Moving Horror Stories – Apartment Therapy

I’m sure for all the sob stories on horrible movers on this thread there are hundreds of happy customers out there whose moves went right on schedule and whose movers broke nothing. But those are not these stories.

September 2016 News

At Community IT Innovators, we are honored to serve nearly 150 nonprofit organizations every day. We are proud to announce that Community IT has been named the top Managed Service Provider (MSP) headquartered in Washington, DC, and one of the top 200 MSPs in North America, according to MSPMentor.

Community IT Innovators Highest Ranked MSP in Washington DC – 2016 MSP 501

In the North America Top 200 Community IT Innovators ranked #163, which makes us the highest ranked MSP in Washington DC. On the Global Top 501, we ranked 191 globally. Congratulations to our team! This ranking makes us determined to keep and increase our level of customer service and satisfaction.

Planning and IT Project Management for Nonprofits – Slides and Recording Links

If you missed our presentation on our methodology for nonprofit managers who need to manage an IT project, you can find the slides and recording here. This webinar talks about discovering your business needs and linking them to IT initiatives, and how to plan to gather metrics and demonstrate ROI. We address roles and responsibilities, planning, implementation, follow up, and tips for success. We touch on how to hire consultants and vet vendors.

Nonprofit Technology Return on Investment – What Is ROI?

How does my organization recognize the many tangible, financial, and intangible benefits to better justify IT projects that often seem to be costly both in time and budget? Can we use ROI projections to help our decision making process on those investments up front? Is ROI more than just an educated guess? This article by Peter Campbell addresses these questions and can help guide your IT project management.

August 2016 News

Community IT August 2016 News covering IT Management at nonprofits and August webinar on methodology for IT Infrastructure Management at nonprofits.

NTEN Ask The Expert – Security Smarts

The recording of this online panel is available free to NTEN members. Community IT Innovators’ own Johanny Torrico participated in an NTEN online panel discussion in August 2016 on security threats you may be overlooking at your organization.

Building an Effective IT Department: Slides & Recording Links

If you missed the July free webinar on Building an Effective Nonprofit IT Department you can catch up with the slides and recording. In this webinar Community IT Innovators President and CEO Johan Hammerstrom presents how to effectively integrate your IT staff into the rest of your organization, what functions can be effectively outsourced, and which must remain in-house.

Webinar: August 25th 2016 – Planning and IT Project Management for Nonprofits – Slides & Recording

If you missed this presentation on our methodology for nonprofit managers who need to manage an IT project you can see the free slides and recording. We talk about discovering your business needs and linking them to IT initiatives, and how to plan to gather metrics and demonstrate ROI. We touch on how to hire consultants and vet vendors. And we talk about how to integrate staff into your implementation and roll out, and get buy-in and support from executives.

Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments

In conjunction with Johan’s webinar this week on building an effective IT department at your nonprofit, I’m sharing the most recent NTEN 9th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments Report published last August.