Helping Habitat for Humanity Build More Homes
Executive Directors are busy folks, perhaps none more so than Tim Block, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia. Whether it's time spent with important donors or time spent on job sites around the city, Tim relies on mobile communications to keep on top of work back at the office.
Challenge
Executive Directors are busy folks, perhaps none more so than Tim Block, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia. Whether it's time spent with important donors or time spent on job sites around the city, Tim relies on mobile communications to keep on top of work back at the office.
Solution
NPower keeps Tim and his staff mobile. Microsoft's Exchange Server software, generously donated by Microsoft, lets him gain access to his work email anywhere there is an internet connection, whether on his PDA or laptop. Shared calendaring in Microsoft Exchange lets the entire office know his schedule and remote file sharing means important documents are never out of reach.
Impact
NPower makes sure that this technology stays up and running by providing regular maintenance via its Scheduled Support services and emergency support via its help desk (donated by CAI).
"Information Technology is very important to us to be able to track our volunteers and to be able to court and have accurate information on our donors. If you don't do it well you're really behind the eight ball when competing with other nonprofits that do similar
charitable things."
Tim Block
Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity
Philadelphia
About the Nonprofit
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.
