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Design Tools: How to Recruit Your Future Users

Whether you are figuring out what features to build for a website, a design for a wheelchair for use in rural Africa, or a new program for a nonprofit, interviewing people who would be likely users of your system is critical to a successful project; in order to create something that solves a problem for people, you first have to understand what they need.

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Five Skills Designers Have That Global Development Needs

Beyond the buzz generated by the "social entrepreneurship" and "impact investing" communities, I've seen a significant shift coming from traditional aid agencies in the past two years. In 2010, USAID, the agency responsible for administering US foreign aid, launched the first-of-its-kind Development Innovation Ventures quarterly grant program.

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What Do You Have in Common with a Low-Income Indian Mother? More Than You Think

Imagine this: You wake up early, as always, to prepare breakfast for your family. Wiping the sleep from your eyes you shuffle to the kitchen...

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The Noun Project: Using Iconic Design Tools for Social Change

Catapult Design explains how they've used The Noun Project's icons as they work on design projects for social change.

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