Starting A Non-Profit: Technical Help

Many non profit organizations have appallingly low technical awareness and are in urgent need of sound technical help. Do not be surprised if you see the staff of a non profit taking the opinion of the CEO regarding a broken down printer or a slow internet connection( if they have one), because this is how things work in these organizations.

Just flip through the following five sure- fire signs where your non-profit needs serious technical assistance:

1. Is your customer- care officer spending more time in meddling on a printer that refuses to work than being on his work desk? If yes, it is nothing but sheer waste of time and effort. You are badly in need of the services of dedicated IT service personnel to handle these situations. Optimization of resources and time management plays an important role in the success of any organization rather than hoping that everything can handle every activity.
2. In any office set up there could be a few computer geeks with reasonably good computer skills alright. But it does not mean that just because the Vice President- Personnel is good at computers, he should leave his all other important assignments to help the staff in fixing the printer or to search a missing file from a computer folder. If you had designated these issues to the appropriate staff members, VP- personnel could actually get along to get his work done as per the deadlines.
3. If the staff in your non profit organization does not know that regular backing up of computer files is very important to ensure that you do not end up losing everything important to your organization, you are inviting trouble. Regular monitoring of data and daily backing up of data ensures not just accurate data management buts also data restoration in case of a computer break down.
4. Have you ever come across a difficult situation where an important file that you need to work on happens to be stored in a computer whose user is on a long leave? Finding the file is easier said than done as no one knows the password or the folder in which the file is stored. This might result in irreparable damages and loss of face in the industry! If multiple users can access the same set of information, it could been stored and shared in network folders, so it doesn't really matter whether staff is on or off, work will not suffer.
5. Non-profit organizations can access their network of computers and data from a remote location other than the office space. An experienced IT provider might help you to install it to your benefit.

If you have started thinking that there should be a better and simple way to run your non profit organization then that itself is the most striking sign that you are indeed in need of technology assistance.