How Nonprofits Can Build a Bias for Action
One thing that’s fascinated me about the design thinking process is how nonprofits can use it to listen to the needs of their communities and think outside the box when taking action, despite design thinking being primarily known as a business strategy.
Another reason I like design thinking is that it uses the stories of individuals and communities for meaningful impact, storytelling and engagement that advanced an organization’s mission.
And connecting the evaluation process to design thinking seems like a no-brainer.
We’ve discussed the first three steps in the design thinking process- empathize, define, and ideate. Let’s finish out this series with the final two steps in the process- prototyping and testing.
With design thinking, testing and evaluating feedback helps nonprofits observe and uncover additional wants and needs from the communities they serve.
But I’ll admit that I initially wasn’t sold on the last two steps.
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