Brainstorm by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images Last fall/winter Humanitarian Makers members participated in an Item Testing pilot that opened items designed in the field (focusing on a curated list of Field Ready’s items) to testing by the members around the world. We had shared about that experience after the pilot and you can read about it here. One initiative that spun out of this effort was an informal, digital brainstorm among three of the members who participated in the testing. The brainstorm was focused on a perceived key question that came out of the pilot: How might humanitarian makers advance item design and development at the post-testing stage? The three individuals

Calling all Humanitarian Makers! We need your feedback on the new set of HM Principles! Over the past two months, Alex, Saad, Naiomi and I have taken the original set of principles from Fab 12 conference, analysed other humanitarian and industry resources, and consolidated it all into a draft set of guidelines we believe to be appropriate for HM. Your thoughts and feedback are crucial in making these principles truly yours. Please follow the links and provide feedback on the new set of principles by 10th of September. Be honest and direct and we'll shape these principles together! Feedback Form (fill out this one): http://bit.ly/HMPrinciplesFBForm HM Principles Development Document (See