We want to inspire people!

[Mary Jenn]

Hello Bridge Foundry Community! 

We’ve been talking about ways to outreach to people who want to help with  our mission. One idea is to reach people who just have a dream about their own project. 

We came up with this form, but I wanted to run it by you. Is there anything we should add? Anything that may potentially scare someone away? Your feedback is welcome before we add it to the Bridge Foundry site and blog about it! 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q8LKRedYS3e2YFq7ELlqkx5ApCU4x_NCk0IhJIzlyOc/viewform

Mary F. Jenn

Operations Manager
Bridge Foundry
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[Rachel Ober]

I have no complaints about this form, looks pretty straight forward to me! :-)

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[Lillie Chilen]

Hey Mary,

I think the form is a little bit confusing — it's not clear *what* someone filling out the form would get from it. I also feel like it's sending some mixed messages about the kinds of ideas that should be submitted. Asking if they have funding / space / volunteers is very specific and might discourage people whose ideas are more in the larval stage, and conversely, pushing big thinking so much might discourage people who have smaller ambitions. I think a clearer introduction about what exactly the goal of the form is would help a lot.

Another thing I'd suggest would be to not use the term crazy, since it stigmatizes mental illness and disability. Maybe something like "Don't be shy! No idea is too ambitious. Real change begins with ideas that might seem impossible." And then also removing the "No idea's too crazy" from the helper text on the "other" idea question.

Here are a couple of posts about ableist words and alternatives: 

• http://www.autistichoya.com/p/ableist-words-and-terms-to-avoid.html 
• http://whatprivilege.com/replacing-crazy-for-ableism-and-preciseness-of-language/

Best,

Lillie