with Johan Hammerstrom and Carolyn Woodard
Wednesday, September 23d, 2026, from 3-4pm Eastern, Noon Pacific
Can any nonprofit do their best work without highly functioning IT?
Does your organization have someone who truly owns IT?
Not just someone who fixes IT things when they break, but plans for IT, budgets for IT, and makes the case for investing in IT?
If you’re not sure, you’re not alone. Across the nonprofit sector, IT is often the one function where leaders feel licensed to say “I’m not a tech person” and stop there in a way they never would for finance or HR. But being a nonprofit leader means managing what your nonprofit needs to do your work, and functional IT is number one on that list.
Webinar: Growing IT Management Capacity at Nonprofits
Join Johan Hammerstrom, CEO of Community IT, and Carolyn Woodard, Director of Marketing, for a conversation on why IT management capacity, not just funding for IT tools, is the real lever for nonprofit resilience.
After 25 years working exclusively with nonprofits, we’ve come to believe the sector has a persistent, largely invisible problem: IT management has become separated from organizational leadership in a way no other function has. Nonprofits don’t usually struggle because they bought the wrong software. They struggle because no one owns the strategy, governance, and decision-making behind their technology.
In this session, Johan and Carolyn will talk through what well-managed IT actually requires. In our experience, the most effective IT leaders at nonprofits don’t need to be the most technical person in the room. What would it look like for leadership and funders to start treating IT management as core organizational infrastructure, the same way they already treat financial management or board development?
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.
The session will include time for a dedicated Q&A. You are invited to submit your specific questions regarding IT management and nonprofit leadership when you register.
As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.
Presenters:
Carolyn Woodard is currently head of Marketing and Outreach at Community IT Innovators. She has served many roles at Community IT, from client to project manager to marketing. With over twenty years of experience in the nonprofit world, including as a nonprofit technology project manager and Director of IT at both large and small organizations, Carolyn knows the frustrations and delights of working with technology professionals, accidental techies, executives, and staff to deliver your organization’s mission and keep your IT infrastructure operating. She has a master’s degree in Nonprofit Management from Johns Hopkins University and received her undergraduate degree in English Literature from Williams College. She is looking forward to having this discussion about the important topic that is close to her heart – growing IT management capacity at nonprofits.
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.
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