Using technology to give your Cause that extra punch
One of the touchstones for impactful and thriving cause-based organisations is prudent use of technology and it is great to see that this is being recognised in various forums. Last weekend the South...
View ArticleIs survival a new measure of success?
I have had a great few months swanning around the country side catching up with old acquaintances and making new ones over countless cups of coffee and the occasional tea. All of the people I met had...
View ArticleSay goodbye to the Gate-Keeper
By Patrick McFadden If I were to write about this eleven years ago I would have been considered idiosyncratic, but today I think it’s more visible than ever to see. When I say gatekeeper I’m not...
View ArticleInteresting trends amongst US nonprofits
This week the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) released the results of their fifth annual State of the Nonprofit Sector survey. As far as I can see the data relates only to US cause-based organisations...
View ArticleWhat not-for-profits can learn from IT Service Management – The help desk
By Claire Brereton Every organisation needs IT Service Management. IT Service Management is the part of IT which delivers the IT services, and its ‘front door’ is a help desk or service desk. Service...
View ArticleHow Highly Does Your Not-For-Profit Rank Innovation?
By Chris Gandy Came across two pieces of PwC research which shows that CEO’s around the world are increasing their efforts to innovate and find new ways to do business, in a move to stimulate growth...
View ArticleA Cloudy Future
Every organisation I know is considering the how, what and when of migrating some or all of their IT services to the cloud. Those in favour cite the reduced cost, the flexibility of cloud solutions...
View ArticleSure Beats Wandering in the Bush
Now where did we bury it again? By Chris Gandy I am relatively new to the farming game and have been on a steep learning curve for the past 25 years or so. One of he first lessons I learnt from this...
View ArticleToo Old for Social Media? Not!
From Dennis Fischman A bright and accomplished colleague wrote to me with a troubling question. “There was a job opening my contact encouraged me to apply for. I hesitated because one of the...
View ArticleA Revolution Is Happening – Take Advantage
From Chris Gandy Whether we like it or not there is a quiet revolution is happening and as is the nature of such events – there are bound to be winners and losers. The revolution in question is in the...
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