by Maureen Wallbeoff | Aug 8, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Fundraising, Technology
This blog post from a few weeks ago hit a nerve in the nonprofit space – I’ve received lots of follow up questions and comments about whether (or not) you should tell your supporters that you’re moving to a new system. One of the follow up chats was...
by Maureen Wallbeoff | Jul 18, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Project Management, Technology
I recently got an interesting question touching on notifying supporters about a move to new software from Hannah, a savvy nonprofit communications professional. It’s one that most software vendors don’t answer: Does anyone have best practices for communicating a...
by Maureen Wallbeoff | Jul 11, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Project Management, Technology
Choosing a new software platform for your nonprofit can cause lots of stress. But, in my experience, there’s one part of the process that especially freaks out nonprofit accidental techies. There are three key phases to choosing a new software platform: Name the...
by Maureen Wallbeoff | Jun 28, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Technology
Cortney is the development director at a mid-sized hunger relief organization and she was not happy. She had hired a company specializing in nonprofit technology to make some updates to her online annual report and, well, let’s just say there were some big issues and...
by Maureen Wallbeoff | Jun 13, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Project Management, Technology
Rob was angry. He felt trapped. It was the third month of a new CRM implementation project and he was the tech lead. The project had just taken a nasty turn. During the last meeting with the vendor, Rob asked when they could expect the data de-duping work to start....
by Maureen Wallbeoff | Jun 5, 2018 | Accidental Techie, Blog Post, Technology
Have you ever wondered why so many nonprofit tech projects go off the rails? When technology enters the picture, even the most high-functioning team can get thrown for a loop and lose their focus. And that means higher costs, longer timelines, poor outcomes, and a ton...
