Nonprofit Technology Consulting
Questions We Should Be Asking
I had a great time at NTC - it was wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones. But I was struck by how much the same the problems are that nonprofits continue to face. I think perhaps we need to ask some deeper questions.
From the stories I've heard this week, small and medium-sized nonprofits still don't have in-house technology expertise to make evaluations about what directions to go in. They struggle mightily with software, no matter whether it's free/open source or proprietary, shrink-wrapped or custom-built, on their desktops or web-hosted. The technology has gotten more sophisticated - but the problems many nonprofits are facing are exactly the same.
TechImpact Project UPDATE! Tech Consultants to NPOs Tell All...
The results of our technology service provider survey are in! In late 2006 we surveyed tech providers across the country - the first step in the TechImpact research project to help us understand what technology assistance means for nonprofit capacity.
We wanted to understand:
- Who is providing technology assistance to nonprofit organizations? Who do they serve?
- What services do providers offer? What approaches do they use to deliver technology assistance?
- Where are technology providers located? Where are they delivering services?
- When do providers employ evaluation strategies to understand the effect of their work?
- How do providers implement strategies to foster key outcomes for organizations, and how do they successfully achieve those outcomes (e.g., improved efficiency and effectiveness)?
- How do providers measure the success of their projects?








It is with great sadness that learned that Miriam
Engelberg, formerly of CompassPoint, passed away on October 17 from
cancer.