Case Study

Simplifying backend tasks with user-friendly solution

Rapid development supports local musicians and seniors

The Client

Can't Stop Columbus

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cantstopcolumbus.com

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Description

Curbside Concerts is a nonprofit that started during the pandemic with a simple Google Form. As demand grew quickly, they needed help developing an easy-to-use public-facing interface and reducing the manual burden on the back-end.

Our consultants delivered a fully-realized website and scheduling tools in just one month.

Location & Size

More than 1,700 volunters
Columbus, Ohio

Services Provided

Software Delivery

Impact Areas

Project management
Web development

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The Mission

(we chose to accept it)

In response to the worldwide pandemic and local quarantine lockdown, Can’t Stop Columbus and The Columbus Foundation created Curbside Concerts to bring joy and celebrate the people we care about.

Initially focused on the elderly and those feeling the impact of isolation, the website allowed Columbus area residents to request and schedule live music performances for their loved ones.

Can’t Stop Columbus volunteers used a simple Google Form to manually check requests against artist availability. As demand grew quickly, they needed help developing an easy-to-use public-facing interface and reducing the manual burden on the back-end.

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The Fix

Test Double helped take Can’t Stop Columbus’ project from idea to fully realized website over the course of a month.

Development included building the site from the ground up in Elixir, integrating forms into the website, and adding additional back-end features iteratively along the way. Admin dashboard reporting was built to consolidate requests and availability, simplify scheduling, and enable email notifications to both the requester and the artist.

Consulting and project management focused on identifying the most important features to develop initially, then managing development against additional features to assist both volunteers and users. Artist profiles allowed users to browse and even pick a favorite song when requesting a concert. Virtual tip jars were also connected to further support the talented, local musicians.

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CONSULTANTS

Tech & Techniques

Elixir
Heroku
LiveView
Phoenix

The Results

Our consultants delivered a fully-realized website and scheduling tools in one month.

Test Double believes in the power of empathy to bring people together and solve problems. We were thrilled to help Can’t Stop Columbus keep people connected by sending live musical performances to loved ones.

Test Double’s involvement turned a manual, time-consuming process into an efficient, scalable solution that brought joy and connection to the Columbus community during a challenging time.

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700

free concerts

750

Provide joy to more than 750 seniors

50+

Paid engagements for 50+ local musicians over 7 months

Testimonial

Speed

The technology backbone developed by Test Double made this project possible at the scale that was achieved. Test Double instantly jumped in to help bring the Curbside Concerts project to life. By providing two developers they worked several weeks to stand up the online interface and a custom scheduling tool to receive concert requests and schedule routes for the driver and artist that enabled us to bring joy to over 700 seniors amidst the height of the pandemic.

Jordan Davis

Can't Stop Columbus