{"id":20096,"date":"2025-04-01T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamheller.com\/?p=20096"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:22:43","slug":"technology-guiding-principals-workbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamheller.com\/resources\/guides\/technology-guiding-principals-workbook","title":{"rendered":"Technology Guiding Principles Workbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20096\" class=\"elementor elementor-20096\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140a545b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"140a545b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f0cbf47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f0cbf47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_direction&quot;:&quot;negative&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c902e7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50c902e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technology Guiding Principles Workbook<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15cfcddb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15cfcddb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Technology Guiding Principles framework is used by Heller Consulting to help nonprofit organizations articulate and align their technology goals around their organization\u2019s values.<\/p><p>This is a tried and tested process that identifies the risks and tradeoffs implicit in every large technology project, and lays the foundation for the working team to make decisions with confidence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7510ebfc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7510ebfc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c54f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21c54f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/es7hq8rr83h.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Technology-Guiding-Principles-Workbook-front-cover-791x1024.png?strip=all\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20097\" alt=\"Dark blue cover with white, blue, and yellow hexagons on the left. 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