Create a Guide/Template: Building a Brand Book through Team Exercises

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Overview

We need to create a guide for Brand Book so that teams can have consistent messaging for their project

Action Items

• [ ] Gather examples of how other Hack for LA projects or volunteers have done this (if applicable), adding each example as a link in the resources section below
  • [ ] If the guidance you received from the teams that have done this practice was not sufficient, remove the "Guide: Gather Examples" label and add the "Guide: Research" label
• [ ] Research existing information about [name of item] in [relevant resources, articles, etc.]
  • [ ] Once done, evaluate if the guide requires a template. If it does then
  • [ ] if yes, remove the "Guide: Research" label and add the "Guide: Draft Template" label
    • [ ] Create a draft template
      • [ ] Once done, remove the "Guide: Draft Template" label and add the "Guide: Draft Guide" label
  • [ ] if no, remove the "Guide: Research" label and add the "Guide: Draft Guide" label Create a draft guide, either in markdown format in this issue or a google doc in the ux/ui google drive
  • [ ] Once done, remove the "Guide: Draft Guide" label and add the "Guide: Needs Peer Review" label
• [ ] Review the guide with UX/UI community of practice
  • [ ] Once done, remove the "Guide: Needs Peer Review" label and add the "Guide: Leadership Review" label
• [ ] Present to the Hack for LA leadership team for sign off
  • [ ] Once approved, remove the "Guide: Leadership Review" label and add the "Guide: ready publication" label

Resources

Update issue #15 with the name of item you are working on

Projects to check

• 100 Automations
• 311 Data
• Access the Data
• BallotNav
• Brigade Organizer's Playbook
• Civic Tech Index
• Civic Tech Jobs
• Civic Tech Structure
• Data Science Projects
• Design Systems
• Engage
• Expunge-Assist (formerly known as Record Clearance)
• Food Oasis
• GreenEarthOS
  • All issues related to their branding exercise
  • Figma file where branding exercise is
    Screenshot of brand exercise

• Guides
• HomeUniteUs
• Internship project
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/68 (started with this issue)
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/95 (epic for team contribution)
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/81 (sample issue that should have been broken down into multiple issues)
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/99
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/98
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/97
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/96
  • https://github.com/hackforla/internship/issues/28
• Lucky Parking
• Open Community Survey
• TDM Calculator
• VRMS
• Hack for LA's Website
• Youth Justice Nav

Examples from projects both inside and outside HfLA

Taglines

Feeding America- A hunger-free America Make-A-Wish: That people everywhere will share the power of a wish Habitat for Humanity: A world where everyone has a decent place to live Airbnb- “Belong Anywhere.” HfLA Internship Project: Where Learning STEMS from Doing

This guide links

• Brand Book folder

[Nat-nn]

Meeting notes @sanya301 What is the best way to structure documents?

[sanya301]

@Nat-nn Add them to our Google drive and put a link in your issue

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

@Nat-nn let's talk about this at the next GreenEarthOS meeting. I think we have enough examples now to get started making this guide.