NMAAHC Website Featured in "Webby for Good"

"Webby for Good" is a collaboration between The Webby Awards and WP Engine highlighting and celebrating the stories behind 21st Annual Webby-recognized projects created in pursuit of promoting social good. We are thrilled to see that the NMAAHC website has been included among so many inspirational projects. This past summer,… Read More

Create Remarkable DataViz with D3

“Visualizing information is a form of knowledge compression. It's a way of squeezing an enormous amount of information and understanding into a small space.” ~ David McCandless Many tutorials start off with “how” but there is a huge assumption made that the question of “why” lands 100% accurately to this… Read More

The Power of Data Visualization to Close the Hunger Gap

The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is an inspiring example among nonprofit organizations in using data visualization to deliver social services. CAFB uses its Hunger Heat Map to better understand the unmet need for food in neighborhoods in their service area and to target resources better… Read More

See You at Drupal GovCon!

Drupal GovCon 2017 is just around the corner, and Forum One is thrilled to again be at the yearly event in full force. Drupal GovCon is taking place from July 31st – August 2nd at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Forum One will be… Read More

Virtual Reality: Show People Why They Should Care About Your Issues

For mission-driven organizations, one phrase seems to be at the center of every digital strategy: “we need to effectively tell our story.” It’s the meat-and-potatoes of what you do. It’s the “why” that tells your audiences the mission behind the operations. And unlike many (if not most) for-profit or consumer-driven… Read More

How Do You Clearly Communicate Your Organization’s Value?

Forum One recently led a collaborative workshop with National Peace Corps Association to identify short-term fixes and long-term strategies to enhance their brand, increase engagement, and better achieve their metrics of success. Some questions that led our conversation:  How do you get noticed?  How do you inspire people to take… Read More

Design Systems Insights from Forum One: Courtney Clark & Amy Vainieri

This post originally appeared on UXPin. Based in Virginia, Forum One is a digital design agency specializing in public sector projects. We sat down with Courtney Clark (Managing Director of UX) and Amy Vainieri (Senior Designer) to learn more about their “design systems first” approach to tackling… Read More

Mercy Corps Named Brand of the Year

Mercy Corps is named “Brand of the Year” and “Most Loved Brand” in the International Aid Nonprofit category of prestigious national brand study, EquiTrend. Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. Working in more than 40 countries around… Read More

Help Us with Our 5-Word Webby Speech!

Next Monday, we’re headed to New York for the 21st Annual Webby Awards Ceremony — and we need your ideas to help us get our #5wordspeech up on stage. Once again, we are thrilled and honored that the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture… Read More

Exchange Wins Award for Innovation and Impact

The Exchange is Changing the Developing World Through Thousands of Amazing Innovations The Global Innovation Exchange is a community of over 18,000 innovators, entrepreneurs and investors connecting to address humanity’s greatest challenges. Forum One built the “Exchange” platform for USAID to help enable innovators from around the world… Read More