HOW WE WORK

Trestle is here to help teams understand their technology gaps, and offer guidance & support to help build capacity for strategic and thoughtful tech-enabled programs. 

OUR WORK LOOKS LIKE…

Quickly getting big tech projects on track

  • Swiftly fixing gaps and vulnerabilities in on-going web, app, or software projects.

  • Hands-on design, user experience, software engineering, scalability, and product strategy.

  • Evaluate if it’s best to build something from scratch or use an off-the-shelf tool.

Building better approaches to tech for organizing

  • Dive deep into an organization’s tech strategy, including staffing, tooling, and decision making.

  • Recommend digital security best practices that fit needs and constraints of organizers.

  • Use human-centered design to improve volunteer, member & voter engagement.

  • Suggest ways to save money, improve process and empower staff.

Growing
tech capacity

  • Guidance on RFPs, JDs and support in hiring process for hiring in-house tech teams;

  • Tech coaching & mentoring for org leaders running organizing programs that lean on technology

  • Mentorship for team members to level up their tech/design skills

Crisis response
& surge support

  • Identify and triage problems in uncertain, high-pressure situations

  • Quickly assemble teams of seasoned, dedicated technologists trained in organizing challenges to solve emergency issues or fill staffing gaps

TRESTLE DISCOVERY SPRINTS

Many of our collaborations start with short discovery sprints aimed at helping organizations assess the risks and challenges of a technology product, program or infrastructure, and to lay out tangible paths forward. 

These sprints can range from a holistic look into how an organization is approaching its technology to a focused dive into a single topic, feature or product — such as the viability of an old system, the security risks of specific software, or the user experience of volunteer tools. 

Discovery sprints are led by small multi-disciplinary teams of technologists and tailored to the question at hand.