This document provides an overview of technology essentials for nonprofits. It discusses budgeting, planning, and implementation of key technologies. Several surveys found that most nonprofits spend less than 4% of their budget on technology, have no technology committee, and lack formal technology plans. The document outlines best practices and resources for setting up computers, internet access, printing, training support, communications tools, software, databases, websites and assessing costs.
7. “ IT accounts, on average, for nearly 7% of a company's operating expenses.” Source: “More Bang for the IT Buck,” McKinsey Quarterly, 2003 Number 2.
8. Technology Budget Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. <=20 staff >20 staff 43% 60%
10. 83% of nonprofits spend less than 4% of their budget on technology. Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.
11. Technology Plan Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. <=20 staff >20 staff 32% 71%
45. 29% <Contract on an as-needed basis 25% In-house MIS staff 22% Tech support w/1 or more providers 13% No formal approach to IT support 9% Volunteers to our agency 2% Friends and family of staff Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations.
67. Left: HP Mediasmart Home Server EX485, including 750Gb hard drive, $600. Right: NAS Device (Synology Disk Station 207+, $340) plus 2 hard drives (Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 500Gb, $130 x 2).
87. List functional requirements (3 meetings, 1 hour each) Identify options (up to 4 hours per participant) Discuss alternatives; narrow list of options (2 meetings) Get product details Vendor demos Calls to real users User visits Decision
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90. Estimating Costs Source: www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/sep2003/johnston.htm , accessed 6/5/2006 Initial price Time to implement Cost of implementation Entry level $100 - $2.5k Up to 2 months 5 times initial price Small / medium business $5k - $40k Up to 6 months 1 times the initial price Small / medium enterprise $10k - $250k Up to 18 months 2 times the initial price tag Enterprise resource planning $250k - $50 million Up to 36 months 1-5 times the initial price tag
103. Photo source: Canon.com (PowerShot SD880) and www.Dell.com (MP1409x). 70% Data Source: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management Study, 2008. Survey of 330 nonprofit organizations. 59%