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In pt 1, Johan, Pat and Carolyn discuss Tech FOMO and the reasons nonprofits are susceptible to feeling it. They ask the webinar audience about their last new tech implementations and explore everyone’s current FOMO, AI. In part 2, Pat walks us through an IT decision making pathway (which you can download below) and Johan answers audience questions.
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Does your organization struggle to match your IT
to your actual business needs?
Learn how to right size your IT and get rid of FOMO.
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a natural human condition. And when it comes to technology, shiny new tools and platforms can seem very shiny. Add in tech giants’ large marketing budgets and vendors who pressure you to keep up with the latest and greatest, and you can feel like you constantly need to move to the newer, better solution to get the latest features, or you will be missing out.
What if you could escape the cycle of reacting to new technology marketing by firmly establishing a new tech decision making process based in your nonprofit’s needs, with flexibility and vision, that includes a mechanism to thoughtfully evaluate where you want to go with your nonprofit technology over time?
Join CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Director of Information Systems and Technology Pat Sprehe for this webinar to learn how to assess your nonprofit’s readiness for new technology. Give your leadership team practical tools to evaluate new technology wants vs needs.
Is your nonprofit suffering from new tech FOMO?
Free Download: IT Decision Making Cheat Sheet For Nonprofits
As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT believes strongly that your IT vendor should be able to explain everything without jargon or lingo.
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.
Presenters:
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.
Patrick Sprehe is now Director of Information Systems and Technology, after serving as the IT Business Manager Team Lead. As that team lead he managed the team that guides our clients’ IT roadmaps and provides help with overcoming nonprofit technology challenges.
Patrick brings a deep knowledge of technical support, an interest in new technology uses at nonprofits, and experience implementing and maintaining established platforms and systems for large and mid-sized nonprofit clients to his roles at Community IT. He has long noticed nonprofit tech FOMO in his work in this sector and is looking forward to sharing his advice and tips on overcoming it to make the best decisions for your organization.
Patrick graduated from University of Maryland, University College with a B.S. in Information Technology. He holds the Microsoft 365 Fundamentals MS 900 and Microsoft Administrator MS-102 certifications. Patrick is also a certified BRM (Business Relationship Management) Professional.
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 was happy to moderate this webinar on Nonprofit Tech FOMO.
Transcript coming soon
AI and Nonprofits: Resources mentioned in the webinar.
Frameworks:
TAG/Project Evident: https://www.tagtech.org/ai-resources-for-philanthropy/
Community IT webinar with TAG on the framework: https://communityit.com/webinar-nonprofit-ai-framework/
Project Evident AI resources: https://projectevident.org/ai-for-equitable-outcomes/
Prompts for nonprofits:
Google: https://support.google.com/nonprofits/answer/15287523?hl=en
Use Cases:
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-nonprofits-climate
Learning:
Tim Lockie AI Leadership course for nonprofits ($99): https://thehumanstack.com/academy/aiforanyone
Linkedin Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/topics/artificial-intelligence
Community IT Resources:
Community IT created this template from publicly available resources and tailored it to the nonprofit sector. All or parts of this policy can be freely used by your organization. There is no prior approval required. https://communityit.com/template-acceptable-use-of-ai-tools-in-the-nonprofit-workplace/
Nonprofit Cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman shares his thoughts in this podcast on the importance of AI Artificial Intelligence at nonprofits. https://communityit.com/podcast-ai-artificial-intelligence-at-nonprofits/
What does your nonprofit need to know about AI and ethics? https://communityit.com/webinar-artificial-intelligence-ai-and-ethics-for-nonprofits/