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About the webinar

Choosing the right information system is a critical decision that affects how your organization collects, manages, and uses data.

In this webinar, we’ll review common implementation patterns, from spreadsheets and loosely connected tools to custom-built systems and commercial platforms.

We will highlight the trade-offs, risks, and true long-term costs of each approach.

We’ll then demonstrate how ActivityInfo, as a configurable off-the-shelf platform, addresses many of the common challenges organizations face when implementing and maintaining information management systems.

We’ll cover:

• Advantages and disadvantages of spreadsheet-based systems
• Advantages and disadvantages of external custom software development
• Advantages and disadvantages of internal custom software development
• Advantages and disadvantages of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
• ActivityInfo as a configurable off-the-shelf platform

There will also be a Q&A session.

Is this Webinar for me?

• Are you responsible for implementing an information system for your organization?
• Are you looking for a comprehensive summary of all the available options along with their advantages and disadvantages?
• Do you wish to ask your questions about ActivityInfo as an information system for your M&E, case management, reporting, data collection, survey, grants management, impact measurement, CVA or other type of activities?

Then, join our Webinar!

About the Presenters

Alexander Bertram, Executive Director of BeDataDriven and founder of ActivityInfo, is a graduate of the American University's School of International Service and started his career in international assistance twenty years ago working with IOM in Kunduz, Afghanistan and later worked as an Information Management officer with UNICEF in DR Congo. With UNICEF, frustrated with the time required to build data collection systems for each new programme, he worked on the team that developed ActivityInfo, a simplified platform for M&E data collection. In 2010, he left UNICEF to start BeDataDriven and develop ActivityInfo full time. Since then, he has worked with organizations in more than 100 countries to deploy ActivityInfo for monitoring & evaluation.

Brendan O’Neill, Commercial Director at ActivityInfo is a graduate of the University of Virginia and holds advanced degrees from King’s College, London and Lund University. He has 10+ years of experience helping Humanitarian, Conservation and Development organizations implement enterprise information systems. He has a passion for teaching and lifelong learning, serving as adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University and having authored the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Do-it-Yourself Geo Apps.