Category Archives: non-profit technology
Last Post?
I want to thank everyone for their readership and their support. I had entirely different hopes for this site when it began and it certainly has been an interesting several months. I had not expected the online community I would … Continue reading
No More Steam
Writing my blog has been a struggle lately. I had hoped that with the passing of the holidays and the end of the school semester I would be better able to write about the state of non-profit technology as I … Continue reading
Restricted/Unrestricted
My use of the term “restricted/unrestricted” in the previous post actually has to do with the way money within a non-profit is allocated. Often when someone donates money or a grant is provided, the money is restricted to a certain … Continue reading
Non-Profit Technology vs For-Profit Technology
At a recent interview someone asked me what the difference is between non-profit technology and for-profit technology. Ironically, this is a question I’ve struggled with for some time, despite having been in the field for several years and having worked … Continue reading
Holiday Time at Non-Profits
Holiday times must be madness for most, if not all, non-profits. It’s also a time that many people are out of the office, exacerbating the madness. For IT, I find it a mixed bag. Usually when I hear that people … Continue reading
Branch Office Setup Status
Limited for time, I went with the VPN setup I had originally spoken of (post) and mailed out one of the two workstations. Since we were in donated space and using someone else’s network, I changed the VPN connection settings … Continue reading
Mobile Device Standardization Winner
Standardizing on mobile devices required a little research. My non-profit sticks with Verizon Wireless (site) because we prefer paying more to be dictated to – it’s like a bonus. Admittedly Verizon’s network is one of the best. However, this limited … Continue reading
Revisiting Computer Equipment Rentals
In a previous post I spoke naively about computer equipment rental (post) for events held offsite, often in hotels. It’s a great idea to look for the bargain, but after speaking today with the event planners I realized that the … Continue reading
Documentation Matters
IT management requires one laborious task at its heart for the sake of organization and consistency: documentation. Creating documentation is tedious but not altogether horrible. It is the maintenance of those documents to reflect current conditions that requires monk-like discipline. … Continue reading
Kintera Sucks, Man!
The mind can only take so much of the illogical. When 75% of one’s time is spent trying to make connections between tasks and elements in a program as vast and as ill-conceived as Kintera, all one wants to do … Continue reading