There’s a big difference between leading and managing. Oftentimes that difference is subtle, but countless articles and books have been written on this topic. Technology is an area where this distinction can make all the difference, and every business and organization needs a tech LEADER today! Many times organizations hire an IT manager or specialist to …
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Risky Business – Why You Need an IT Risk Strategy
Having an IT risk management plan and strategy is a key part of running a business, organization or school. If you don’t have one, you need to start making it today. Dependence on technology is part of running a business or organization today, but with it comes a lot more points of failure or difficulty. …
Is Outsourcing Online Subscriptions Right for You?
A lot of businesses and organizations are seeing their stable of online subscriptions expand. It seems that every time you turn around there’s a new platform that promises to improve results and make things faster and easier for you. Often there’s a lot of value in this! The downside of having online platforms is that …
Technical Staffing – Who’s on First?
Tell me if this familiar in your school – a new teacher needs help with an online platform. She emails IT and finds out that she needs to talk to the administrative assistant for that platform. The administrative assistant tells her the principal knows who the person in charge of that is. The principal finally …
Avoiding Buyer’s Remorse with Technology
Have you ever fallen victim to buyer’s remorse? We all know what this is – we’ve purchased something thinking it was exactly what we wanted or thought would fix our problems, but got it home and found out it wasn’t quite what we thought, or needed a lot more parts that didn’t come with it. …