Why You Should Measure Impact in Addition to Outcomes

It can be difficult to measure the impact of your work, particularly when you are unclear about what impact means to your organization. Often, there is confusion between the outcomes of a particular process and the ultimate impact that the outcomes have on the world. To understand how outputs are… Read More

Essential Components of a Foundation’s Digital Strategy

Foundations face unique communications challenges—from amplifying the voices and work of their grantees, to advancing their overall mission and goals. To effectively address these challenges, the following five areas are essential components of a foundation’s digital strategy.  To address the biggest challenges that arise within each component, we’ve provided five… Read More

Forum One Wins 7 WebAwards

We are excited to announce that Forum One has been recognized as a 2021 WebAwards winner of seven awards in six different categories!  Now in its 17th year, the WebAwards are the longest-running annual website award competition dedicated to naming the best websites in 96 industries while setting the… Read More

Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. Let’s look at a number of shining stars who are doing this really well. Foundations are in the business of making… Read More

Essential Strategies for Your Foundation’s Next Website Redesign

While the look and feel of a new website is often top of mind and absolutely essential in making a resounding impression, there are also a number of non-design-related strategies that you need to take into account. Your foundation’s website is the entry point for the majority of your audiences,… Read More

Web Accessibility Lessons Learned from a Total Beginner

This blog post was written by Ayomide Fatoye, Summer 2021 Forum One. Ayo is majoring in General Engineering – Computer Science at Texas A&M University. Hi there friend, my name is Ayo Fatoye and this summer I got the amazing opportunity to intern at Forum One. Those nine weeks were… Read More

Insights on Fostering Innovation from Federal CIO, Clare Martorana

This post was written by 2021 Forum One summer intern, Feru Deshong (BSc ’23 Babson College). On a recent episode of ACT-IAC’s “The Buzz”, US Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) Clare Martorana shared valuable insights on fostering innovation amidst a pandemic, as well as the importance of long-term investments in… Read More

How Audience Research Is Keeping Up with a Changing World

Everyone has altered their daily behaviors to adapt to a world in which we must stay at home as much as possible. As our users’ lives have dramatically changed, our approach to understanding them must also change. Audience research is changing—along with a changing world—to help us on our… Read More

Audience Research vs. Usability Testing: Which to Use When

How can you understand how your audience perceives a digital tool, an online experience, or the world more broadly? How can you best put yourself in their shoes, gain insights from that process, and move forward to create an even better tool or experience? The most common approaches are through… Read More

Modernizing Government Legacy Systems

The mission of government is to provide support, information, and services to citizens. When digital platforms are absolutely essential to achieve this, outdated legacy systems, approaches, and skillsets create challenges to effectively deliver these key services and meet constituents’ expectations. This is when updating or modernizing government legacy systems with more… Read More