Flickr Photo: annesliceI came a cross a great article in onPhilanthropy about "accidental techies" in the nonprofit sector. I haven't heard the term in awhile, actually, and was beginning to think that this category of nonprofit staffer had evolved -- as technology has evolved -- beyond the original scope of the term.

When I heard the term, I imagined Sally DoGood, a Program or Administrative Assistant at a local nonprofit who helped her organization move management of their donors' and constituents' information from index cards and file cabinets to spreadsheets on the computer. Sally also updated her organization's web page by using installed software like Dreamweaver. And when the printer's toner needed replacing (or just shaking) or if a paper jam disrupted the office workflow, Sally would be the one to assess and fix the situationcorrectly.