Gordon Tan shares his thoughts on technology trends affecting not-for-profit organisations in 2015. These are hsi slides from his presentation at Connecting Up Conference 2015.

1. 6 not for profit technology
trends 2015

2. About Us
 R & G Technologies – established in 2003 currently 33 staff
 IT consulting & support to NFPs throughout Australia
 Co-presenters of ConnectingUp Technology Leadership Academy (2014)

3. 1. Cloud continues forward
 What is Cloud?
 Cloud adoption increasing in NFPs driven by:
 Office 365 Free
 Office 365 now in Australia
 Infrastructure as a Service
 SaaS

4. 2. “Connecting” to data on the rise
 NFP’s recognising the value in data
 Using data to connect “outcomes”
with $$
 Eg. Donors with projects
 Connecting clients/stakeholders
with data
 Eg. NDIS

5. 3. NFPs moving up the IT stack
 Spending more $$ on consulting, less $$ on "fixing
 Hardware and infrastructure is now a commodity
 It’s now about what do you do on top of the hardware
 More organisations are focusing on a holistic IT strategy
 What software do we need?
 What will integrate?
 What reporting do we need?

6. 4. Role of IT staff changing
• Windows Server 2003
• DNS, DHCP
• C++
• SQL
• “Maintain”
• SharePoint
• CRM administrator
• Pivot Tables
• SQL Reporting Services
• “Add value”

7. 5. Decision makers looking to
streamline
 All about efficiency!
 Paperless
 Looking at manual processes - Digitising paper forms and checklists
 Moving off excel sheets and access databases

8. 6. Mobility driven by cloud
 More organisations offering access from home or remote locations
 Driven by SaaS and IaaS adoption
 Advantages
 Efficiency
 Staff satisfaction
 Better service

9. Thank you
 I will be covering more of this and other topics in my presentation:
“The modern not for profit - how to leverage SharePoint and Client
Management Software (Friday 1:00 PM)”