Design For Community Action
Human-Centred Design For Communities
The Design for Community Action (DCA) programme at NVPC was created by the Community Matters team to introduce Human-Centred Design (Design Thinking) as a methodology to help communities co-create workable solutions for their operational challenges.
The DCA differs from other design thinking programmes within the ecosystem in that participants are encouraged to own the process – which translates into defining success on their own terms, and taking charge of solutioning, with active support from our corporate partners and the Community Matters team.
Contact us at [email protected] to be a part of future runs of the DCA programme, or if you have ideas as to our focus areas in the upcoming runs!
Corporate Partners
Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. In collaboration with AWS, a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs, the Guild 4 Good programme was launched to help NPOs access hands on technical skills from AWS experts to solve specific business problems using cloud technology.
Contact us at [email protected] to be a part of DCA, or if you had ideas for topics we should dive into in our upcoming sessions!
Past events
Focus: Fundraising & Donor Management
The first run of DCA in collaboration with BNP Paribas involved participants from YMCA, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Blossom World Society, World Toilet Organization, Campus Impact and Intercultural Theatre Institute. This run helped participating organisations
reimagine strategies and processes around the topics of ‘Donor Management’, and
‘Fundraising’.
Focus: Skills Based Volunteering
This run involved the Community Matters team, BNP Paribas’s Design Factory Asia, along with more than 140 attendees. Participants included Care Community Services Society, Centre for a Responsible Future, Dementia Singapore, Shared Services for Charities and Triathlon Association Singapore.
Focus: Journey's Around Fundraising
Focus: Crafting Collaborative Projects
Focus: Guild 4 Good Programme
Focus: innovation for social impact
Focus: corporate engagement
Focus: Revenue Generation
Our second run with Kearney enabled leaders from Acres, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations, Groundup Initiatives and O’Joy to know and grow their target audience, understand and strengthen their unique value proposition (UVP) as well as improve and scale products and services provided.
upcoming events
Collaborative Projects
Date: Feb 2023
For our 6th DCA run with the team from BNP Paribas, our focus area is on nurturing collaborative initiatives within the sector.
