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Virtual CIO

Virtual CIO allows nonprofits to engage a highly experienced Chief Information Officer for consultation, direction, advice, and planning, without burdening their organizations with typical full-time staff cost for that expertise.

Typical services include:

  • Website Hosting - Virtual CIO supplies cost-effective online presence, including domain name registration, design and implementation, with unmatched customer service.
  • IT Vendor Management - Virtual CIO helps nonprofit management (who typically must struggle, today, with the "tech talk") understand their requirements, find the best available solutions, and get what they need, at a price they want to pay.
  • Problem Resolution - Rather than having to deal with slow-running systems, outdated software, and failing networks, Virtual CIO helps nonprofits find permanent solutions to their technology challenges.
  • Hardware and Software Recommendations - The selection of appropriate software and technical infrastructure is critical to the health and development of a growing nonprofit.  Virtual CIO helps nonprofits select the correct software and infrastructure to support their needs.
  • Information Technology and Systems  Management - The right selection of services solutions is extremely important to support capacity growth, within constrained budgets. Virtual CIO provides the appropriate support, at costs which nonprofits can afford.

Whether the nonprofit has a good mid-level IT staff (and is looking for a way to add broad, senior-level industry experience) or no IT staff, this service offers the ability to more easily execute the strategic plan and fulfill the organizational mission.  Becoming a Virtual CIO client guarantees an expert evaluation of current operational status and action-oriented recommendations for the adroit use of technology .

Non-Profit News

 


A live blog update from NPQ’s National Correspondent Rick Cohen from the hearings at the House Ways and Means Committee. The now fired head of the IRS and the IRS’s Inspector General will testify on the agency’s targeting of conservative organizations for special 501(c)(4) reviews.

 

It’s been a week since the bombshell admission by IRS Exempt Organizations (EO) Director Lois Lerner that the IRS had targeted for special scrutiny conservative groups seeking tax-exempt recognition under Section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code. NPQ has been reporting on this all week, and the story has moved so fast that the Treasury Department investigation report that precipitated the furor has almost been lost in the rush.

98An activist group is taking an unusual tack against media monopolization by trying to buy their very own conglomerate with crowdfunded help.

125Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre are hoping to strike gold through establishing an innovation-centered academy at a California university.

NewsA Chicago nonprofit founded late in 2011 with a mission “to bring dignity and self-determination to both sides of the giving equation” is now going national with its innovative crowd-sourced funding model.

BSAAs the vote to change BSA’s policy draws near, the Heritage Foundation makes a near-final stand against the movement to allow openly gay scouts.

OnOnly three percent of university presidents believe Massive Online Open Courses will improve student learning. So, why is everyone pushing for them?

A full house consisting of Michigan Nonprofit Association member organizations and PRSA Detroit members (Public Relations Society of America) participated in a free half-day workshop providing support and insight into nonprofit public relations. PRSA Detroit’s membership consists of individual public relations professionals. The workshop was held at Wayne State University in Detroit. The morning keynote […]

WaterA study done by The Center for Effective Philanthropy reiterates something we pretty much already knew; grantees like foundations better when they share information – all kinds of information.

EspinosaThe former mayor of Palo Alto, California, calls on companies to reap the benefits of engaging with their communities.

OneAs the tragedy starts to pass, the fund’s administrator settles into the grim work of making restitution.

QuixoteIs it skill or passion that makes a successful fundraiser?

FrankA struggle over possession of the archives left by Anne Frank and her family gets very ugly. 

KomenLast week NPQ reported that Komen’s Nancy Brinker received a 64% increase in pay between the period covered by 2011 990 and that covered by the 2012. And now we see that lobbying expenditures for the first quarter of 2013 were almost nonexistent – what is going on there?

LeoLeonardo DiCaprio hosted a charity auction that brought in $38.8 million for environmental and conservation projects.

NewsJudeo-Christian traditions offer complicated answers to the question of whether it’s better to give anonymously or publicly. And what we believe as a society affects public policy around philanthropy.

17 colleges and universities from Michigan Campus Compact (MiCC) membership were recently named on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.  Deserving recipients include the Presidential Award Finalist, Kalamazoo College, and Honor Roll with Distinction recipients Michigan State University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Western Michigan University.  Albion College, Alma College, Aquinas College, […]
This fall season Michigan Nonprofit Association’s (MNA) continued its efforts to involve staff in civic engagement opportunities by coordinating an organization wide food collection intended to create complete meal boxes for local families in need. Opportunities like these help MNA staff connect with the local community, service organizations, and learn more about an existing community […]
What a privilege to be able to attend the MNA CMF SuperConference!  I was inspired and energized, learned a great deal of information and met new people with whom we can build relationships.  That is everything you could ask and more from an intense two day experience. Revelation 1 came from a workshop led by […]
This week marks the 47th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.  This act prohibits discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of millions of people over the course of U.S. history. While our nation has made multiple strides in the area of voting rights, in recent months we have seen an […]