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Community IT Innovators

Community IT offers free webinars monthly to promote learning within our nonprofit technology community. Our podcast is appropriate for a varied level of technology expertise. Community IT is vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Something on your mind you don’t see covered here? Contact us to suggest a topic! http://www.communityit.com

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21:28

New Nonprofit Auditing Requirements SAS145 with Johan...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/12/13

New nonprofit auditing requirements SAS145 now include IT and cybersecurity compliance. Are you ready?In 2022 the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 145,Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement. The new standard became effective for audits of financial statements for periods ending on or after Dec. 15, 2023. For more on SAS 145 changes, read this article in the Journal of Accountancy.For th...

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25:45

Year-End Cybersecurity Tips with Matt Eshleman

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/12/06

It won’t be a surprise that AI is on everyone’s mind. Matt also shared some thoughts on some year end cybersecurity tips and maintenance to ensure your cybersecurity practices – and permissions – are up to date.Nonprofit Cybersecurity expert and Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman offered these year-end cybersecurity tips.Do a permissions audit at the enterprise level – what are your defaults for sharing, and how are you training your staff to log in to various tools and subscriptions that can acc...

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6 Tips for Nonprofit IT in December with Carolyn Woodard

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/11/29

If you find yourself with a little downtime, what should you work on?The Gala is back! If your nonprofit is focused on an end of the year fundraising event, you may find yourself and your IT team with a little extra time on your hands this December as the rest of your staff are pulled away from their desks and are calling the help desk less frequently. Carolyn Woodard reviewed our recent webinars and podcasts for advice on what projects you might want to start now to be ready to hit the groun...

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41:03

De-Stress! Self Care in Nonprofit IT Roles with...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/11/22

Are you feeling burned out? Nonprofit IT can be exhausting. Learn how to de-stress to better tackle your job and help your nonprofit succeed.There is so much stress in managing nonprofit IT. There are conflicting agendas, tight budgets, and unrealistic demands. A lot of us have been burned by IT projects in the past that still give us nightmares. The tool was expensive, required a huge project to implement, took a ton of time, didn’t work, everyone hated it, the training was te...

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55:13

Design an IT Roadmap to Create Value with Johan...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/11/15

Do you have an IT roadmap at your nonprofit? As a nonprofit leader, how can you design an IT roadmap to create value for your organization?On October 3, 2024 the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership partnered with Community IT Innovators to provide a workshop: Design an IT Roadmap to Create Value for Your Nonprofit.To fully utilize the power of IT to support your nonprofit, you need to have a plan. View the workshop video to learn the steps to create your own IT roadmap and incorpo...

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15:20

Consejos Para Organizar Archivos en la Nube con...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/11/11

Las mejores prácticas para organizar sus archivos en la nube para lograr seguridad y eficiencia.La organización de archivos en la nube es algo que puede parecer una prioridad menor, en particular con el aumento de las herramientas de búsqueda potentes y ahora con el auge de la búsqueda con inteligencia artificial (IA). Carolyn habló con el invitado Norwin Herrera, IT Business Manager Team Lead de Community IT, para responder a preguntas sobre por qué es importante crear un sistema de organiza...

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22:47

Cloud File Organization Tips with Norwin Herrera

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/11/08

Best practices on organizing your files in the cloud for security and efficiency.Cloud files organization is something that can seem like a low priority, particularly with the rise of strong search tools and now with the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) search. Carolyn spoke with guest Norwin Herrera, IT Business Manager, to answer questions about why it’s important to create a file organization system, both for increased cybersecurity in the world of AI, and for the productivity and effi...

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29:39

Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook with...

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2024/11/01

Is your nonprofit struggling to understand cybersecurity fundamentals? Are you unsure what level of protection you need or can afford?In part 1, Matt discussed the cybersecurity landscape for nonprofits and some of the changes that prompted this update to the Playbook. In pt 2, Matt walks through the "foundational" suggestions and takes audience questions.October is Cybersecurity month! Community IT Chief Technology Officer Matt Eshleman walked through our revised Playbook on Cybersecuri...

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30:47

Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook with...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/10/25

Is your nonprofit struggling to understand cybersecurity fundamentals? Are you unsure what level of protection you need or can afford?October is Cybersecurity month! Community IT Chief Technology Officer Matt Eshleman walked through our revised Playbook on Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits in a webinar designed to get your nonprofit prepped to face cyberliability insurance requirements and ever-evolving threats. Learn the Community IT approach to cybersecurity and how even smal...

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24:04

Data Governance for Nonprofits with Jeff Gibson

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/10/18

Best practices on improving data security, making the case for creating the policies, and the impact of AI on data security.Carolyn speaks with guest Jeff Gibson from Build Consulting to answer questions about why data is important to nonprofits, how your data can get really widely distributed in different tools in different departments, and why it is important to do an audit and assessment to know what data you have. Do you know where your data risks lie? Do you know you are in complian...

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15:27

Tracking Subscriptions Tips for Nonprofits with Pat...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/10/11

How do you track your subscriptions and licenses? Why is it important to know who has which subscription at your nonprofit? Many clients come to Community IT experiencing difficulty tracking IT inventory. In addition to tracking physical hardware, laptops, and devices, nonprofits also can find it difficult to track licenses and software subscriptions to cloud-based apps and IT tools. The rise in cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) models has led to ease of use. It is really eas...

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22:47

IT Inventory Tips for Nonprofits with Johan Hammerstrom

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/10/04

What do you need to do now to track your inventory? Why do you need to track inventory - and why isn't there a killer app for that yet?A significant number of clients come to Community IT without any inventory tracking at all. Besides being a financial risk this is a clear security risk - especially if you have no system in place to off-board staff who leave your nonprofit but keep their laptop and access to private files and business subscriptions.Why is it so hard to track inventory if you ...

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26:29

Using an IT Skills Matrix with Heather Ritchie pt 2

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/09/27

Have you ever used a skills matrix in IT change management at your nonprofit?In pt 1, Heather describes a typical IT Skills Matrix and how you create one, and responds to audience questions. In podcast part 2, she delves into identifying stakeholders and gives several examples of when and how to use a Skills Matrix to build and empower your team.Do you know your super-users and early adopters? Your champions and ambassadors? Do you know who on your staff will happily and reliably use the tool...

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29:03

Using an IT Skills Matrix with Heather Ritchie pt 1

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/09/20

Have you ever used a skills matrix in IT change management at your nonprofit?Do you know your super-users and early adopters? Your champions and ambassadors? Do you know who on your staff will happily and reliably use the tool exactly as trained vs your staffer who is always looking for new features and finding new shortcuts? Do you know who usually needs a little extra training and review sessions? Who is tech-hesitant, or even tech-phobic? How can you make your IT roll out a success for ALL...

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Google Tips for Nonprofits with Tiff Parker

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/09/13

Tiff Parker is an expert in Google Workspace support, having used Google Workspace herself throughout her career and developing a practice as an in-house expert to our clients who use Google Workspace. Carolyn asked Tiff for her tips on features to use and things to know about Google Workspace at the office.The takeaways: Know the difference between My Drive and Shared Drives, and set up Shared Drives for anything that you will want access to after a staff member leaves your organization...

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38:46

Managing a Few Macs at Your Nonprofit with Nura Aboki

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/09/06

Senior Consultant Nura Aboki explores best practices on supporting one or two Macs when everyone else is on Windows laptops.Nura and Carolyn discussed the ins and outs of supporting a few staff members and managing a few Macs, whether in a Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace environment. The days of leaving your Mac users to manage their own devices are long gone – current cybersecurity risks require full management of ALL your end users. You might try to get all your staff on the same lap...

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27:01

Nonprofit Tech FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) pt 2

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/08/30

Does your organization struggle to match your IT to your actual business needs? Learn how to right size your IT and get rid of FOMO.In pt 1, Johan, Pat and Carolyn discuss Tech FOMO and the reasons nonprofits are susceptible to feeling it. They ask the webinar audience about their last new tech implementations and explore everyone’s current FOMO, AI. In part 2, Pat walks us through an IT decision making pathway (which you can download below) and Johan answers audience questions.Fear of M...

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31:56

Nonprofit Tech FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) pt 1

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/08/23

Does your organization struggle to match your IT to your actual business needs? Learn how to right size your IT and get rid of FOMO.Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a natural human condition. And when it comes to technology, shiny new tools and platforms can seem very shiny. Add in tech giants’ large marketing budgets and vendors who pressure you to keep up with the latest and greatest, and you can feel like you constantly need to move to the newer, better solution to get the latest fe...

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23:58

AI Artificial Intelligence at Nonprofits with Matt...

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/08/16

The pace of new AI tools and uses on the market is like a rocket. Does your nonprofit have questions about cybersecurity, opting out, or best practices when using AI? Microsoft released a new AI Governance Framework for Nonprofits joining many institutions putting out guidelines and studying the impact of AI on nonprofits and the ways nonprofits are using AI. Many nonprofits are approaching AI very cautiously, or may not have developed policies yet to use AI securely. Or your nonprofit m...

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39:20

Nonprofit Boards and IT Roadmaps with Carolyn Woodard

Community IT Innovators Nonprofit Technology Topics ·

2024/08/09

Are you a new board member hoping to help your nonprofit navigate IT management? Do you know what you need to know about IT, cybersecurity, and change management as a board member? Where is your nonprofit on the scale of IT management maturity? In this podcast Marketing Director Carolyn Woodard, who has served as an IT Director at nonprofits in her career, shares best practices and her thoughts on the importance ofsetting prioritieshow to start designing an IT Roadmap from your...

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