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Maybe We Have Ourselves to Blame
Flickr Photo: All ChihuahuasDid you listen to the This I Believe segments on NPR? They had some great ones -- Finding Freedom in Forgiveness and There is No Such Thing as Too Much Barbecue are personal favorites. Both had me crying, in completely different ways. I always wanted to write one of those essays, but never got it together before they ended the series.
My topic would have been "The Nonprofit Sector Deserves Better."
Though I mostly get joy out of working in the third sector, it frustrates me, too. I get annoyed when people tell me nonprofits are inefficient. I'm frustrated when I finally get a grant, but can't spend a single penny of it on "overhead." I'm often disappointed so many of us feel that training and technology are cost centers, not investments in our organizations.
2007 IT Staffing Survey: Take it Now!
Flickr Photo: jisc_infonetIn your leadership role, have you ever had to: - Convince your board or leadership to invest in staff or training?
- Try to figure out how much to pay technology staff?
- Determine if your technology spending compares to other organizations like yours?
NTEN and The Nonprofit Times are making it easy for you to fill the gap between expensive benchmarking services costing thousands of dollars, and going it alone. We’re surveying thousands of staff at nonprofits big and small to find out what it takes to make technology work for them and what qualified staff they need. In turn, we want to give you the hard numbers you need to invest in technology.
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