Publications and Frameworks
The HT Best Practices Repository is a comprehensive resource hub that brings together valuable guidelines and frameworks at the intersection of humanitarian technology and social impact. It features the latest educational content curated from IEEE, IEEE HTB, academia, targeted working groups, and external thought leaders.
This repository offers actionable insights and best practices, drawing on historical knowledge of successful and unsuccessful approaches. By leveraging this understandin and consolidating this wealth of knowledge, we aim to empower practitioners and stakeholders to leverage technology for meaningful, sustainable impact on a global and local scale.
IEEE HT Tools & Principles
The IEEE HT Tools & Principles Repository is a curated collection of guidelines, tools, and principles developed and refined over the years through our programs and initiatives. This repository captures key learnings, proven methodologies, and actionable resources to support the effective implementation of humanitarian technology projects.
Tech4Good Project Principles & Community Engagement Checklist
Tech4Good Rubric of Evaluation Criteria
Tech4Good Project Assessment Guide
External Resources
Useful resources to learn more about applying technology to achieve social impact
Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Design Justice Network Principles
The Design Justice Network is a home for people who are committed to embodying and practicing the Design Justice Network Principles. Design justice rethinks design processes, centers people who are normally marginalized by design, and uses collaborative, creative practices to address the deepest challenges our communities face.
Principles of Human-Centered Design (Don Norman)
NN/g has an extensive legacy of thought leadership in design. Human-Centered Design (HCD) is not about following processes. It’s about being mindful of HCD principles. Keep focus on people and the entire system to solve the right problems.
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design
A step-by-step guide that will get you solving problems like a designer by IDEO.org. At IDEO.org, part of our mission is to spread human-centered design to social sector practitioners around the world. The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design reveals our process with the key mindsets that underpin how and why we think about design for the social sector, 57 clear-to-use design methods for new and experienced practitioners, and from-the-field case studies of human-centered design in action. The Field Guide has everything you need to understand the people you’re designing for, to have more effective brainstorms, to prototype your ideas, and to ultimately arrive at more creative solutions.