From the introduction: "How can nonprofit organizations make better use of today's rapidly changing information and communication technology? What obstacles do nonprofits face? This book presents research on special challenges facing nonprofits when investing in new technology. The nonprofit
manager forewarned is forearmed."
This book identifies the ways that new information and communication technology both help and hinder nonprofit effectiveness. The book establishes a body of dependable research on the subject, compiling the resources needed to make better
technology-adoption and management decisions in the nonprofit sector.
Foreword by Tessie Guillermo
Introduction, by Michael Cortés and Kevin Rafter
PART 1: TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS
1. Infrastructure and Activities: Relating IT to the Work of Nonprofit Organizations, Richard M. Clerkin and Kirsten A. Grønbjerg
2. The Use of Computer and
Office Technology among New York City's Nonprofit Organizations, Julian Wolpert and John E. Seley
3. Adoption of New-Wave Electronic Advocacy Techniques by Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations, John McNutt
PART 2: BARRIERS TO ADOPTING TECHNOLOGY
4. Barriers to Information Technology
Usage in the Nonprofit Sector, Peter Manzo and Bill Pitkin
5. Bridging the "Effectiveness Divide" in ICT Use: The Case of Volunteer Recruitment in Canada, Yvonne Harrison and Vic Murray
PART 3: THE POTENTIAL FOR TECHNOLOGY
6. A Question of Empowerment: Information Technology and Civic
Engagement in New Haven, Connecticut, Peter Dobkin Hall
7. Do Information Technologies Influence the Operations of Community Development Corporations? Samuel Nunn
PART 4: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING TECHNOLOGY USE
8. Designing Information Systems around Decision Making , Dale Fitch
9.
Geeks for Good: Technology Evangelism and the Role of Circuit Riders in IT Adoption among Nonprofits, Paul-Brian McInerney
10. Organizational Strategies to Foster the Adaptation and Integration of Technology in Grassroots Social Justice Organizations, Carol Silverman and Kevin
Rafter
Appendix A
About the Contributors
Index
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Michael Cortés (PhD, University of California, Berkley; MSW, University of Michigan) is the former director of the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management at the University of San Francisco. He served previously on the faculty of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at University of
Colorado, Denver. Other positions held include Vice-President for Research, Advocacy, and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza in Washington, D.C., Director of Planning, Finance and Administration at the Levi Strauss Foundation in San Francisco, and Project Director at Interstate Research
Associates in Washington, D.C., and Texas.
Kevin Rafter (MA, Graduate Center of the City University of New York) is a research associate at the Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management at the University of San Francisco. He completed extensive course work in research methodology,
applied statistics, urban social policy, housing policy, and community development. He is currently working on a dissertation about the location of Northern California nonprofit social service organizations relative to social needs and financial resources.
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