Information & Technology

Business Security Essentials

Phishing continues to be one of the most significant cyber-security threats facing Internet users. Hackers are increasing their attacks and exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic. Join presenters from MDCentric to raise your awareness and avoid these traps by reviewing several key techniques, concepts, and historical context used by attackers.

Artificial Intelligence to Recruit and Fundraise

Marie-Line Germain, HR Consulting Initiative

Through the HR Consulting Initiative at Western Carolina University, some of our nonprofit clients (including Center Members) have sought advice on how to recruit employees more effectively. To recruit (and to fundraise), Artificial Intelligence has proven to be effective.

Nonprofit Strategic Technology Planning Guide

Nonprofit Strategic Technology Planning Guide offers a step-by-step approach to designing a long-term technology plan for your nonprofit. It identifies specific meetings you would need to have with your technology steering committee and other stakeholders in each phase, deliverables to achieve at each step of the strategic planning process, and tools for needs such as calculating Total Cost of Ownership.

Overview of RFP Process for Nonprofits, Charities, and Libraries

When well-crafted, Request for Proposals (RFP) can introduce an organization to high-quality vendor-partners and consultants from outside their established networks and ensure that a project is completed as planned. In An Overview of the RFP Process for Nonprofits, Charities, and Libraries, TechSoup offers basic considerations for each phase of the RFP process.