The increase in productivity and keeping inflation low can be greatly attributed to the Internet. The cell phone can be attributed as the second factor. The degree to which your organization has lowered its cost of doing business is dependent upon its level of use in telecommuting, teleconferencing, VOIP calling and the sharing of data. In the past seven years the use of bandwidth has increased to a daily consumption of the same amount used by the whole Internet in 2000. Today there is concern for the need to quickly create more capacity.

While the technology meltdown of recent years wiped out companies and many investors, it left in its wake lots of newly laid bandwidth that was left idled. No one really knows how much of this bandwidth today lays in wait to be used.

The same argument was once said about the ability of computers to keep up with the demand. I remember the first PC I had, the second and third. At first my use of the computer matched the ability of the computer. Later, my abilities exceeded the computer’s ability to be faster or could not handle all of the screens I had open. New and old companies created the technology to allow me to work even more efficiently and share more information.

Organizations need to make web-based tools a focus of communicating their mission, sharing internal information and seeking to have others participate in their organization. The concerns of tomorrow’s capacity should not slow down your commitment to bring your organization into the technology of today.

Does your organization have a web site?
Does your organization accept donations on line?
Does your organization have a web-based internal communication feature?
Does your organization share data via the web?
Does your organization have telecommunicating employees?
Does your organization have employees accessing their files via an external connection?
Does your organization post its philanthropic needs on the web?

These are just a few questions to assess your organization’s web status and direction?

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