When was the last time you took a look at all of your IT assets? And I mean, ALL of them? There are several reasons...
IT Strategic Planning
What Would It Take to Deliver a Scaled-Down IT Roadmap?
We received an RFP this week from a nonprofit looking for an IT assessment and IT roadmap. At CGNET, we do this work...
Open APIs and Crowdsourced Hacking: What Could Go Wrong?
Sometimes inspiration is not a straight-line thing. Today’s post is a case in point. I saw in a TAG Slack thread...
How to Create an IT Strategy Roadmap for your Organization
When it comes time to set your IT budget, obviously it’s easiest to fall back on the attitude of, “Let’s just do the...
What is Our Role in Digital Transformation?
Bear with me, folks. If I were in a click-maximization mode I would tell you how to turn on “Together” mode in Teams....
Looking to 2021: One Trend to Rule Them All
Halloween and Christmas have been growing together for some time. We’ve had Halloween trees and lights for years....
3 Great Guides to Disaster Recovery Planning
How’s your organization’s disaster recovery plan? Do you have one? Has it been updated recently? This post will...
Enhancing Nonprofit Digital Infrastructure
NTEN, the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) and NetHope issued a joint letter yesterday outlining the need...
4 Trends We See for 2020
I must admit that I usually enjoy the technology predictions for each new year. I am also an avid reader of science...
Backwards into the Future: Eight Trends for 2020 That Are Already Here
My crystal ball seems to have a mirror stuck in it. The more I try to envision the technology trends that will affect...
Managing Emergent Technology
Managing the Important as well as the Urgent I’ve been thinking about technology and its potential impact on our...
I.T. Strategic Planning Goes Beyond I.T.
So much I.T. Strategic Planning for an organization goes beyond hardware, software and networking. A good example is...
Is Your Telephone System Upgrade Still on Hold?
Let’s talk about your situation: Is your telephone system ready for an upgrade? Do you believe that the right way to...
The IT Capability Maturity Model
Have you heard of the “IT Capability Maturity Model?” During the most recent TAG Conference I attended a session that...
Customer Priorities in 2018
Customer Priorities for 2018 We're half way through 2018, and it's a good time to examine customer priorities for the...
2015’s Top 7 Strategic IT Trends for Nonprofits and Foundations
OK, everybody else writes their “top issues of the year” posts in January. Silly me, I thought I’d wait until I...
Unified Communications: Does One Size Fit All?
Unified Communications: Does One Size Fit All? I hear the "buzz words" Unified Communications (UC) being used a lot,...
Closing the IT Innovation Gap
By Tim Haight Some parts of doing IT strategic plans are easy. For example, about all you need in order to find out...