Listen in on CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Director of IT Consulting Steve Longenecker in a presentation originally given to the UST Education audience for CPE/CAE credits.
Every nonprofit organization must have IT tools and a platform, so it’s great that Google offers its Google Workspace suite at a discount to nonprofit organizations. Many new nonprofits use these tools to start up their organization. For small, young, and growing nonprofit organizations, and nonprofits in the education field, this inexpensive suite of essential IT tools is becoming a popular standard.
Of course, there’s a competing service provider also offering a suite of cloud-based basic business productivity tools, also at greatly reduced prices to qualified nonprofit organizations: Microsoft.
We are often asked to give our opinion over which platform our clients should use. The answer is not as simple as you might think.
Learn the differences, how to choose, and when to contemplate changing platforms in this webinar with Community IT Innovators CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Director of IT Consulting Steve Longenecker. Johan and Steve together have over 40 years of experience in nonprofit IT and have worked with hundreds of nonprofit clients as they make crucial decisions about IT platforms.
Learn how to think about your IT management as a nonprofit leader.
Learning Objectives:
This video is designed for nonprofit leaders and IT professionals.
Since 2020, UST Education has provided high quality continuing education to the business communities in which US Transactions Corporations is engaged. Our team ensures proactive support, ease of registration, and fast credentialing for our interactive webinars, and our expert instructors address topics relevant to the professionals we serve.
Community IT is always looking for opportunities to provide nonprofits technical tips and insights from our 20+ years of serving this sector. Johan and Steve were happy to sit down with the UST audience and discuss the pros and cons of each platform and how to make business decisions about switching platforms or taking a hybrid approach to use the best features of each.
As with all our webinars, these presentations are appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.
Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community. That said, we’re obviously talking about two specific platforms in this presentation, Microsoft and Google – and we find that 99% of our clients are using one or the other, or a hybrid of both. Given that these platforms are widely used by nonprofits, it is in that context that we discuss the choices, advantages, and trade-offs that you could be facing as you choose a platform for your nonprofit.
Johan Hammerstrom’s focus and expertise are in nonprofit IT leadership, governance practices, and nonprofit IT strategy. In addition to deep experience supporting hundreds of nonprofit clients for over 20 years, Johan has a technical background as a computer engineer and a strong servant-leadership style as the head of an employee-owned small service business. After advising and strategizing with nonprofit clients over the years, he has gained a wealth of insight into the budget and decision-making culture at nonprofits – a culture that enables creative IT management but can place constraints on strategies and implementation.
As CEO, Johan provides high-level direction and leadership in client partnerships. He also guides Community IT’s relationship to its Board and ESOP employee-owners. Johan is also instrumental in building a Community IT value of giving back to the sector by sharing resources and knowledge through free website materials, monthly webinars, and external speaking engagements.
Johan was thrilled to present this webinar on Microsoft VS Google Workplace: Choosing the Right Platform.
As Director of IT Consulting, Steve Longenecker divides his time at Community IT primarily between managing the company’s Projects Team and consulting with clients on IT planning. Steve brings a deep background in IT support and strategic IT management experience to his work with clients. His thoughtful and empathetic demeanor helps non-technical nonprofit leaders manage their IT projects and understand the Community IT partnership approach.
Steve also specializes in Information Architecture and migrations, implementations, file-sharing platforms, collaboration tools, and Google Workspace support. His knowledge of nonprofit budgeting and management styles make him an invaluable partner in technology projects.
Steve is MCSE certified. He has a B.A. in Biology from Earlham College in Richmond, IN and a Masters in the Art of Teaching from Tufts University in Massachusetts.
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