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How to build an IT Strategy
When it comes to IT, do you find most of your time and energy is spent just keeping the lights on and fixing things when they break? If the answer is 'yes', you’re not alone. In a forever changing digital age, designing and maintaining a forward thinking and agile IT strategy can seem like trying to hit a moving target, especially if you don’t have in-house expertise. It needn’t be. In this How To guide, we share our experiences and advice over six steps to help you set about creating an IT strategy that is fit for purpose, delivers real value and remains relevant as technology evolves.
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An introduction to strategy
A simple explanation of strategy including views from strategy experts and charity leaders on strategy development.
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How to create an HR strategy
As we draw closer to the end of the financial year in March, many organisations begin to review their strategic plans and draft their business plans. One aspect of this will be to ensure that your HR strategy supports your business plan. What does this mean in practice?
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Portfolio analysis
Looking at your portfolio of non profit products and services through a different lens.
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Digital transformation
The way voluntary sector organisations operate, collaborate with each other and listen to supporters can be transformed through the better use of digital technology.
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Cybersecurity
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How to manage growth
When growth is your goal, it takes a lot more headspace than just keeping things ticking over. It means a switch to a more entrepreneurial and creative mindset – by everyone in the organisation, but especially at director/manager level. Having to take time to deal with day to day work, however essential, detracts from this mindset and can put the brakes on growing your organisation.
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Developing an enterprising approach to delivering business objectives
Chris Child from Energize shares how his organisation developed a new, more enterprising approach to delivering their business objectives.
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Taking strategic action
Takes you through the final step of strategic analysis taking action
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Researching key drivers
Takes you through the third step of strategic analysis researching key drivers.
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