Nonprofit essentials
Subtitle: managing technology
By: Jeannette Woodward.
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780471738381
Subjects: Office practice -- Automation.; Nonprofit organizations -- Management.; Information technology -- Management.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Purpose; title: Overview of content; title: Technology brings change; title: Audience; title: Acknowledgements; title: Getting started with technology; title: Objectives; title: The impact of computers; title: Learning from the business world; title: Planning for technology; title: Assigning responsibility for technology; title: Technology planning takes time; title: Performing a technology assessment; title: To learn more about technology assessments; title: Exhibit 1.1: taking a hardware and software inventory; title: Focusing on individuals; title: Identifying talented members; title: Matching personalities with responsibilities; title: Exhibit 1.2: policies governing volunteers; title: Assessing current computer use; title: Where do you begin?; title: Tips and techniques: barriers to effective use of technology; title: Choosing your first technology project; title: In the real world: starting small; title: Measuring results; title: Comparing alternate projects; title: Analyzing the cost of the database project; title: Analyzing the cost of the presentation project; title: Additional costs; title: Identifying the benefits of the database project; title: Identifying the benefits of presentation support; title: Tips and techniques: making technology part of the project; title: Creating a written technology plan; title: Exhibit 1.3: why do you need a technology plan?; title: Looking ahead to the future; title: Tips and techniques: five keys to a successful technology program; title: Developing technology leadership; title: Discovering community leadership resources; title: Educational opportunities for leaders; title: To learn more about online resources for board members; title: Exhibit 1.4: characteristics of a good technology plan; title: Identifying training needs; title: Planning an effective training program; title: Tips and techniques: getting help for technology planning; title: The nuts and bolts of technology; title: Establishing hardware and software standards; title: Try before you buy; title: Donations of new hardware and software; title: Tips and techniques: implementing your technology plan; title: Summing it up; title: Technology planning for the small organization; title: Objectives; title: A tale of two nonprofits; title: Where does one begin?; title: How can technology work for you?; title: Taking the first steps; title: Step 1: decide who will do the planning; title: Step 2: obtain official nonprofit status; title: Step 3: decide on two or three small but significant projects; title: Exhibit 2.1: e-mail: the most valuable computer application; title: Step 4: establish an annual budget; title: Step 5: identify additional sources of funding; title: To learn more about online opportunities for grant seekers; title: Step 6: take stock of what you have; title: Step 7: decide on minimum hardware requirements; title: To learn more about technology for nonprofits; title: Step 8: decide how computers will communicate with one another; title: Exhibit 2.2: networking basics; title: Step 9: decide how your computer system will access the internet; title: Tips and techniques: opportunities for nonprofits on the; title: World wide web; title: Step 10: how will you choose and control software?; title: Exhibit 2.3: choosing software; title: Step 11: develop a strategy for attracting computer-literate; title: Volunteers; title: To learn more about recruiting teen volunteers; title: Step 12: plan a computer training program; title: Step 13: decide on the role that personally-owned computers will play; title: Step 14: how will the organization's computers be protected?; title: Step 15: decide how and when progress will be evaluated and the; title: Plan will be updated; title: Putting it in writing; title: Summing it up.