Remote Staff, Office Staff - Tech Tips for Nonprofits

CEO Johan Hammerstrom and experts Johanny Torrico (COO) and Steve Longenecker (Director of IT Consulting) discuss tech tips to support nonprofits going back to the office or continuing to work remotely.

Many nonprofits are considering or in the process of reintegrating back into their physical offices. With the sudden shift to working from home, many organizations scrambled to put tools and systems in place quickly over the past few months for their remote staff and office staff. 

Many of us allowed staff to use personal computers and devices, quickly set up file sharing platforms, and moved to using Zoom for conference calls. 

In the rush to be operational it was hard to take the time to compare new tools to existing tools, or consider the security ramifications of any of these sudden changes. In short, even if we did our best to implement thoughtful technology change management, circumstances have made measured approaches quite difficult.

Now, the question is: How to take the benefits from that experience and bring new data, policies, and processes into our official systems of record and cybersecure best practices?

We address two main aspects of remote staff, office staff reintegration.

Is your nonprofit working all remote, all back to a physical office, or a hybrid blend?

• We touch on technology tips and best practices for several “back to the office” scenarios – we know the nonprofit community is never one-size-fits-all.
• Community IT knows our sector already has considerable experience in many remote working/hybrid scenarios. This conversation covers existing and new best practices.

Does your nonprofit have in place the policies and security you need to support your new reality?

• Update your written technology policies to incorporate new practices
• Budget and plan to support new processes and platforms
• Review your cybersecurity stance and (re)train your users on security best practices. Hackers have a lot of time on their hands at the moment, and are adjusting rapidly to new vulnerabilities. We don’t want a preventable security issue to be your next headache.

We know our nonprofits will be called on over the next few years to provide more support to our communities than ever before. Put your best foot forward with the technology tips you need now for your remote staff and office staff.

As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.

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