is possible. Jinso, for always answerin...

The challenge As the organisation grew, so did the number of people and communities it was helping. And so did its needs. It was no longer enough that volunteers and money trickled in whenever. There was a sustained need for these resources. The team had to s...

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We can now take a look at a power-impact when it comes to the stakeholders for the website. Which is essentially, the audience. We will figure out two things. Who has the most power in terms of deciding what goes on the website and how it looks? Who is most im...

Let us pick two of the primary stakeholders. From this list that most of you have shared, two stand out: volunteers and funders/donors Let's look at volunteers. What information do you think they need from a website? how to volunteer information about ...

Identify primary reason for having a website Identify all stakeholders Figure out key stakeholders Identify content that is important for key stakeholders

Being trustable Being discoverable Being secure Being user-friendly Engagability Minimal design Navigability Fast loading Readable & accessible Responsiveness Reachable Followable & reachable Appropriate feedback to visitors Clear st...

We think of great writing in English, especially of writing that revolves around social change and commentary, and we think of writers like B R Ambedkar, Arundhathi Roy and William Dalrymple. Writing that is bold and incisive, and has both clarity and vision. ...

Know Your AudienceWho are you writing this blog post/report/article for? Knowing your reader helps you with deciding a number of factors, from the language to be used to the extent of detail you need to add. Research, Research, ResearchRead up. Talk to peop...

The first commandment of good writing is... to just write! Yep, there is no process to go through, no courses to get through, no moment of inspiration that will strike you all of a sudden. The important thing to remember here is that you are getting your thoug...

As a changemaker, your content should inspire, educate, and motivate others to join your cause. They can join your cause in various ways, like donating to your cause, volunteering, joining your team, etc. Here are some things to think through for creating effe...

Forever grateful to aikyam and Shemeer for lending me the space to share my thoughts, and inspiring me to do better. Much thanks to Jinso and Megha, for guiding me through all the technical bits and being so patient with all my doubts. Thank you, Anjani, for m...

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Session 0 30 minutes Theme Listening with intent Methodology Split up the cohort into groups of two each. Tell them that they have 15 minutes to get introduced to each other. Then they have to come back and introduce the other person to the group. In...

Session 1 2 hours Theme Thinking through stakeholder and needs mapping Methodology Divide the cohort into teams of 2-3 members each. Each team can choose their own names. It is best to separate members from the same organisation into different teams. Ex...