6 not for profit technology

trends 2015

About Us

R & G Technologies – established in 2003 currently 33 staff

IT consulting & support to NFPs throughout Australia

Co-presenters of ConnectingUp Technology Leadership Academy (2014)

1. Cloud continues forward

What is Cloud?

Cloud adoption increasing in NFPs driven by:

Office 365 Free

Office 365 now in Australia

Infrastructure as a Service

SaaS

2. “Connecting” to data on the rise

NFP’s recognising the value in data

Using data to connect “outcomes”

with $$

Eg. Donors with projects

Connecting clients/stakeholders

with data

Eg. NDIS

3. NFPs moving up the IT stack

Spending more $$ on consulting, less $$ on "fixing

Hardware and infrastructure is now a commodity

It’s now about what do you do on top of the hardware

More organisations are focusing on a holistic IT strategy

What software do we need?

What will integrate?

What reporting do we need?

4. Role of IT staff changing

• Windows Server 2003

• DNS, DHCP

• C++

• SQL

• “Maintain”

• SharePoint

• CRM administrator

• Pivot Tables

• SQL Reporting Services

• “Add value”

5. Decision makers looking to

streamline

All about efficiency!

Paperless

Looking at manual processes - Digitising paper forms and checklists

Moving off excel sheets and access databases

6. Mobility driven by cloud

More organisations offering access from home or remote locations

Driven by SaaS and IaaS adoption

Advantages

Efficiency

Staff satisfaction

Better service

Thank you

I will be covering more of this and other topics in my presentation:

“The modern not for profit - how to leverage SharePoint and Client

Management Software (Friday 1:00 PM)”