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Annual Nonprofit IT Conference
GWg 6th Annual Central Ohio Nonprofit IT Conference
"Is The Cloud Right For You?"
Friday, October 7, 2011
SPEAKERS’ PRESENTATIONS AVAILABLE!!
Whether or not your were able to join us for our Annual Conference,
we are pleased to make the speakers’ presentations available below.
Speaker: Kathy Starkoff, CIO,The Ohio State University
Of the three components of a successful IT organization – people, process, and technology – many would be surprised to learn that technology is the easy part. In 2008, The Ohio State University embarked on a journey to transform into a high performance organization by focusing extensive efforts on transforming our people and processes. Discussion focused on embarking on this journey, her organization's challenges, and the roadmap the organization has put in place to achieve its goal.
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Speakers: GWg Team Members
The GroundWork group Team shared details on our cloud-based offerings and future plans on development in multiple areas of technology to enhance our ability to serve nonprofit organizations.
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Speaker: Ron Savoia, Founder, Managing Partner, Stratus Innovations Group
Cloud Computing seems to be the "next big thing" in Information Technology, but what exactly is Cloud Computing, and is it hype or business value? Ron provided a high-level overview of Cloud Computing and presented areas that a nonprofit organization can see technical and financial business value from a Cloud Computing implementation.
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Speaker: Terry Schavone, Senior Vice President, Donor Services and Development, The Columbus Foundation
An overview of the five living generations and the differences among them, the workshop looked at four primary individual sources of major gifts of $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000 or $1 million or more and analyzeed an age and wealth matrix to describe stage of life factors and their role in major gift philanthropy.
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Speaker: Tom Walters, Manager, Infrastructure Solutions, Quick Solutions
An introduction to Microsoft Online services, the presentation covered Online Services Features and Requirements, Cloud Identity Management and Access Control, Subscription Plans and Licensing, Content Migration, and Rich Coexistence. Discover how taking some or all of your services to the cloud can be beneficial to your organization.
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Speaker: Ramona Swayne, VP, Operations, Alvis House
Alvis House, winner of the 2011 GWg Nonprofit IT Creativity Award for Technology Maturity, shared the process they underwent to develop an IT Master Plan. The workshop covered the basic components of an IT Plan and how it can be utilized as a strategic management tool to support agency programs and to improve data management and security.
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GroundWork group's Annual Nonprofit IT Conference brings together nonprofit leaders, funders, IT professionals and local businesses for:
- Timely technology workshops
- Analyzing the nonprofit business climate
- Sharing ideas
- Improving nonprofit operations
- Connecting nonprofits to potential volunteers, grantmakers and business partners
- Strengthening the ability of nonprofits to achieve the goals of their missions
Read up on our past conferences
2008 – 3rd Annual Central Ohio Nonprofit IT Conference – "Collaboration – Working Together"
2009 – 4th Annual Central Ohio Nonprofit IT Conference – "Sustainability Through Technology"
2010 – 5th Annual Central Ohio Nonprofit IT Conference – "Technology Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow…Mapping the Way"
THANK YOU Attendees, Presenters,
Volunteers and Sponsors for making our
6th Annual Nonprofit IT Conference
a success!!
THANK YOU to our Keynote and Breakout Level Sponsors!
Doug Spence
