Nonprofit IT Leadership
Working With Your Remote Team
In recent years more and more workers have begun working remotely, either full-time or some of the time. While the benefits for remote workers are clear – more flexible worktimes and lack of a commute, among others – it can be difficult to manage teams where one or more workers are remote. There are challenges… Read More
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The Importance of a Tech Savvy Board Member
You already know how important it is to have a diverse board, full of people from different personal and professional backgrounds. Having people with a variety of knowledge and insights as stakeholders in your organization can help keep you on track to reach your long-term goals, and it can help you understand when a change… Read More
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Basic IT Knowledge for Nonprofit Leaders
When you set out to work at, or run, a nonprofit you probably didn’t think you would need to think about IT at all, let alone manage or budget for it. While you don’t need to be an IT expert to successfully run your organization, you and other stakeholders need to have a basic understanding… Read More
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How Your Nonprofit Can Manage Data Breaches and Minimize Risk
Every day businesses and organizations collect personal data from people. Whether it is taking donations or payments, collecting contact information for newsletter subscriptions, or maintaining employee and volunteer records, your nonprofit probably has a large amount of personal information stored in your records. You also have financial information and other files that are private or… Read More
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6 Tips for Nonprofit Technology Management
Nonprofit organizations require a number of resources to achieve their mission, but lack of proper IT support for nonprofits continues to be an issue. Perhaps your organization can’t afford to hire a full-time IT Manager and your day is interrupted with intermittent tech issues, security updates, or website maintenance. How can you manage your nonprofit… Read More
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How an IT Consultant Can Benefit Your Nonprofit
Peter Franklin, Tech Networks of Boston Small to medium nonprofits are used to conserving their funds and operating with a staff who wear many hats. This may mean the executive director or office manager is responsible for all IT functions. Conversely, a larger nonprofit might be able to hire an IT Manager, but one… Read More
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Nonprofit Cybersecurity Cheat Sheet
Ransomware…Spoofing…Spear-Phishing…. With cybersecurity in the headlines every day, it’s important to know what the terms mean to better educate yourself and your users. We’ve made a cheat sheet of cybersecurity jargon that you need to know. Authentication: A process, such as a login and password combination, used to identify a user, process, or device prior… Read More
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What every nonprofit executive needs to know about information technology
By Deborah Elizabeth Finn 1. A nonprofit CEO does not need to have a lot of hands-on technical experience to participate actively in strategic IT planning. As long as you thoroughly understand your organization’s overall mission, strategy, and tactics (and are willing to learn a little bit about the technology), you can keep your information… Read More
We’ve created an infographic on the current state of the nonprofit cloud:
