Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone. This equally applies to technology. Working with emerging technology like generative AI entails a high degree of uncertainty , and thus requires a different approach from the implementation of well-defined programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. Consequently, the press usually abandons the topic and the technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2018

The next disruptive technology phase is already upon here and it includes a technology designed to emulate human conversation – chatbots programmed with artificial intelligence. It will have implications for nonprofits way beyond simply setting up a Facebook Messenger bot for your nonprofit’s Facebook Brand Page.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. Learn more about the connection between innovative technology and a superior member experience when you read the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study. Download now.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2009

Every Wednesday, Gartner does a free webinar on a variety of topics. This week, they presented "Technology Trends You Can't Afford to Ignore." Disruptive Technology #1: Virtualization. . According to Gartner, the average server uses 65% of its power just sitting idle. Disruptive Technology #2: Data Deluge.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? How important is it for them to understand and keep up with the new trends in technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

According to Gartner , the technology and research consulting firm, 90 percent of organizations now have a CX officer or an equivalent position. Gartner identifies these qualities as key to delivering value: A customer journey mapping process that extends beyond acquisition and purchase through the life of the relationship.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. Lisa Pool’s Technology Affinity Group and Laura Quinn’s Idealware. Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In 2020, Gartner ranked Salesforce the #1 CRM for the 8th year in a row, with greater market share than the next nine competitors combined. The Trailblazers Community sets Salesforce apart from many other cloud technologies as a way to connect with other Salesforce community members and often open doors to new job opportunities.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

One recent Gartner survey revealed that while 74% of employees were ready to support organizational change in 2016; only 38% were willing to support change in 2022. Change management is an often overlooked aspect of technology projects. But if they actively support the new process or feature, they can help drive the transformation.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Organizations are becoming cyborgs or integrated with and inextricable from, the technology that keeps them operating. It’s a component of most emerging technologies. According to Gartner, by 2024 low-code applications will account for more than 65% of all application development activity. Gartner offers this explanation. “A

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. Lisa Pool’s Technology Affinity Group and Laura Quinn’s Idealware. Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Leading research and consulting firm Gartner recently published 10 opportunities for the CFO to accelerate their organization’s digital transformation. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 12:30 P.M.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As you investigate strategies to incorporate AI and other new technology into customer experience, it’s important to keep delight at the center of that relationship. CertLink is a perfect example of technology with a heart, or systems where the pulse is customer satisfaction. Gartner provides this definition.

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Operate More Efficiently Gartner projects that 70% of organizations will implement structured automation by 2025. Boost Employee Morale The tasks most suitable for automation are typically the ones a fundraiser is only too happy to give over to technology. Automation can improve accuracy and standardization. Ready to Get Started?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2013

For some reading this, you’re probably wondering who this “Gartner” is and why …

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Some lessons from the “enterprise&# October 11, 2007 One of the areas of technology I watch is the world of “enterprise&# IT. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Aside from fundraising and digital tools, EveryAction also is a leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology. The company is a leader in the nonprofit technology space. Your nonprofit technology shouldn't look like it was built in 1983. Utilize a sophisticated online advocacy platform. Visualize your data like never before.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Accessibility. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. Anything I missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Or I might set up a circle with peer organizations and use that to as a learning group to experiment and learn in real time about google +. Wait for maturation? Jump now or wait?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Citrix cites Gartner Device Shipment Forecasts that find that the business PC market will grow at a rate of about 10% per year for the next few years. IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2009

Enter Gartner. According to Gartner (and they do consider themselves the authority here), Cloud computing is: A style of computing where scalable and elastic IT-related capabilities are provided as a service to external customers using Internet technologies. Cloud services are delivered via Internet technologies.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

Flickr photo: pasukaru76 "Now is the Time for IT Leaders to Re-imagine IT" That was the subject line of an email I received from Gartner recently. If you're the person responsible for technology at your organization, you have a responsibility you may not even have realized was yours. It's an opportunity to do it differently.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

IT and telecom research firm Gartner Dataquest found that the secondary PC market is growing rapidly: 55 million PCs worldwide in 2004; and 86 million 2007. Gartner also found that of the nearly 200 million PCs that were retired by corporations and institutions in 2007, fewer than half found their way into the secondary PC market.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

But having been in the nonprofit technology since 1993, I've seen a predictable pattern of cycles with new tools and technology. It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. Technology Trigger. The technology isn't cheap to set up. Photo by OxMour. Maybe I'm jaded. Inflated Expectations.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

If you’re interviewing for a remote position, be sure to ask if you’ll have the right technology and supplies you’ll need to be successful. Employers Are Stepping Up Their Efforts To Attract And Retain Talent Post-Pandemic. One of the top nonprofit job trends is that we can expect employers to equip employees to succeed remotely.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 24, 2017

But a flip side to this could be coined as a ‘ Digital Opportunity ’, which is only possible if you embrace the disruption or the new change in technology, which will be available in the near future and will impact your current business in one way or another. What is Digital Disruption?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2012

Now that more and more 501(c)(3) private foundations are discovering that they are eligible for Microsoft donations through TechSoup , it may help to hear how one foundation's director of information technology got the software she needed. She is also on the board of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2016

Let’s face it; every day we use our smartphones and mobile technology to get through daily and simple tasks, from finding information, to exercise, to learning new languages, even finding the nearest grocery store. Gamification is a great motivator when research, information technology, and graphic design- all align. Target Audience.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

For a couple of years now we've been seeing talk of Green IT, and as early as 2007 management consulting giants Gartner and McKinsey were addressing Green issues as a major issue facing IT managers. These include virtualizing your servers to use fewer boxes, and using your technology to minimze travel.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

In addition to mobile, these next five trends have the ability to radically alter the nonprofit technology landscape in the coming years with a heavy emphasis on data and analytics that is so crucial to nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Here is Prashant and Pooja's view of the cloud based on a survey of Indian NGOs that they completed in September 2011: Gartner has forecasted that India's spending on green IT and cloud initiatives will double from $35 billion in 2010 to $70 billion in 2015, indicating a buoyant technology outlook for the Indian industry.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2013

In May, Gartner predicted that by 2017, half of employers will stop giving employees company devices altogether. BYOD was identified as a "major trend" at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference. That’s not a bad thing. The trend has a name: BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. Image: lars_o_matic.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Gartner Inc. About the Presenters: Doug Barker -- Principal and Co-Founder, Barker & Scott Consulting As a principal in Barker & Scott Consulting, Doug assists leading regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations with leveraging the power of information technology for organizational advancement and mission success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

What we’re witnessing with the hype and geek love swirling around Google+ follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called “ hype cycles.&# It begins with a technology trigger, followed by the peak of inflated expectations and punditry. And, of course, all the funny comics showing the demise of Twitter (..)

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last week, Gartner “the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company” issued a press release around the results of a worldwide survey of CIO’s in the commercial sector. The survey identified cloud computing as the top technology priority for CIOs in 2011. Author: Tad Druart.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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