gvsu nonprofit tech overview - michigan
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Basic overview of a few key issues and solutions commonly used in the nonprofit sector.TRANSCRIPT
Andy Wolberandy@npowermichigan.
org
Nonprofit Technology:Overview and Resources
NPower’s MissionTo inspire and empower
nonprofits to use technology to better serve their communities.
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Technology & Today’s
Nonprofit
“IT accounts, on average,for nearly 7% of a company's
operating expenses.”
Source: “More Bang for the IT Buck,” McKinsey Quarterly, 2003 Number 2.
68% of nonprofitsdo not track
technology spending.
Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2006.
88% of nonprofitsspend less than 4%
of their budgeton technology.
Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2006.
Technology adoption identification
correlates with spending
Source: NTEN 2006 Nonprofit IT Staffing Survey Report.
How Many IT Staff Per 100 Employees?
HMO
Government
For profit
Nonprofit
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mass. Department of Education, 1998.
Market Data
7,500 nonprofit organizations in Michigan
1,500 with budgets $500,000 - $5 million(1/3 of those in Metro Detroit area)
4,200 with budgets $25,000 - $499,999
Technology Essentials
TECH ESSENTIALS: Purchasing Guide
1. Computer $1,000.
2. Software 80.
3. Printer 500.
4. Backup 400.
5. DSL 500.
6. Wireless router, firewall and print server
130.
7. Domain email and website 10.
8. Fax 100.
9. Training 200.
10. Smartphone $1,500.
$4,420.
nptechguide.pbwiki.com
“The average time before a buyer replaces a PC... [is] 41 months for business desktops and almost five years for consumer machines.”
October 28, 2002Fortune Magazine
www.techsoup.org/stock/
www.idealware.org
www.salesforcefoundation.org/product
www.google.com/nonprofits/
www.sherweb.com
www.mozypro.com
http://tinyurl.com/43u83p
If you have a website…
1. You should be able to edit your website from any ___________.
2. Your website should have the ability to publish an _____ “feed”. This lets people use a “feed reader” to view new content.
wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Non-profit_Discount
www.WildApricot.com
http://www.groundspring.org/services/dms.cfm
www.GuideStar.org / www.NetworkforGood.org
Common Craft’s“RSS in Plain English”
http://www.blip.tv/file/205570/
www.Yammer.com
www.MobileActive.org
www.Scanr.com
TECH ESSENTIALS: Purchasing Guide
1. Computer Per person (5 years)
2. Software Per person (upgrades vary)
3. Printer Per ten+ users (4 years)
4. Backup drives Per office (3 years)
5. DSL Annually
6. Wireless router, firewall and print server
Per office (3 years)
7. Domain email and website Annually
8. Fax Per office (4 years)
9. Training Per person, annually
10. Smartphone Per person (2 years)
By Joni Podolsky By Sue BennettEdited By Holly RossKatrin VerclasAlison Levine
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Andy [email protected]