Jun 23, 2022 | IT Budgets, IT in Plain English
And a simple calculation to help you with the business case One of the significant reasons why Not for Profits should invest in IT is to reduce manual processes. Unfortunately, many organisations see this as a “nice to have” investment rather than one that could...
Jun 13, 2022 | IT Budgets, IT in Plain English
I’m increasingly convinced that Not for Profits, even successful, long-running charities, will fail if they don’t increase their annual IT operating budgets. I’m not just talking about the one-off capital improvement projects for system upgrades....
May 17, 2022 | IT Budgets, IT in Plain English
While the big Microsoft news lately has been around their new Windows 11 operating system, few Not for Profits have noticed that Windows 8.1 will no longer be supported after January 2023. This is a big deal from a security and software capability issue. Even now, I...
May 17, 2022 | IT Budgets, IT in Plain English
It’s every project manager’s nightmare! Yet, blowing a project’s budget is unfortunately an all-too-common occurrence when implementing new IT systems. In this episode of “IT in Plain English”, Tammy provides some advice for how you can protect your...
Jul 5, 2021 | Charities, IT Budgets, IT in Plain English, IT Procurement, Not for Profits
I started my career as a contracting officer for the US Air Force where I wrote and evaluated Request for Tenders (RFTs) for a living. I did this again later in my career as a consultant in the IT industry – helping clients purchase systems and outsource...
Jun 29, 2021 | Cloud, IT Budgets
The use of public storage clouds like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services to host organisational data is not new. Neither is the use of Software as a Service (SAAS) such as Salesforce or Xero. Nevertheless, I still hear about organisations trying to replace old...
