Managing Technology To Meet Your Mission

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

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

The only nonprofit management book you must have-in an exciting new edition As a nonprofit manager, you have to be more effective and more efficient than ever to win funding and support to ensure your organization pursues its mission, meets community needs, and maintains its budget, while juggling the demands of funders, clientele, boards, staff, and community. This Third Edition of Mission-Based Management provides comprehensive, hands-on guidance that addresses your unique concerns as a nonprofit manager and policy-maker Addresses the effects of SOX, organizational transparency, new technologies, technology planning, and marketing in today's environment Is written by a nationally recognized expert who has trained thousands of nonprofit managers in hundreds of seminars on the best practices in nonprofit management Includes in each chapter a recap and a list of questions for group discussion More than ever before, as a nonprofit manager, you want and need practical guidance on how to do your job and run your organization more effectively and efficiently. And more than ever before, Mission-Based Management, Third Edition provides the definitive answer.

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