Non-profits have less room for error when it comes to funding and implementing IT and technology projects. How have your implementations gone? Are you struggling with integration, limitations of staffing, funding, open source products? What is working well?
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Technology Decisions: How have your IT/Technology projects worked out?
Posted July 20th, 2008 by Michaelfire"Technology Decisions in Capacity Building", Brown Bag Lunch August 13, noon to 1:30 pm
Posted July 16th, 2008 by Michaelfire*Title:
"Technology Decisions in Capacity Building"
*Brief Description:
Organizations that expand their programs should be aware of the strategic
technology options available to them, and the benefits and risks associated
with each option. August 13, Noon to 1:30 pm, (We supply drinks and cookies) Free.
*A more detailed description:
Join Annkissam and Management Consulting Services for lunch (we supply the
drinks and cookies) and a workshop on the kind of technology decisions that
nonprofits face when scaling up their program operations. It's a great
chance to learn and network over lunch, and the event is free.
http://www.managementconsultingservices.org/node/94
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Networked Nonprofit Blog: Measuring 2.0 Success
Nonprofit leaders are becoming more familiar with the 2.0 tools and strategies that are creating a new paradigm for constituency engagement. A simple look at a nonprofit employment website shows a proliferation in new positions with titles such as "online community manager" or "new media communications associate". Even if an organization has yet to adopt the new technology, there is a growing awareness of a brave new world in which the organization must seek to engage.
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Review of Wikinomics, by Caroline Brokamp
Wikinomics, written by Tapscott and Williams, is a
fascinating, quick read which provides insight into the way mass collaboration
via online social networking has transformed the world of business. Each chapter focuses on a different industry,
illustrating how wikis, blogs, social networks and other Web 2.0 technologies
have influenced today’s business leaders.
Examples described in the book include how mass collaboration has fueled
the development of Proctor and Gamble’s new view on R&D, the Human Genome
Project’s advancements in science and IBM’s acceptance of Linux.
Networked Nonprofit Blog: Technology Term Cheat Sheet for Nonprofit Leaders
MCS hosts leadership groups for nonprofit leaders. The group asked me to develop a list of terms for an upcoming training so that we're all starting from the same page. I figured it would make for a good blog post. Here's the cheat sheet:
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Networked Nonprofit Blog: Your web and software infrastructure for less than $200 a year
Some funders and IT consultants claim that there is still a significant organizational gap when it comes to basic IT infrastructure. Such a story was true in the late nineties and into this decade, but it is a declining issue as a result of the amount of cheap or freely available software for nonprofits.
Much of this free software exists as software as a service on the web. The fact that the software is hosted on a website means that most of the processing for the software is happening on someone else's machine. This extends the life of your old computers since you don't need to upgrade to incorporate new software (unless you've made the mistake of upgrading to Windows VISTA).
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