Tech for Campaigns is the largest digital, political volunteer network in the United States. They provide progressive and centrist political campaigns with access to world-class talent and technology to implement digital strategies needed to win, powered by a growing community of nearly 10,000 skilled volunteers.
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Forøgelse af antallet af medarbejdere på interne og kampagneprojekter
Stigning i frivillige matchede på et år
I 2017 startede Tech For Campaigns (TFC) som en idé mellem tre teknologi-iværksættere, der troede på, at teknologi-medarbejdere ville være ivrige efter at anvende deres færdigheder til at hjælpe med at vælge medlemmer af det amerikanske parti Democrats. Tre dage efter at have fortalt om deres idé via et Google-dokument, havde Jessica Alter og hendes medstiftere samlet mere end 700 interesserede frivillige. Udfordringen, de stod over for, var at skalere den første gruppe af interesserede frivillige til at imødekomme behovene hos hundredvis af Democrat-kandidater over hele landet.
Jessica says, “The demand for highly skilled tech talent was huge from the outset, so we had to quickly identify a way to streamline the onboarding and matching of volunteers to projects.”
TFC’s Head of Operations, Alex Lindsay, says “We take privacy and security very seriously, and part of that is ensuring that every volunteer signs a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before they are added to any internal service.
“Our initial onboarding process included sending an email with a link to the NDA, a Slack Bot integration for internal notification of signed NDAs, followed by a manual step of recording and matching volunteers to projects,” says Alex.
“Vi er vokset fra 50 til 250 projekter bemandet med frivillige på et år. HelloSign hjælper os med vores mission om at blive den primære digitale arm for progressive og centristiske kandidater.”
Jessica, Alex og teamet vidste, at de var nødt til at bygge en automatiseret onboarding-arbejdsgang for at skalere antallet af kampagneprojekter i et stort valgår. Så de gik til HelloSign, da de ønskede en mobil-først API-løsning, som de kunne integrere i deres frivillige matchningssystem på et par dage.
“What we like about the HelloSign API is that it allows us to maintain legally binding signatures with validated data for compliance, without any manual intervention”, says Jessica.
Alex adds, “Integrating the API has proved incredibly valuable, and was critical in automating our workflow. Once we initially match a volunteer with a project in our internal system, we’re notified immediately when the NDA is signed by the volunteer. The API integration allows the volunteer to automatically move through the onboarding pipeline, which has enabled us to remove a manual step from our process.”
Another big achievement in 2018 is the massive increase in the number of internal and campaign projects that have been staffed with digital volunteers. “We’ve grown from 50 to 250 projects staffed with volunteers in one year. HelloSign is helping us on our mission of becoming the digital arm for progressive and centrist candidates,” says Jessica.
Alex adds, “When campaigns come to us looking to run digital projects that are critical to their electoral success, our own digital transformation is enabling us to become their digital partner. We can quickly identify their needs and match them with a team of three to five volunteers with deep, relevant tech expertise.”
I 2018, som kun er deres andet driftsår, har Jessica og TFC-teamet drevet en enorm stigning i antallet af frivillige, der er interesseret i at arbejde med interne projekter og kampagneprojekter.
Jessica, named by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in 2018, says “In 18 months, we’ve built a community of nearly 10,000 digital volunteers skilled in marketing, design, social media, engineering, data analytics, and more - who’ve all signed up to help make a positive impact through the TFC platform.”
Alex adds, “Leveraging the HelloSign API in the final volunteer-project match confirmation step was an essential component of enabling TFC to scale the number of volunteers working on projects by almost 5X - from 150 to 650 in one year.”
Med reduktion af cyklustiden for at få underskrevne NDA'er kunne en betydelig del af disse 10.000 frivillige komme hurtigere i gang ved at øge TFC's operationelle effektivitet.
“En af de vigtigste målinger, vi ser på, når vi evaluerer operationel effektivitet, er den samlede tid, der kræves for at bemande et projekt. Hver gang vi skal gøre noget manuelt (som at sende en e-mail), tager det tid og kræfter, som har en negativ påvirkning af denne metrik.
“Integrating HelloSign has played a role in reducing the total time to staff projects, increasing the number of campaigns we can match each cycle, and enabling campaigns to leverage the skills of our talented tech community.” says Alex.
Det digitale løft, som Tech for Campaigns giver kampagner, giver dem en konkurrencefordel, samtidig med at det giver teknologimedarbejdere muligheder for at tilbyde deres færdigheder til frivilligt arbejde på meningsfulde og virkningsfulde måder. I 2019 ser Jessica og teamet frem til at levere endnu flere digitale projekter i nøglestater, samt at forberede sig til den store valgcyklus i 2020.
HelloSign er den nemmeste måde at sende, modtage og administrere juridisk bindende, elektroniske underskrifter på for virksomheden. Få mere at vide om vores brancheførende API ved at gennemgå vores udviklerdokumentation, eller byg og afprøv gratis ved at oprette en gratis udviklerkonto. Hvis du vil have hjælp til at finde det HelloSign-produkt, der er det bedste for dig, kan du aftale en demonstration med HelloSigns API-team for at se, hvordan vi kan effektivisere din virksomhed.
