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Miles Maier Twitter @LasaICTIan RunecklesLasa
Managing ICT
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• Funded by DfE via Children England
• Capacity building CYP knowledge of ICT
• Series of 6 webinars on technologyhttp://lasa.eventbrite.co.uk
www.childrenengland.org.uk/overview/1584
About Lasa
• 25+ years in the sector
• Technology leadership, publications, events and consultancy• www.lasa.org.uk/ict
• Welfare Rights• www.rightsnet.org.uk
Managing ICT
• manage your organisation’s technology
• developing a technology strategy
• where to go for impartial technology help
• discount and donation schemes
• funding ICT
Outcome: improving organisational ICT to support your service delivery
Audience Poll #1
What is your main area of responsibility?
•CEO
•Management
•Information technology
•Finance/Administration
•Other
Audience Poll #2
What size of organisation are you from?
•£5m - £10m
•£1m - £5m
•£501k - £1m
•£101k - £500k
•£26k - £100k
•Under £25k
Audience Poll #3
Number of people in your organisation using IT services (including staff and volunteers)?
•1-10•11-25•26-50•51-100•Over 100•We do not employ any staff
Audience Poll #4
Who provides internal IT support?
•I am the internal IT support
•we have an internal person
•volunteer or Trustee
•we use an external company
•we don’t have anyone
Managing ICT - IT disconnect
IT is usually somewhat of a black sheep for managers and trustees
•techies speak a different language
•don’t know what it is you don’t know
•perceive IT as doing its own thing
•lack of time or desire to fully understand IT
Managing ICT – IT Disconnect
Techies tell us:
•People assume that technology is a cure-all
•People think IT is about fixing computers
•People think organisational IT is simple
However:
•technology is an Enabler
•IT must support People and Processes
•communicate goals and expectations to IT
Audience Poll #5
Consider the following statement: “I have a clear understanding of our organisation’s mission and strategic plan.” Do you:
•Strongly Agree •Agree •Neutral •Disagree •Strongly Disagree
Managing ICT: Fix the disconnect
Q. How does IT enable, facilitate, or otherwise contribute to the achievement of your goals?
A. Through the IT Strategy
•Understand your organisation’s mission and goals
•Understand role IT plays in helping your organisation achieve its goals:
Managing ICT: The IT StrategyTypical IT Strategy headings:
•Organisation mission and goals
•Timescale
•How technology will meet those aims
•Standards, policies, procedures
•Technology projects
•Schedule and costs
www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/itstrategyframework
www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/businessstrategy
Managing ICT: Health-check
Baseline information on IT needs and gaps
DIY health-checks•www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/healthchecklists•Or www.ictchampions.org.uk
Inventory•Belarc advisor - www.belarc.com•Spiceworks - www.spiceworks.com•IT Handbook www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/techhandbook
Managing ICT: Risk
Increasing dependence on technology, requires identification, assessment, and mitigation of IT-related risks
•Management – understand IT risks to the org •IT – help managers understand options
www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/riskassessment
Managing ICT: Investing
What’s our IT investment model?
Use Gartner’s Run-Grow-Transform model:
•RUN = keep the organisation running
•GROW = projects and initiatives improving
organisational efficiencies and effectiveness
•TRANSFORM = providing new products or
services
Audience Poll #6
IT Budget Run Grow Transform
Org A 80% 20% 0%
Org B 60% 30% 10%
Org C 50% 30% 20%
None of the above
Not sure
Which organisation are you?
Managing ICT: Resources
Strategy and planning• www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/strategyplanning
Backing-up data• www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/backupstrategy
Budgeting• www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/calculatingtechnologyb
udget
Policies and procedures• www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/acceptableusepolicy
Audience Poll #7
Do you allow staff to use their own devices (mobiles, tablets, laptops) on your network?
•Yes
•No
Audience Poll #8
Do you have policies and procedures in place to manage Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)?
•Yes
•No
Managing ICT: BYODNot about whether BYOD should happen, because it is, but how to manage it
Business benefits:•cost savings, staff satisfaction, productivity gains, business continuity
Business risks:•assume the worst and plan for it!•staff will work around, even if you tell them not to•staff value convenience more than security•assume USB drives will be lost and you will never know
Managing ICT: BYOD
Managing BYOD:•Be proactive and assess needs for your organisation •Security - set appropriate access controls (who really needs access)
Policy•BYOD is not standalone - fits with HR and terms of employment, codes of conduct, confidentiality, data protection, etc
Education•Staff are your frontline – educate them about acceptable use
Enforcement•Windows Intune PC management & security in the cloud http://bit.ly/Qk3tUc•www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/byodnightmare
Audience Poll #9
Does your organisation take advantage of discounted or donated products?
•Yes•No
Donations, Discounts, Free
IT Volunteers•IT4C - www.it4communities.org.uk
Software *•Donated: www.ctxchange.org •Discounted: www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/charitysoftwaresuppliers
Free and Open Source alternatives•OpenOffice - www.openoffice.org•Anti-virus - www.avg.com/gb-en/homepage
Free and low cost tools
• Toolbox of online tools:
www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk/onlinetools
• Collaborate, file storage/sync, organise events,
arrange meetings, timelines, photo editing, etc
• Flexible, pay as you go, any device with a web
browser
Funding ICTFunders tell us: “Your project can use technology to help our beneficiaries, but it can’t be about the technology itself”
Directory of Social Changewww.dsc.org.uk/Publications/FundingWebsites
NCVOwww.ncvo-vol.org.uk/advice-support/ict/research
Funding tech tipswww.advocacynet.org/modules/fck/upload/file/buildingyouricthouse/Finance.pdf/
ICT help and support
• AbilityNet - www.abilitynet.org.uk
• Charity Technology Trust – www.ctt.org
• Know How Non Profit - www.knowhownonprofit.org/
• Idealware - http://idealware.org/
• NTEN – www.nten.org/
Lasa ICT help and support
Lasa ICT Knowledgebase• over 470 articles on all aspects of ICT• www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk
Lasa Suppliers Directory• only trusted suppliers listed• www.suppliersdirectory.org.uk
UKRiders discussion list• over 500 experts• http://ukriders.lasa.org.uk/
Lasa ICT help and support
eBulletin• free to subscribe, monthly roundup• www.lasa.org.uk/lasa/mailing-lists/
Events• programme of IT conferences and webinars• www.lasa.org.uk/ict/lasa-technology-events-
and-conference-programme-2012/
Consultancy• project management, strategy• www.lasa.org.uk/ict/consultancy/
Summing up….
This webinar is a conversation starter:
•Understanding contribution of technology to the organisation’s service delivery
•Improving use of technology
•Improving alignment of technology with the business plan
Coming up next….
• 11 July – Data Protection (Paul Ticher)
• 18 July – Social Media (Paul Webster)
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