Microsoft Azure is a set of cloud services to help nonprofit organizations meet challenges and create new opportunities to further your mission. Azure gives you the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using your favorite tools and frameworks. It helps
nonprofits reduce costs, manage infrastructure constraints, enhance your organization’s security posture, and scale up or down based on your needs.
Join Microsoft Tech for Social Impact and your colleagues from around the globe for a 45-minute session with live Q&A where we’ll break down the basics of Azure, explain the benefits and use cases to nonprofits, as well as the grants and free resources available to help you get started in the cloud.
Agenda:
- What is Azure?
- Understand the benefits of moving to the cloud and how nonprofits are using Azure to accelerate their mission.
- Why nonprofits choose Azure.
- Learn about the $3,500 USD annual Azure grant and our free Azure Onboarding Concierge service for organizations who are new to the Azure grant or would like a refresher.
- Learn how we can help you use Azure and train your team with free training resources.
Event: Azure 101 for Nonprofits
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. PST
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Source: Microsoft Tech for Social Impact
Azure 101 Session for Non-profits - March 10th
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Welcome!
If you are reading this guide, you are about to embark on a process that will help your organization harness the potential of technology to deliver your mission and best serve your community. Proactively planning for technology is about more than replacing old computers (although that might be part of your plan!). This process will help your organization fundamentally shift the way you approach technology investments toward greater mission achievement and community impact. It will identify opportunities for technology to help you control costs, reduce risk, raise funds, and empower staff.
Strategic technology planning – much like any strategic planning process – is a comprehensive look at the current state and the desired future state for your organization. If you just need some new computers, this may not be the right process. But if you are ready to treat technology as a mission-critical investment that can accelerate your organization’s impact, you are in the right place! Your nonprofit has much to gain from appropriately integrating technology into your operations, communications, fundraising, and service delivery. This guide offers step-by-step support to help you lead your organization through technology planning, resulting in a roadmap to smart technology use.
Acknowledgements
This guide has been produced through the generous support of the Rasmuson Foundation, a private foundation that works as a catalyst to promote a better life for Alaskans. Learn more at www.rasmuson.org. It was written and edited by Lindsay Bealko of Toolkit Consulting, who helps mission-minded organizations design creative communications, engaging education, and powerful programs. Learn more at www.toolkitconsulting.com.
Special thanks to Orion Matthews and Jeremiah Dunham of DesignPT for their substantial contributions to and reviews of this guide to make it as useful as possible to nonprofit organizations who are ready to harness the strategic potential of technology. Learn more and request help with your strategic technology plan at www.designpt.com.