Insights, ideas, and innovation

Our thoughts on how digital technology can drive inclusion, bridge gaps, and create opportunities for excluded communities by improving access, amplifying voices, and creating meaningful connections.

Tackling Presentation Challenges in the Humanitarian Sector with Figma Slides

July 2024

Progress. It's a sprint, not a marathon

July 2024

The social impact sector demands rapid response to urgent problems, yet, the pace of progress and delivery in the sector can be painfully slow. When a project loses momentum, a design sprint is the perfect approach to supercharge it.

Google Ventures SprintsWorkshop facilitationGenderSocial Impact
Becoming a Digital Designer

June 2024

To celebrate 1 year of working at Here I Am, we asked Diana Wambui, our wonderful Junior Digital Designer, what she’d learnt in her first 12 months with us and what advice she would give to other designers joining the sector.

Product Design
4 recent innovations to celebrate this World Refugee Day

June 2024

Each year on 20 June we join UNHCR in honouring people who have been forced to flee. This World Refugee Day we reflect on the most impactful innovations that have been created to support refugees worldwide.

Displaced communities
Here I Am 2024: A new process and a new perspective

May 2024

In the past 3 years since Here I Am launched, we have grown up, our work has grown up and the way we do things has too. Today we share our refined process and perspective that will guide us through the next 3 years.

Strategy
International Girls In ICT Day 2024

April 2024

This International Girls in ICT Day is focused on the theme of leadership and we’re joining the celebrations by inviting Here I Am founders Laura Scanlon, CEO and Vitória Silva, COO to share their tips for women and girls joining the industry.

Gender
(Most of) the humanitarian sector is bad at design. Why does that matter?

April 2024

The majority of digital products, services and systems created by INGO and Humanitarian orgs still fail. Rarely is the finger pointed at bad design. Yet bad design can be the root cause of failure. And it’s everywhere in the humanitarian sector.

Product Design
IWD: Celebrating the fantastic women that we partner with at Here I Am

March 2024

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating some of the fantastic women that we partner with at Here I Am.

Gender
Fatima: An Ethically-Driven Approach to Your Data Collection and Research Needs

February 2024

FatimaResearchQualitative research
How to run an inclusive, multi-language virtual meeting

January 2024

Need to run a multi-language virtual meeting? Set yourself up for success with our handy guide, from how to work with interpreters to facilitating conversation.

Workshop facilitationCo-creation
The Here I Am team’s highlights of 2023

December 2023

How can we motivate young people to engage with INGOs?

November 2023

Young people demonstrate the largest growth potential for charitable donations, however their habits for donating are spontaneous and sporadic. We examine how INGOs can engage with this audience and adapt to their behaviour and needs.

StrategyFundraisingService DesignYouth
Meet Fatima, our ethical research platform!

October 2023

Researchers, particularly those working in difficult environments, such as live crisis situations, face a number of challenges.

FatimaResearchRemote data collection
Fatima: Remote vs in-person data collection

October 2023

Let’s break down the factors that help us and our Fatima customers to determine which approach will be most effective.

FatimaResearchRemote data collection
International day of the girl: 6 inspiring stories of co-creation

October 2023

In honour of International Day of the Girl, we've asked some members of our team to reflect on how our collaborative approach with adolescent girls has helped to achieve greater success, accessibility, and impact.

Co-creationGenderYouth
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