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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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