Slides for March 2009 Toledo, OH workshop "Creating Your Own Technology Plan." Related handout is online at http://tinyurl.com/d7kqzu.

2. Andy Wolber [email_address] Creating Your Own Technology Plan

5. www.slideshare.net/NPowerMichigan/

7. Technology & Today’s Nonprofit

8. “ 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.

9. Technology Budget Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. <=20 staff >20 staff 43% 60%

10. http://nptechsurvey.wordpress.com/

11. 83% of nonprofits spend less than 4% of their budget on technology. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.

12. Technology Plan Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. <=20 staff >20 staff 32% 71%

13. Technology Staff Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. <=20 staff >20 staff 34% 68%

14. Source: NTEN 2006 Nonprofit IT Staffing Survey Report.

15. www.nten.org/research

16. Technology Planning

17. 22% of nonprofits have a technology committee. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.

18. Who should be on your Tech Committee?

19. http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/

20. By Joni Podolsky Edited By Holly Ross Katrin Verclas Alison Levine

21. http://www.maintainitproject.org/cookbooks

22. http://www.icthub.org.uk/publications/#management

24. Tech Checklist 1. Computer 2. Internet infrastructure (security, backup) 3. Printer 4. Voice communications infrastructure 5. Basic software (documents, accounting) 6. Collaboration systems 7. Database(s) 8. Website 9. Storytelling equipment 10. Training

25. Computer

27. 16% <1 year 37% 1-3 years 33% 3-5 years Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.

28. $800-$1,500 1-year warranty 5-year life $1,000-$1,800 3-year warranty 3-year life www.dell.com :Optiplex 360 (left), Dell E6400 (right)

29. 1 2 3 4 5

30. 1 2 3 4 5

31. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 89% 4%

32. Internet & Infrastructure

33. Standard DSL download speed (1.5 Mbps) Standard DSL upload speed (384 kbps) T1 Line (1.5 Mbps) download & upload “symmetrical”

34. Standard DSL download speed (1.5 Mbps) Skype-to-Skype Video (384 kbps) Skype Voice (64 kbps) Standard DSL upload speed (384 kbps)

36. Ethernet 10/100/1000 Wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n

38. Printing & Imaging

40. Laser 3-5 cents Inkjet 10-35 cents Networked copier <2 cents Color laser 7-9 cents Source: http://www.jeffersondavis.k12.ms.us/Departments/InformationTechnology/FAQs/tabid/72/Default.aspx accessed on 8/9/2007.

41. drop.io/fax

42. Voice

46. http://nptechguide.pbwiki.com/

47. Office Software

49. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 49% 19%

50. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 53% 8%

52. Collaboration Systems

53. Left: HP Mediasmart Home Server EX485, including 750Gb hard drive, $600. Right: NAS Device (Synology Disk Station 207+, $340) plus 2 hard drives (Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 500Gb, $130 x 2).

55. http://www.commoncraft.com/video-googledocs

56. www.google.com/nonprofits/

57. Workspace.officelive.com

58. www.mycommittee.com

60. www.sherweb.com

61. www.dimdim.com

62. http://tinyurl.com/9dznct

63. http://tinyurl.com/2sardx

65. Databases

66. Web data 2005

67. Consolidate Connect Web-enable

68. One internal database Web data 2006 Plan Auto-sync

69. One internal database 2009 Reality Some Web data Events

70. One web database Cloud option

71. 53% Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 23% 41% Financials Donor Management Programs (Clients, Volunteers) “ Other”

72. List functional requirements (3 meetings, 1 hour each) Identify options (up to 4 hours per participant) Discuss alternatives; narrow list of options (2 meetings) Get product details Vendor demos Calls to real users User visits Decision

74. Photo source: http://tinyurl.com/b46wwt

75. Estimating Costs Source: www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/sep2003/johnston.htm , accessed 6/5/2006 Initial price Time to implement Cost of implementation Entry level $100 - $2.5k Up to 2 months 5 times initial price Small / medium business $5k - $40k Up to 6 months 1 times the initial price Small / medium enterprise $10k - $250k Up to 18 months 2 times the initial price tag Enterprise resource planning $250k - $50 million Up to 36 months 1-5 times the initial price tag

76. 1 2 3 4 5

77. 2006 Software Development Success Rates Source: http://www.sdtimes.com/article/story-20070301-01.html accessed on 8/9/2007.

78. Website

79. http://tinyurl.com/43u83p

84. www.WildApricot.com

85. Storytelling Tools

88. Photo source: Canon.com (PowerShot SD880) and www.Dell.com (MP1409x). 70% Data Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 59%

89. www.WeAreMedia.org

90. Training & Support

91. www.nhgreatlakes.com

92. Office.Microsoft.com/help

93. www.tinyurl.com/64herm

94. 29% <Contract on an as-needed basis 25% In-house MIS staff 22% Tech support w/1 or more providers 13% No formal approach to IT support 9% Volunteers to our agency 2% Friends and family of staff Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.

95. By Sue Bennett

96. www.delicious.com/NPowerMichigan/

97. One more tool…

98. www.google.com

99. www.google.com/advanced_search

100. Why? So YOU can better fulfill your mission.