Conferences and Meetings
Annual Conference: Each year TAG hosts an annual conference targeted to foundation technology staff, making it a unique educational opportunity to learn how peer foundations utilize technology systems. Conference attendees from TAG member organizations pay $200 less than those from non-member organizations. In 2010, the Annual Conference will be held in San Diego, CA November 8th - 11th.
Regional Meetings: For 2010, TAG will host three regional lunch meetings in New York City for TAG members from the New York area. TAG members in San Francisco, CA will also convene on a periodic basis.
TAG Website
The TAG website has hundreds of documents about best practices in foundation technology management and information about nonprofit sector technology. Click here to view Resource Library documents. The site also contains a discussion forum, members blog, database of foundation members, their organizations and' technology hardware and software systems. Click here for a directory search to view member profiles.
Foundation-Wide Technology Survey
Every other year, TAG partners with the Council on Foundations to conduct a foundation-wide Grantmakers Information Technology Survey. A copy of the full survey report can be found on TAG's web site. TAG members who participate in the survey can also run their own reports comparing their responses to the survey to those of their peers using an online benchmarking tool.
A survey will be conducted in 2010.
TAG Mini-Surveys and Moderated Discussions
TAG conducts min-surveys on topics of particular interest to TAG members. The survey results are shared in a moderated discussion format, where TAG members share their experiences and lessons learned. In 2009, these interactive discussions were about foundation staff use Smartphones and SharePoint implementations.
Idealware Webinars
TAG provides its members with bi-monthly webinars via Idealware on topics relevant to nonprofit technology. The content is focused on the application of the technology rather than pure technical education.
Free Access to Philanthropy In/Sight™
This is a mapping tool designed by the Foundation Center to help grantmakers understand the impact of philanthropy globally, nationally or at regional and local levels. Users can create Google maps combining the Foundation Center's database of 97,000+ grantmakers and 1.8 million grants with demographic and socio-economic indicators.
Gartner Research, Webinars and Conference Discounts
Through its relationship with Gartner, TAG members have the following benefits:
- Gartner hosts technical education webinars bi-monthly
- TAG members have direct access to Gartner research at www.gartner.com.
- TAG members get discounts on Gartner conferences.
Details are as follows:
TAG members can search Gartner's Web site for the research notes, white papers, etc. that you are interested in and then have them sent to you via email at no cost. Gartner is one of the leading information technology research companies and this benefit would literally cost thousands of dollars if you were to have this benefit on your own. You can access Gartner research as follows:
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Individual TAG members are responsible for identifying the note number of the research document they wish to receive. TAG members identify the note number by searching the contents of Gartner's web site,
www.gartner.com.
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When you find the research you are looking for, you will see an option to purchase the document. Instead of purchasing the document, write down the note number and then go to the Resources page on TAG's web site to request the document(s).
- From the Left Hand Side navigation, Select Resources - Request Gartner Reports and complete the request form.
- Research will be provided only to TAG members, with a limit of five documents per month for foundation members and two documents per month for affiliate members.
Please note: TAG members must comply with the Terms of Use specified by Gartner.
TAG hosts bi-monthly webinars. The topics for the calls are relevant technology systems and trends. These sessions are very informative, educational and technical in nature. Calls generally take place on the first Thursday of every other month at 1:30 pm eastern time.
TAG members also can attend Gartner conferences at reduced prices. For Gartner's major Symposium, TAG members can attend for $2800. The normal rate for this conference is $3895. For Gartner's themed conferences, TAG members can attend for $1200. The normal rate for these conferences ranges from $1795 - $1995.
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