October 2017 News

In our October Newsletter you’ll find links to nonprofit IT resources including links to our upcoming webinar What’s New In Office 365. Join our panel of IT experts and learn how to promote the time-saving and security features to your staff and colleagues so they will appreciate this platform too.

Your Nonprofit IT Budget – Webinar Slides & Recording

If you missed the webinar on Your Nonprofit IT Budget in September you can find the links to the slides and recording here. Johan Hammerstrom dives into methods for sorting out your IT needs – not just your previous expenses – and speaking about them as strategic decisions not separate from other management level decisions on organization direction and focus.

Webinar: October 18th 2017 – What's New In Office 365 – Slides & Recording

Join us for our October 18th webinar to learn what’s new in Office 365, how to make the most of its features for your organization, training your staff to see the value of this platform, and tips to save time and work efficiently and effectively.

Nonprofit Budgeting Juggle

“(Nonprofit) Budgeting is about as much fun as juggling open jars of spicy chipotle mayonnaise. It’s messy and painful.” – Vu Le, NonprofitAF

Building A Better Budget

To gear up for the budgeting for IT webinar this week, a link to post from the National Council of Nonprofits on building a better budget, and video interview from Nonprofit Quarterly on budget failures and fraud.

September 2017 News

We’ve updated information for the September webinar on Your Nonprofit IT Budget, and you will find other useful links here to resources on using and thinking about data at your nonprofit organization.

Webinar: September 20th, 2017 – Your Nonprofit IT Budget – Slides & Recording

This webinar covers what your budget needs to include, how to budget for IT security, and how to discuss IT costs calmly with non-technical executives in order to integrate IT as a strategic management decision at all levels.

We Are All Data Managers – Webinar With Build Slide & Recording Links

Links to the slides and YouTube video for our August webinar for nonprofit organizations with Build Consulting “We Are All Data Managers,” including resources, tools, and answers to common questions on encouraging a data management mindset.

Webinar: Wednesday September 20th – Topic Open For Suggestions!

For our next webinar, please suggest a topic for us to cover on Wednesday September 20th from 4-5pm EDT.

Staff Leaving? Dealing with Data Retention

Data transitions should be part of the exit process, before the final paycheck.  Each employee leaves a data trail, and expectations need to be set about how this data is handled.  You should carefully consider what data needs to be kept, for how long, and who has access to that information.