Jan 16 2008
Stranger in a Strange Land
Lasa’s Ian Goodman reports from Idealware and Aspiration’s Managing NonProfit Technology Projects (MNTP) conference.
Last week I attended the Managing NonProfit Technology Projects (MNTP) conference in New York, USA. Despite some confusion (mainly on my part) on some of the language used – the conference was an excellent opportunity to learn and share ideas. I am happy to report that the ICT Hub Knowledgebase and Guide to Managing ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector were both very well received.
The conference offered a great opportunity for learning about technology project management in the voluntary sector and shared experience of what does and does not work. It was interesting to see the disparity of opinion of whether managing technology projects in the voluntary and community sector was different to other sectors. The general consensus was that there was no real agreement – but it should be considered that the values of the sector do play a significant role in how projects are managed.
A full set of notes can be seen on the conference wiki - I was very impressed with the way the wiki was used to record notes from all the sessions and allows for attendees to add their own thoughts after the event.
The final session of the conference looked at whether a Community of Interest could be created around managing technology projects in the sector. There were a number interesting ideas on how to facilitate this – see the Brainstorm notes. It will be interesting to se how this develops and how we might think about something similar “this side of the pond”.
NB. Ian looks after the ICT Hub Knowledgebase and Suppliers’ Directory.
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