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The Status of Nonprofit Projects
Annual conference for nonprofit organizations hopes to inspire 'accidental' project managers, bridge knowledge gap and share best practices.
Another conference offering best practices in project management doesn’t sound all that groundbreaking, right?
But attendees of a July 22-23 gathering in Washington D.C. weren't working out bugs to get a new version of software to market faster — their end product was quite different. They came to delve deep into the art and science of managing technology projects at nonprofits, something practitioners say can be a lonely and frustrating enterprise.
But attendees of a July 22-23 gathering in Washington D.C. weren't working out bugs to get a new version of software to market faster — their end product was quite different. They came to delve deep into the art and science of managing technology projects at nonprofits, something practitioners say can be a lonely and frustrating enterprise.
The third annual conference was sponsored by Aspiration and Community IT Innovators.
“We see a huge amount of wasted money because organizations don’t know how to manage technology,” says Allen Gunn, Aspirations’ executive director, who has 25 years of experience in software development, senior management, and capacity building expertise, much of that in support of social justice causes. He recalls an organization that once wasted $100,000 on a brochure and Web site, basically getting taken advantage of by opportunistic consultants.
Non-profits are also famous — or infamous — for the so-called “accidental project manager,” Gunn says. “They got a project because they are the one who fixed …
“We see a huge amount of wasted money because organizations don’t know how to manage technology,” says Allen Gunn, Aspirations’ executive director, who has 25 years of experience in software development, senior management, and capacity building expertise, much of that in support of social justice causes. He recalls an organization that once wasted $100,000 on a brochure and Web site, basically getting taken advantage of by opportunistic consultants.
Non-profits are also famous — or infamous — for the so-called “accidental project manager,” Gunn says. “They got a project because they are the one who fixed …
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