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Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission

Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is a practical resource that will help nonprofit professionals make smart, strategic decisions about technology. The book shows how to effectively manage technology and offers practical advice for decision makers and staff alike who often have little or no experience with technology.

With contributions from the top experts in the nonprofit technology field, this must-have guide addresses technology planning and people. It includes the tools you need to get the work done, and the knowledge that will help you communicate better, evaluate technology investments, raise money, and more. Written in nontechnical language the book covers a broad spectrum of topics including:

Achieving IT Alignment with Your Mission

STEVE HEYE, YMCA of the USA

Managing Technology Change

DAHNA GOLDSTEIN, PhilanTech

Measuring the Return on Investment of Technology

BETH KANTER, trainer, blogger and consultant

IT Planning and Prioritizing

PETER CAMPBELL, Earthjustice

Finding and Keeping the Right People

JAMES L. WEINBERG and CASSIE SCARANO, Commongood Careers

Budgeting For and Funding Technology

SCOTT MCCALLUM and KEITH R. THODE, Aidmatrix Foundation

Introduction to IT and Systems

KEVIN LO and WILLOW COOK,

TechSoup Global

Where Are Your Stakeholders, and What Are They Doing Online?

MICHAEL CERVINO, Beaconfire Consulting

Effective Online Communications

JOHN KENYON, nonprofit technology strategist

Effective Online Fundraising

MADELINE STANIONIS, Watershed

The Future of IT in Nonprofits

EDWARD GRANGER-HAPP, Save the Children

Praise for Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission

"This invaluable guide for nonprofit leaders proves that nonprofit organizations can and should embrace technology, rather than being scared of or intimidated by it!"

--KRISTIE FERKETICH, SENIOR STRATEGIST, GOOGLE GRANTS, GOOGLE INC.

"NTEN's Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission can help leaders craft a technology strategy that makes sense and builds ROI while also providing inspiration for their staff and supporters!"

--JONATHON D. COLMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND WEB EVANGELISTA, DIGITAL MARKETING, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY