Technology and Information Management

When dealing with technologies, a sustainable non-profit organization:

• Understands if and how technology supports its programs. Note that technology could be anything from telephones for a Distress Centre, to refrigerators for safe food storage to computer hardware/software;
  
  
• Uses computer technology for efficient management of information;
  
  
• Possesses adequate hardware and software resources to support its technology needs and ensures that these are maintained;
  
  
• Develops a strategic technology and implementation plan;
  
  
• Employs sufficient protection from viruses, mal-ware and spy-ware;
  
  
• Employs adequate maintenance and back-up systems to ensure safety of data and efficiency of operations;
  
  
• Includes practices and policies for the use of computer systems and Internet use, including donated equipment;
  
  
• Communicates practices and policies for the use of computer systems and Internet use;
  
  
• Provides training to those staff and volunteers involved in the use of technologies;
  
  
• Preserves the integrity of its technology through security and backup procedures; and
  
  
• Follows a plan for evolving its technologies in support of its mission.