Designing the IFRC Data Playbook
The IFRC Data Playbook brings together guidance on data management for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Developed through collaboration and co-creation, the 700-page resource brings contributions from multiple authors and editors into one publication.
My role: Publication and layout design, visual identity and diagrams, multilingual production, content management, version control, and the accompanying videos. The work connected visual design with the practical demands of maintaining a large collaborative publication.
Managing a collaborative publication
The publication brought together contributions from 10 authors and three editors. My work combined layout design with content management and version control, keeping revisions and visual decisions consistent across a large body of material.
The Data Playbook Methodology report documents the project from its initial idea through the pilot, beta, version 1 and launch. It records lessons from the development process; implementation and translation activities fall outside its scope.
Managing contributions was part of the design process. Keeping track of changing content and versions helped bring the editorial work, diagrams and page layouts together into a coherent publication.
Multilingual production
The Playbook was translated into four languages. My multilingual production work carried the publication’s visual identity, diagrams and layouts across the editions, alongside the content management and version control needed to keep the material consistent.
Co-creation and launch
The Playbook was developed through co-creation, with an engaged community involved before launch. This collaborative process shaped a resource intended to support teams on their data journey. The accompanying videos introduced the project and its approach.
Documenting the process
The Methodology report captures lessons from developing the Playbook through successive stages of testing and revision. It shares the collaborative approach so other networks can draw on it when creating their own resources.
In a 10 March 2023 update, the IFRC Solferino Academy reported more than 4,113 downloads and interest from people in over 141 countries. These figures document an early milestone following the 2022 launch.
