Transforming Nonprofits

Technology strategy is organizational strategy. We partner with the leading nonprofits, foundations, and associations to integrate technology with their organizational strategies and discuss and learn about all of the things that make nonprofit technology strategy successful.

Rise of the AI Agents with Rubin Singh and Ryan Ozimek 05/17/2025

Change Management with Heather Ritchie 12/20/2024

Change Management with Heather Ritchie This episode brings an expert in change management, , to talk about skills. But, skills are more than a set of things you've learned. Skills are what your team, and your organization, need to work together and thrive. Heather is an expert with a long career of curiosity about teams: how do we work together as humans? What are the ways to manage human change for nonprofit teams to make IT projects more successful? And how can a team of people who care about their nonprofit and its mission strategize the skills they need to acquire or improve to increase their organization's ability to achieve mission? Can you execute a change management strategy without learning your teams’ skills, interests, and where they can grow into the new tech space you are creating? And do you have the trust on your team to do a skills matrix exercise in good faith? Heather discusses ways to create safety for your staff to be candid, honest, and vulnerable and build the team they want. Do you need a skilled facilitator? Do you structure the skills mapping exercise one-on-one or as a group project? In this conversation, Kyle learns Heather's approach to change management and skill mapping. Heather is a consultant with Build Consulting and has over two decades of experience in the field. She has led change management efforts in nonprofit, academic and corporate sectors, serving in a variety of roles from senior leadership to educator, coach and consultant. Heather brings a passion for connecting social purpose with the strategy, tools and technology to make the world a better place – on budget, on time, and for measurable impact. Our podcast is designed for audiences with varied experiences with technology. In this conversation with Heather Ritchie learn the role of skills in change management and strategies to motivate your teams to develop the skills they - and your nonprofit - need. /episode/index/show/buildconsulting/id/34495235

Nonprofit Data and Strategy with Taj Carson 07/19/2024

Microsoft's Vision for AI with Ryan Ozimek and Watt Hamlett 04/26/2024

AI Ambush with Johan Hammerstrom 12/22/2023

Fireside Chat: Katie McFadden and Ryan Ozimek on Dreamforce 09/22/2023

Fireside Chat: Miriam Dicks on Culture 07/21/2023

Fireside Chat: Karen Graham on Learning 06/09/2023

Leadership in IT at Nonprofits pt 2 05/19/2023

Leadership in IT at Nonprofits pt 1 05/19/2023

Fireside Chat: Justin Melnick on the Power of Brand 04/14/2023

Nonprofit Change Management Framework for Technology Projects 03/10/2023

We Are All Data Managers: Learn How To Up Your Game 02/10/2023

Successful Nonprofit Change Management 01/16/2023

Improving Donor Data: A Real-Life Story 12/16/2022

5 Hacks to Weave Constituent Experience Into Your Organzation pt 2 12/02/2022

5 Hacks to Weave Constituent Experience Into Your Organization pt 1 11/18/2022

Ask the Experts on Nonprofit Development Operations and Technology pt 2 11/04/2022

Ask the Experts on Nonprofit Development Operations and Technology pt 1 10/21/2022

SharePoint for Nonprofits pt 2 10/06/2022

SharePoint for Nonprofits pt 2 In Pt 2, Kyle and Steve dig further into listener questions and talk about those 1000+ unedited photos from the 2011 Gala you want to migrate and store in your new online SharePoint, and how to manage a migration in general. Do you have questions about file sharing and collaboration at your nonprofit? Do you use Microsoft 365? If you use Teams to share files with colleagues, you use SharePoint. Have you been confused about SharePoint in the past? Sometimes SharePoint training can be overwhelming. SharePoint can also be over-built and overly complicated for the basic user. In this webinar, we answer your most common questions and walk you through the ways SharePoint makes sharing files easier. Kyle Haines, Partner at Build Consulting, and Steve Longenecker, Director of IT Consulting at Community IT, have an expert discussion on SharePoint for Nonprofits. Between them the panelists have a breadth of knowledge on nonprofit use of SharePoint. They cover the advantages and challenges of this tool; migrations, training, and change management; and how to set up file architecture to match your organization’s style. SharePoint is a powerful tool for many applications; in this webinar we focus on using it for file sharing. We got so many questions on moving from a “sites” model for SharePoint (if you implemented SharePoint a few years ago) to using folders and accessing files through Teams that we plan another webinar specific to those questions for the future. SharePoint is the tool within the Microsoft Office 365 online suite that provides a platform for storing, sharing and collaborating on documents. If you have Microsoft 365, you have SharePoint. If you are not using it to collaborate with your colleagues, or if you are finding it frustrating or hard to use, this webinar gives some tips and answers to your questions! As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Build and Community IT are passionately vendor-agnostic. /episode/index/show/buildconsulting/id/24554295