What Strategic Leaders Need to Know About Evaluating, Selecting, and Implementing the Right Technology

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The new year brings a fresh perspective, and for many nonprofits emerging from the busy end-of-year giving season, it's the ideal time to evaluate whether your current technology is helping or hindering your mission.

If you're grappling with data silos, cumbersome reporting, or the nagging sense that your tech stack is holding your team back, you're not alone. Perhaps you’re just frustrated by the critical outage during the giving season and the lost donations you can’t recover. Whatever your frustration, it’s valid. But knowing you need change and confidently navigating that change are two very different challenges.

Join our expert panel from Engaging Networks, SJ Consulting, and the Jane Goodall Institute USA for an honest conversation about the real considerations, common pitfalls, and proven strategies that help nonprofits make smart technology investments. You'll also have the chance to get your questions answered live at the end of the session.

What You'll Learn:

• Recognize the Warning Signs: How to know when you've truly outgrown your software stack—from bad data and team silos to labor-intensive workarounds.
• Move from Problem to Action: A clear framework for evaluating solutions meaningfully but efficiently without falling into "death by committee."
• Avoid Common Pitfalls: What derails most technology transformations and how to plan for successful change management.
• Point Solutions vs. All-in-One vs. Hybrid: Understanding the trade-offs between different tech stack approaches for your organizational needs.
• See it in Action: A live demonstration of Jane Goodall Institute's new Engaging Networks-powered donation page and email campaigns.

• Sarah Festa, VP of Development Marketing and Operations at Jane Goodall Institute USA
• Julie Gibson, President at SJ Consulting
• Mike Bird, Account Executive at Engaging Networks (panel moderator)

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