Earlier this month I had the opportunity to speak with AlexanderLapa ( Dryad Consulting ), a fellow nonprofit technology consultant, about some important themes regarding digital transformations and our experiences being involved in them over the years.  We covered topics including: how to share best practices within the sector, non-tech related challenges that arise during technology implementations, the RFP process and long term vs. short term perspectives about technology investments.    Alex’s podcast provided a good medium on which to have a candid, down to Earth discussion about what we’ve seen throughout our careers in technology and how to avoid certain pitfalls associated with technology adoption.    You can listen to the episode on Alex’s Agents of Nonprofit podcast page: https://agentsofnonprofit.com/podcast/long-and-short-term-approaches-to-technology-with-kevin-christopher-george Also, take the time to check out Alex’s series of episodes, which in...

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of sitting down with Cindy Wagman of The Good Partnership to chat about all-things-cloud for her podcast, “The Small Nonprofit”.   During the session we talked about everything from what the cloud actually is, why it’s beneficial to invest in and how to measure the value out of those investments.   There were topics we covered that are near and dear to the mission of GreenMerits Consulting given our focus on the successful research, selection and analysis of cloud solutions and data.   The informal approach used on the podcast was reminiscent of conversations I’ve had with nonprofit staff, executive directors and board members, each of whom had varying levels of experience and comfort with cloud technologies. It was a great chat with a forward thinking colleague in the nonprofit consulting world about what it means to bring technology into a nonprofit organization.   As nonprofits have had to change and adapt how they operate...