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Research Friday: Looking Back - 2011 makes a strong case for capital

ASU Lodestar Center

Throughout the year, I’ve been blogging about key trends from our 2011 survey, which was completed by nearly 2,000 nonprofit leaders nationwide. They told us about their organizations’ financial outcomes from 2010 and speculated on what 2011 would bring. Many organizations decreased expenses. So what will next year bring?

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Report Release: The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report

NTEN

Will that improve how our organization works on our mission? More than half (55%) of respondents reported that their organization has some type of formal technology plan, a sharp increase over previous years. Does having a plan help an organization? tech staff, and very large Organizations reporting 8.56.

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Moving to the Cloud: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

NTEN

Making the decision to move our organization 100% to the cloud was fairly easy, and the reasons straight-forward, but implementing it proved to be a combination of amazingly simple to disturbingly complex. GrantStation. Let me share with you what I now refer to as the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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2011 NTC Preview: 6 Steps to Refocus Your Small Org Tech Strategy

NTEN

How can we change our process to use our CRM better? Wouldn’t it better to have someone in your organization planning how to use the technology better, rather than having someone focused on a desktop replacement schedule? In the end, changing the way your organization uses technology needs to start with setting a direction.

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Tech Across Your Org: Technology Leadership at a Small Organization

NTEN

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Million Budget In small organizations like mine, more often than not, the Executive Director or senior leadership of the organization also wears the technology leader hat, accidental or not. But you know every corner of your organization.

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7th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Report: A Closer Look (Staffing Levels)

NTEN

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. Is the clear jump after 2010 due to the more inclusive language in the survey question, or to increased staffing levels at organizations?

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Moving to the Cloud: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

NTEN

Making the decision to move our organization 100% to the cloud was fairly easy, and the reasons straight-forward, but implementing it proved to be a combination of amazingly simple to disturbingly complex. GrantStation. Let me share with you what I now refer to as the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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