Digital Resource Hub
Over the past two years we have been supporting organisations to develop and deliver digital strategies and roadmaps through our Digital Strategy Accelerator, in partnership with Charity Digital and funded by Okta for Good. As part of this programme we have gathered a resources hub to help guide organisations on their journey to building their digital resilience through the process of developing a digital strategy. In this article we share our handpicked resources to provide a shortlist to inspire your digital strategy journey. The resource hub directs you to an array of resources, empowering you to stay informed, inspired, and well-equipped for your digital journey ahead.
Creating a digital strategy resources hub
The resources hub for creating a digital strategy are useful if you are considering how to develop a digital strategy, they explore how to get going, key considerations and useful insights from charities who have been through the experience themselves.
Digital Strategy Development: Understanding organisational readiness - in this article we share insights on key enablers which point to an organisation being ready to start their digital journey.
Digital strategy how to do it your way - Alice Kershaw from the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts shares her insights on how to produce a strategy that’s tailored to your context and easy to update.
Digital Strategy: planning, governance and stakeholders workbook: a step by step guide to review your organisational strategy, put in place a robust governance approach for your digital strategy and consider which stakeholders to involve in the digital strategy development process.
Building a digital strategy workbook - a step by step guide to enable you to assess your digital priorities and create the critical elements of your digital strategy.
Digital Maturity Matrix - a tool to help organisations to assess where you are now and where you plan to be with regards to digital.
Charity Digital Transformation Case Studies - UK based charities share their experience of digital transformation
Embedding user design principles in your digital strategy development resources hub
The resources hub for embedding user design principles provides best practice advice on how to approach design thinking and service design.
How design thinking can help your organisation adapt - a learning module from Tayo Medupin who introduces key design thinking principles and explores how to apply these to within your organisation.
Finding our User Experience Journey : Team way of working - Janine Woodward-Grant shares her experience of applying user experience practices within Banes Carers Centre.
Learn prototyping: how to use an experimentation mindset to create new digital things that work - Danny Hearn shares how to approach prototyping to improve your digital service and organisational approach.
How to get charity's staff on board with digital - ideas and approaches for how to get early buy-in and continued engagement from staff as you develop your digital strategy.
Strengthening your data governance resources hub
The resources hub for data governance provides tools to assess your data maturity and advice on how to strengthen your approach to data governance.
Data Orchard Individual Data Maturity Assessment - Data maturity is an organisation's journey towards improvement and increased capability in using data. This assessment covers seven key themes enabling teams to assess their current situation and prioritise next steps.
Develop a data strategy to become more data-driven - 360 Giving breakdown how to approach a data strategy and how to put data at the heart of your organisation.
Centralising internal knowledge and documentation with Notion - Carefree share their experience of streamlining their approach to documentation storage and information management. They piloted Notion as a tool but their steps are applicable even if you decide to use a different platform.
Cyber security resources hub
The resources hub for cyber security provides resources on how to approach cyber essentials and the training available to upskill your staff.
Cyber Essentials - with Cyber Essentials certification, a charity can take control of its cyber risk and show responsibility towards its customers, supply chain and the information it is trusted with.
NCSC Small Charity Guide - guidance on how to improve cyber security within your charity - quickly, easily and at low cost.
NCSC Certified Training - a comprehensive list of cyber security training providers for both foundation level and developing more advanced skills.
Accessibility resources hub
The resources hub for accessibility provides guidance on how to make your digital services accessible and inclusive.
AbilityNet Useful Resources - a comprehensive list of resources focused on creating more accessible digital services.
ReciteMe Online Accessibility Guide - a free online inclusion guide for charities.
CharityDigital the complete guide to accessibility software - a list of software that can help remove barriers for people with disabilities
Digital skills resources hub
The resources hub for digital skills shares information on how to assess the skills you have, identify where you have gaps and where to go to upskill your existing team.
Gov.UK Digital Skills Framework - a framework to support adults to improve their essential digital skills.
CAST Map your teams digital capabilities - a tool to help you assess your existing skills and gaps to inform how to plan for upskilling and/or recruitment.
Open Learn - Digital Skills - a free course to develop confidence and skills for life online
Lloyds Bank Academy Digital Skills - a range of learning modules designed for charities to build digital skills and confidence
Digital leadership resources hub
The resources hub for digital leadership provides insights and inspiration on what digital leadership means and how to build sustainable digital leadership practices.
Knowledge ≠ understanding – how to be a responsible leader in a digital world - insights on what good digital leadership looks like in today’s world
Leading from the front not bringing up the rear - emerging themes about how digital leadership is evolving within organisations.
Leadership competencies - six skill sets leaders need to embrace digital change
The Digital CEO Leadership Stories - insights from charity leaders about how they have adapted to lead digital transformation from within their organisations.
Re-designing digital leadership at Shelter - a case study on how Shelter revolutionised their digital leadership to deliver new digital services.
This blog provides a shortlist of curated resources to aid charities in their digital strategy development journey. From understanding the fundamentals of crafting a robust digital strategy and implementing user-centric design approaches to fortifying defences against cyber threats and ensuring responsible data governance, we've covered a spectrum of essential themes.
Have you found a resource useful in your digital strategy development journey - share it with us at hello@dotproject.coop!