Written by James Plotnik
Last Thursday, July 7th, we held our third, quarterly Nonprofit Technology Forum at the TecMarc Technical Training Institute and it was a huge success! There was a great mix of individuals from both the nonprofit and for profit sectors, and from all different levels within the organizations including C-level management. Some of the organizations represented were Arizona Community Foundation, Community Services of Arizona, Cox Business, Sprint Business Solutions, Toshiba Business Solutions, Auction and Event Solutions, Mogollon Health Alliance, Greater Phoenix Urban League, Phoenix Business Journal, ProMarc, MME Consulting Services, Leadership Industries, Sechler CPA, Marc Center of Mesa and Grant Thornton. Our goal is to make these events collaborative in nature where we bring people together to share expertise and build connections and having a diverse group like this did just that.
Norm Duve’ from TecMarc Technology Services was the first speaker who discussed Managing Technology Change in Your Organization. He brought up the importance of gaining executive and management support as well as getting the right people on the bus to make changes come to fruition. Here is Norm’s list of Must Do’s:
- Always be getting buy-in from upper-management
- Always be selling your initiatives
- Accept that change is inevitable and prepare
- Use ten carrots and then a stick
- Keep looking at your environment
- Get the right people on the bus
- Involve the key people, keep everyone else informed
Our second speaker was Mark Villari from Toshiba Business Solutions who spoke about Managed Print Services – Saving Trees. His presentation was very informational and eye opening. He spoke about the importance of knowing how documents are being produced and on what machines because you could be printing to a more costly machine and not know it. Through managing your printing you can manage your costs. Did you know how much of a negative impact old ink and toner cartridges have on the environment? I sure didn’t! Some parts of the cartridges can take 1,000 years to decompose and inks leak into soil and water supplies. Toshiba actually recycles old ink and toner cartridges. They can even turn them into eLumber that has many applications and can be used in construction, landscape and other projects!
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| eLumber Edging |
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| eLumber Bench |
From all of us at TecMarc, thank you everyone for attending our Summer 2011 Nonprofit Technology Forum and a special thank you to both Norm Duve’ and Mark Villari for speaking! You two did an excellent job!
Stay tuned for more information on our next forum. You won’t want to miss it!
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