If you work at a nonprofit that has received technology assistance from an outside vendor in the past two years, we’d like to hear about your experiences. Share them with us by taking our online survey.

This survey is part of our research to measure the impact that technology has on nonprofits as a sector. From this research, we will

• Develop best practices that technology providers can use when working with nonprofits
• Make recommendations about what kind of technology assistance works for nonprofits
• Suggest benchmarks that nonprofits can use to make sure they’re getting the most of our their technology investment

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?

Are you a nonprofit organization that has worked on a technology project with an outside (not in-house) provider or consultant within the last two years? Tell us about your experience! To thank you for your time, the project will make a donation of $5,000 – $7,500 to your organization.