http://techcafeteria.com/blog/2007/06/06/should-non-profits-seed-software-development/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://techcafeteria.com/blog/2007/06/06/should-non-profits-seed-software-development/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Melanie Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:53:53 +0000 http://techcafeteria.com/blog/2007/06/06/should-non-profits-seed-software-development/#comment-2583 I worked for a non-profit and ended up developing my own sql application, then web application. It took much effort and would have loved to know about salesforce. From my experiences most non-profits have very little knowledge of tech and usually contract. Unfortunately many contractors do not have the time to truly invest in organizing that non-profit and the non-profit doesn't have the funds to invest in tech to truly get organized. So what ends up happening is a large mess of issues. In order to do this type of work you must have a soft spot for the non-profit and what they are trying to achieve (definately not for the money). Techsoup was one of my favorites. I worked for a non-profit and ended up developing my own sql application, then web application. It took much effort and would have loved to know about salesforce. From my experiences most non-profits have very little knowledge of tech and usually contract. Unfortunately many contractors do not have the time to truly invest in organizing that non-profit and the non-profit doesn’t have the funds to invest in tech to truly get organized. So what ends up happening is a large mess of issues. In order to do this type of work you must have a soft spot for the non-profit and what they are trying to achieve (definately not for the money).
Techsoup was one of my favorites.

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