It is a charity’s leaders, both executive and voluntary, that decide and deliver the direction of work for the organisation. The trustee board is tasked with setting the strategy, and the executive team is tasked with delivering it. Strong, effective leadership is crucial to the success of any civil society organisation.
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Leonard Cheshire Disability vice-chair and IT specialist Jenny Searle talks to Gareth Jones about the charity’s IT plans and her role as an IT expert on the board
GuideStar UK director Les Hems has left the organisation to take up a new role as director of research at the Centre for Social Impact in Sydney, Australia.
Management thinking has provided us with new and different ways to handle organisational change and managing people. This article considers the impact this thinking has on the management of IT and looks at a specific example of procuring new systems.
GuideStar International has integrated its free website GuideStar UK and its Data Services trading subsidiary and appointed Les Hems, formerly director of third sector data and analysis at GuideStar Data Services CIC, as director of the combined programme.
Kate Sayer offers advice on how to convince your board to stump up for investment in IT This may seem like a strange time to be investing, but continuing your investment in certain areas will be crucial for organisations to survive and thrive in an economic downturn. The investment may not be in big database systems and major change, but many organisations have been making significant investments over the last few years. They need to consolidate and embed the use of the systems they have to make the most of past investment. So they may need to spend a little more time and money to really get the value out of systems they have. All this means that the choice of investment is even more important and that a good business case for the proposal is crucial.
Guidestar UK and Civil Society Systems have announced they will merge to become GuideStar International, following a £3m grant from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
How to ensure that your charity can survive a crisis
Key findings from Sayer Vincent's latest IS benchlearning report.
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