Business Systems, IT & Facilities
Assess your organization’s business systems, IT, and facilities management.
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OpX360 is a free online assessment tool designed to help nonprofits evaluate and improve their operational competence. This module is based on accepted best practices and proven industry standards to help you determine your nonprofit's competence levels in the area of Business Systems, Information Technology (IT) & Facilities Management, understand why it's important, and learn how you can make improvements.
In 60 minutes or less, you can know your operational competence levels and what you need to do next — all at no charge to your organization.
“Over a week, our leadership went through process improvement training. However, the beauty of OpX360 is that it requires no training and, in less than an hour, you have a clear understanding of what practices need improvement and a plan on how to do that.”
- Bruce Johnson, Nonprofit President and Leadership Advisor
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Assessment Details
The Business Systems, Information Technology (IT) & Facilities Management areas of an organization are focused on providing best practices with systems, data, processes, and facilities for managing and protecting the organization’s most vital information and assets in producing the desired outputs for its clients, benefactors, and constituents. These areas are critical to effectively convert inputs into outputs for providing the optimal constituent experience of an organization’s desired programs and services. Together, these best practices touch on important aspects of your organization’s Business Systems, Information Technology (IT) & Facilities concerns.
Each free OpX360 survey has 60 Best Practice statements based on proven industry standards to help you determine your nonprofit's competence in that specific area of your operation, understand their importance, the consequences for non-performance, and what you can do to improve.
What You Will Receive
Within minutes of completing the survey, you will receive an Executive Briefing to provide a C-suite or board-level summary of the assessment and a Detailed Report for the person or team ultimately responsible for your nonprofit's Business Systems, Information Technology (IT) & Facilities operations.
The Executive Briefing contains:
- Your current Competency Levels
- The crucial Key Elements measured and why they are important
- The potential impact of non-performance
- The three most important items to improve first
The Detailed Report contains:
- Everything in the Executive Briefing, plus
- Detailed information for each Best Practice statement, including
- Our recommendations if you are not compliant
Improve Your Operational Competence
There are 60 Best Practice Statements in each of the six OpX360 modules. In the People & Organizational Development module, these statements are grouped into five sets of related Best Practice statements called Key Elements. Each individual statement is categorized into one of three competence levels.
Those competence levels are:
- Level 1 – Core operational practices necessary to perform effectively
- Level 2 – Sophisticated practices that enhance overall performance
- Level 3 – Leading-edge practices that enable an organization to deliver the highest level of operational performance
Any of the free OpX360 surveys can be taken individually or together, depending on the needs of your organization. In minutes, you can know your operational competence levels in any of the areas and what you need to do next.
Contributors
Kent Keifer served as the lead contributor on this survey. Kent has been the Executive Director and CEO of Scriptures In Use (SIU) for the past five years. He has three decades of experience in both private and public sector for-profit organizations as well as in not-for-profit, charitable philanthropic organizations.
Other contributors include President and CEO Jim Brumme of Harvest Media International, Senior IT Business Analyst Ruben Leyvas of UPS, Operations Manager Brodie Lyon of SIU, CEO Steve Maegdlin of Executive Advisory Partners, and others.
"We’ve paid business consultants many thousands of dollars in recent years... OpX360 provided us with more focused feedback and recommendations, along with actionable steps for improvement, than our consultants have."
- Jim McKee, CPA and Nonprofit Leader
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