Mastering technology solutions to prevent homelessness

Housing1000Crowd-Funding Website

Engaging volunteers and community members to donate

Jen Padgett, Executive Director

Background

• Housing1000 is Santa Clara County’s local 100,000 home campaign– Leadership team was looking for an innovative

way to garner individual donations to support the program

– Wanted to use technology– Crowd-funding ( or micro –donations) idea was

born

Crowd-funding basics

• Considerations:– Build something new?– Build on donation platforms already out there?

Ultimate decision: Cost• Messaging– Wanted something simple• Solution: info -graphics• Build web page to work with secondary vendor

Front Page of the site

Bottom half of Front Page

Story will be added here

Story will be added here

Once you click in to donate to a story……

Individual Donation Page

Enter Card information…

Disclaimer

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Privacy Policy

Lessons Learned

• We wish we would have built this before registry week - we would have had an online liability waiver with a link to the HousingONE donation page

• It can be difficult to get the stories, so start this right from the beginning

• Nominate one or two people to develop & approve design

• Social networking is a powerful tool: be careful what you post!

Contact Info

Community Technology Alliance (408) 437-8800

email: consult@ctagroup.org websites: www.ctagroup.org

www.housing1000sv.org

1671 The Alameda, Suite 300San Jose, CA 95126