Do you budget to replace a third of your laptops every year? Is your cybersecurity patching and antivirus up to date? How often to you hold cybersecurity staff trainings? How can you ensure your big IT migration doesn’t happen the same month as your big annual conference and stress everyone out?

To fully utilize the power of IT to support your nonprofit, you need to have a plan. You don’t have to be an IT expert to incorporate basic IT budgeting and timelines into your strategic planning. 

Join Johan Hammerstrom, CEO of Community IT Innovators, to learn actionable first steps and view some templates for creating a simple IT Roadmap that can help your nonprofit succeed.

In Part 1 you will learn 

• how to set priorities, 
• how to design your IT roadmap from those priorities

Part 2 covers

• how to allocate budget/time/staff energy, 
• how to understand the capacity of your organization for change, 
• how to build a simple timeline for implementing IT updates and tech projects, whether large or small.
• Audience Q&A

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

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Do you budget to replace a third of your laptops every year? Is your cybersecurity patching and antivirus up to date? How often to you hold cybersecurity staff trainings? How can you ensure your big IT migration doesn’t happen the same month as your big annual conference and stress everyone out?

To fully utilize the power of IT to support your nonprofit, you need to have a plan. You don’t have to be an IT expert to incorporate basic IT budgeting and timelines into your strategic planning. 

Join Johan Hammerstrom, CEO of Community IT Innovators, to learn actionable first steps and view some templates for creating a simple IT Roadmap that can help your nonprofit succeed.

In Part 1 you will learn 

• how to set priorities, 
• how to design your IT roadmap from those priorities

Part 2 covers

• how to allocate budget/time/staff energy, 
• how to understand the capacity of your organization for change, 
• how to build a simple timeline for implementing IT updates and tech projects, whether large or small.

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

_______________________________
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• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
• email Carolyn at [email protected]
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Today Carolyn catches up with Norwin Herrera, recently promoted to IT Business Manager (ITBM) Team Lead. He talks more about the role the ITBMS fill with clients, guiding them to well-managed IT and helping with strategic planning, budgeting, and investing in addition to keeping IT running smoothly. 

The Community IT ITBM service is unique to our company. ITBMs provide an outsourced IT manager to clients at a reduced cost to hiring and having an IT manager on staff. This manager is a resource dedicated to matching technology solutions to clients’ business needs. To do this well requires an ongoing conversation with the client to continually understand their business needs, and then effective communication with client staff and leadership about the ways specific technology solutions can meet those business needs. 

The ITBM makes recommendations on IT investments, training programs, maintenance, and licenses. They help the client be forward-looking, and act as a vendor-agnostic, trusted advisor with deep knowledge of the nonprofit IT software and platforms available. Because Community IT works in partnership with clients to manage IT needs longterm, sometimes the advice does not involve investing in more, or more expensive, IT tools at all – and when the ITBM develops a long relationship with the client they can be a true asset to the nonprofit.

"The success of Community IT is that we share knowledge. We don't keep it to ourselves. The more we share, the more we learn, the more effective we are with the work that we do with our clients." 

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Ever heard about something that sounded really cool, like Artificial Intelligence or Blockchain and thought to yourself, my nonprofit needs to get some of that, no matter the cost? 

Or have you had a vendor approach you with bleeding edge technology and swear it can transform your nonprofit and the world, but you have doubts? 

Are you looking around at peer organizations and feeling a little fomo? Not sure what you need to know about?

Nura Aboki, Senior Engineer-IT Business Manager-Tech Strategist talks with CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Carolyn Woodard on the “buzziest” technologies, their realistic promise for the nonprofit sector, and where they are not quite ready for primetime. 

Is your nonprofit tech foundation in place for a big innovative leap? Or are you poised to fall hard? 

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. This presentation was made for the 23NTC virtual conference.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

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Do you find a leader and teach them IT? 
Or do you find an IT person and teach them leadership?

Join Community IT CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Build Consulting co-founding Partner David Deal for this discussion of leadership needs and career training in nonprofit technology. 

In part 2 Johan and David narrow in on how nonprofit leaders can match IT needs with strategic business needs to grow their organization and invest in opportunities to be more efficient. They also touch on 3 traits of IT leaders that you can cultivate: setting priorities, leading by example, and holding yourself and your organization accountable.

Between them, Johan and David have decades of experience both in being executive leaders and in interacting with IT leaders at nonprofit clients, from large to small, with a variety of IT needs. Learn about leadership at nonprofits and who finds themselves managing IT. 

In part 1, Johan and David discuss leadership broadly, and how to avoid being pigeonholed into EITHER management/leadership or IT, when the reality is that nonprofits need leaders who can do both. They discuss resources to find your path and how to find mentors. 

As with all our webinars, these presentations are appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

_______________________________
Start a conversation :)

• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
• email Carolyn at [email protected]
• on LinkedIn

Thanks for listening.

Do you find a leader and teach them IT? 
Or do you find an IT person and teach them leadership?

Join Community IT CEO Johan Hammerstrom and Build Consulting co-founding Partner David Deal for this discussion of leadership needs and career training in nonprofit technology. 

How can you be an effective advocate for technology opportunities for your nonprofit?

What do nonprofit IT leaders need to succeed?

Between them, Johan and David have decades of experience both in being executive leaders and in interacting with IT leaders at nonprofit clients, from large to small, with a variety of IT needs. Learn about leadership at nonprofits and who finds themselves managing IT. 

In part 1, Johan and David discuss leadership broadly, and how to avoid being pigeonholed into EITHER management/leadership or IT, when the reality is that nonprofits need leaders who can do both. They discuss resources to find your path and how to find mentors. 

In part 2 Johan and David narrow in on how nonprofit leaders can match IT needs with strategic business needs to grow their organization and invest in opportunities to be more efficient. They also touch on 3 traits of IT leaders that you can cultivate: setting priorities, leading by example, and holding yourself and your organization accountable.

As with all our webinars, these presentations are appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

_______________________________
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• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
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Thanks for listening.

Vendors have been trying to sell fundraising AI (Artificial Intelligence) for years now, promising to effortlessly analyze your database and help move members to major donors by automating the right ask at the right time. AI completes our emails and chides us when we don’t take a break between meetings. AI can be a tool for equity and can also just be an expensive investment. AI is transforming jobs right now.

Nura Aboki is a senior consultant at Community IT and watching the rapid evolution of machine learning as it will impact the work of our clients. Johan Hammerstrom is CEO of Community IT and also keeps an eye on AI developments and the nonprofit sector. Our room at the virtual Good Tech Fest conference had a great expert Q&A on the impacts of Artificial Intelligence on nonprofits.

More resources on the growing role of AI at nonprofits:

Biggest Nonprofit Tech Stories of 2022

AI and Machine-Based Learning: Nonprofit Tech of the Future

How your organization can harness AI for more equitable outcomes 

Really good article from one of my favorite writers/thinkers about fundraising and nonprofits and equity: https://nonprofitaf.com/2023/03/the-ethics-and-opportunities-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-nonprofit-sector/

As with all our webinars, these presentations are appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

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• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
• email Carolyn at [email protected]
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Thanks for listening.

Is your nonprofit prepared?

Drawn from data from the calendar year 2022 of cybersecurity incidents across our small and mid-sized nonprofit client users, this report shows changes in attacks and emerging threats.

Using this real and timely data, Community IT CTO and Cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman walks through recommendations and outlines the practical steps your organization can take to prevent the most frequent attacks. 

He covers new threats and ways to think about continual training for your nonprofit staff around evolving cybersecurity issues.

Part 1 includes an introduction and overview of cybersecurity for nonprofits. Part 2 covers the analysis of the 2022 data and what it means for your nonprofit. Both parts include audience Q&A.

You may also be interested in taking the 10-minute Cybersecurity Self Quiz to assess your organization’s stance and priorities, or downloading the free Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook to review a framework for focusing on your cybersecurity fundamentals.

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

_______________________________
Start a conversation :)

• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
• email Carolyn at [email protected]
• on LinkedIn

Thanks for listening.

Is your nonprofit prepared?

Drawn from data from the calendar year 2022 of cybersecurity incidents across our small and mid-sized nonprofit client users, this report shows changes in attacks and emerging threats.

Using this real and timely data, Community IT CTO and Cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman walks through recommendations and outlines the practical steps your organization can take to prevent the most frequent attacks. 

He covers new threats and ways to think about continual training for your nonprofit staff around evolving cybersecurity issues.

Part 1 includes an introduction and overview of cybersecurity for nonprofits. Part 2 covers the analysis of the 2022 data and what it means for your nonprofit. Both parts include audience Q&A.

You may also be interested in taking the 10-minute Cybersecurity Self Quiz to assess your organization’s stance and priorities, or downloading the free Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook to review a framework for focusing on your cybersecurity fundamentals.

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.

_______________________________
Start a conversation :)

• Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/
• email Carolyn at [email protected]
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Thanks for listening.

Join us for our series featuring interviews with Community IT employees. In this series, we talk about nonprofit technology career paths, career resources, skills, and certifications. We will also touch on mentoring opportunities as you start out on your career and ways to give back if you are further along. If you are wondering what it is like to work at a place like Community IT, you can learn about it here.

In today’s interview, Carolyn talks with Emeka Okocha, IT Business Manager at Community IT. Emeka moved to the United States from Nigeria and as an ITBM, helps clients with IT planning, IT management, dealing with the day to day activities, troubleshooting, and advising.

The ITBM makes recommendations on IT investments, training programs, maintenance, and licenses. They help the client be forward-looking, and act as a vendor-agnostic, trusted advisor with deep knowledge of the nonprofit IT software and platforms available. Because Community IT works in partnership with clients to manage long-term IT needs, the ITBM relationship with the client makes them a true asset.

"The number one value I have is to help. I love to help. So working with nonprofits is where I’m supposed to be."

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Thanks for listening.