Last month, my partner in Relevanza, Steve Hart, wrote about Google’s push for a secure website on Relevanza Blog. To force website developers to a more secure online status the world’s most popular browser, Chrome, will be a tool for Google: go HTTPS or go home. Google will begin in January to warn internet users […]
IT Strategy
Why IT Needs to be a Part of Your strategy
In order to appreciate the need for an IT Strategy, we need to first understand why we need an organization strategy, and then a little about what makes up a strategy for your not for profit organization. I recently read an article on NPEngage by Rose Gear about the basics for a strategy in a […]
How to plan a redesign of your website?
You have been tasked to spearhead the project of redesigning your organization’s website. Where do you start and what do you do first? This was the topic of a discussion on NTEN’s Community of Practice “Managing Projects” last week, started by Rebecca Reyes CoP Members chimed in with excellent Web design planning resources: Jill Beasley, consulting […]
Taking Technology beyond the Accidental Techie approach.
Technology is no longer a luxury – Mark Shaw in 2008 The Accidental Techie is a well-known phenomenon in nonprofit organizations. Any executive director who has been involved with a startup is very familiar with the term, and was perhaps one herself, based on need, not necessarily desire. When you work from your personal PC […]