Citrix Extends Free Project and Work Management Tools to Nonprofits
March 24 2014 - 11:02AM
Business Wire
New Citrix sponsorship program makes Podio free
for nonprofits to organize, share and find the information they
need to get work done
Citrix today announced the availability of Podio for Nonprofits,
a free program designed to help nonprofits organize the work they
do everyday, improve work processes and ultimately be more
effective. The global program includes free premium access to
Citrix Podio and hundreds of Podio apps through the Podio App
Market, along with onboarding support and resources. Podio
sponsorship is open to all nonprofits with US 501(c)(3) or
equivalent status. Citrix invites all registered nonprofits to sign
up for Podio sponsorship.
“Research shows there is huge untapped potential for more social
impact groups to utilize tech tools to reduce the time and cost it
takes to deliver services, fundraise and engage stakeholders,” said
Tommy Ahlers, vice president and entrepreneur in residence, Citrix
SaaS Division. “We want to remove the technology adoption and
implementation hurdles these organizations face so they can spend
more time making life-changing contributions to their communities,
and less time managing how they get their work done.”
According to Columbia Social Work Review’s 2013 report, the
uptake of cloud, social and mobile technologies will help the
nonprofit sector to provide more effective services through
improved productivity and efficiencies; yet the most common
barriers to technology adoption remain lack of resources: funds,
time and IT expertise. The report shows that while most NPOs use
information technologies like websites, email and databases to
deliver services to clients, few of them use software systems and
mobile technologies that would enable their workers to improve
client communications and access to information off-site. An
estimated 35 percent of nonprofits use mobile devices and
applications to manage work, while only 20 percent use software
systems to record data for things like client and volunteer
management. A recent McKinsey study found that companies see a
20-25 percent increase in productivity by using social technologies
like Podio, because they simply get work done faster.
More than 2500 nonprofits have already received sponsorship
status through Podio, including The World Society for the
Protection of Animals (WSPA), sustainable travel group Project
Cordillera, pet-health services group PetChance and Music Nova
Scotia.
Nonprofits streamline teamwork and boost productivity
GirlsOnTheRun.org is a physical-activity-based youth development
program for girls in grades 3 to 8, teaching life skills through
dynamic, interactive lessons and running games. In 2013 Girls on
the Run served 150,000 girls across North America through 215
councils.
“Each council is as unique as the girls they serve, with its own
strengths and its own challenges,” said Elizabeth Kunz, president
of Girls on the Run. “Podio has been a way for our councils to
collaborate, share, ideas, best practices and documents, and
support one another with many miles in between them. With a way to
network on a daily basis, our councils are able to more effectively
serve their territories and continue to help girls grow in
strength, courage and confidence.”
DANSIC, a Danish student-led organization whose mission is to
inspire social innovation by supporting companies targeting both
social impact and economic sustainability, has been using Podio for
more than two years to help coordinate its flagship annual event,
the Social Innovation Conference in Copenhagen. DANSIC relies on
Podio for project management, communication and coordination of all
aspects of the conference, as well as keeping all 60
student-members of the organization connected and in sync. Watch
DANSIC’s Podio story.
Nonprofits that sign up for Podio sponsorship have access to
world-class support services and onboarding assistance through the
Podio Help Center, in addition to access to a community of Podio
users who share best practices and learnings with each other every
day through the Podio Help forum. The Podio Help Forum provides a
knowledge base of expert advice, instruction on the use of Podio
and other tools, as well as tips intended to help nonprofits take
full advantage of Podio.
Until now, Podio sponsorship status was granted on a
case-by-case basis, but in response to the growing need for
cloud-based tools that make nonprofit teams more efficient and
productive, the program will today be rolled out as a formal Citrix
Podio offering.
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