Digital technology continues to disrupt and transform the nonprofit sector.
The 2016 survey conducted by Recherches & Solidarités among association managers highlighted the growing importance of digital tools in the management, operation and communication of associations. The use of participatory financing, online donation collection and applications, which are still not widely used, were already arousing the curiosity of many leaders and volunteers. They also had high expectations of digital tools to facilitate and encourage volunteer involvement, but remained reserved about their attractiveness.
The 2018 survey had highlighted strong support needs in the area of digital tools.
Questioned in 2019 about the digital maturity of their association, 21% of managers described their association in 2019 as " little initiated ", 55% as " in progress " and 21% as " experienced. " After a phase of excessive multiplication of certain tools, we are witnessing, in 2019, a phase of rationalization to find those that will really allow to gain in efficiency."
In order to face the lack of digital skills within their organizations, or to support their digital teams, which are often overwhelmed, a certain number of associations call upon young volunteers to carry out a digital project or to act as a digital mediator. The young volunteers contribute to the appropriation of digital technology by the associations.
AssoConnect, for its part, a software publisher for the non-profit sector, has just raised 7 million euros. AssoConnect plans to invest €4 million in R&D, to launch in the United States and to expand in France with federations and networks of associations. AssoConnect's software enables the managers and volunteers of several thousand associations to manage their daily tasks (member management, payment collection, accounting, communication, etc.).
2020 is also the year of the deployment of the digital support program, Associative Digital Support Points, set up by Fonda, the Mouvement associatif and HelloAsso to help associations gain digital skills.
Associations streamline their digital use
The annual study the place of digital technology in the associative project, set up by Recherches & Solidarités and Solidatch, has been an annual barometer of the digital transition of associations since 2008. It is based on a survey of more than 2,50 associative leaders from all regions, reflecting the diversity of the associative fabric.
When asked about their digital maturity, 55% of associations say they are "making progress". They adopt digital tools for three main reasons: "to make the association better known" (73%), "to improve network animation " (72%) and "to manage the association's activities " (60%). The last reason given was to seek funding (23%).
For external communication, associations favor websites and social networks. Internally, they mainly use digital tools for accounting (48%) and management (31%). To animate their network, only 9% of them use distance learning tools.
" Generally speaking, the authors of the study observe. after a phase of excessive multiplication of certain tools observed in 2016, we are witnessing, in 2019, a phase of rationalization to find those that will really allow to gain in efficiency".
320 structures in France to support associations on digital issues
"If the digital divide is a reality for a large part of the population, another component of society also needs to be supported on the digital: the associations. Indeed, the scarcity of aid dedicated to them to help them develop their presence on the Internet is added to the lack of accessibility of digital tools. However, allowing them to train on the subject would be beneficial to the whole population, especially for the people they support.
Fonda, the Mouvement associatif and HelloAsso have set up a digital support program dedicated to the associative sector in 2019. The objective of this program, called PANA (Points d'Appui au Numérique Associatif), is to help structures whose mission is to support associations (Maisons d'associations, Point d'Appui à la Vie Associative, Services municipaux délégués à la vie associative, etc...) to increase their skills on digital and to provide them with a maximum of free educational resources on the subject.
33 departments now have structures dedicated to the digital transition of associations.
Each structure recognized by PANA (320 at the beginning of 2020) can follow a day of digital skills development allowing it to be a support, a help, an accompaniment for the associations of its territory on digital subjects.
These skills-building days have themes that are as varied as they are complementary, such as communication on the Internet, the RGPD, digital tools, social networks or even digital and sustainable development.
Référence :
The young volunteers of the Civic Service contribute to the appropriation of the digital by the associations
The National Institute for Youth and Popular Education (INJEP) and the Civic Service Agency commissioned a study to "understand how associations use civic service and to measure the effects of civic service on associative structures.
The way volunteers are selected is often inspired by the world of salaried work, the authors of the survey observe, "distancing itself in some respects from the institutional principles governing the use of the system.
The recruitment of young volunteers with a digital culture allows associations to implement a digital project or the deployment of new activities for its users. In a number of cases, the managers of certain host organizations use the civic service program as a lever to innovate and test new activities.
According to the survey, there are few situations in which the missions of a young person in civic service replace the missions usually assigned to employees or volunteers. However, the survey highlights the "recurrent nature " of the use of civic services for missions that are, in fact, long-term. Digital mediation missions are thus entrusted, in some associations, sometimes for several years, to young people in civic service, to meet permanent human resources needs.
Non-profit sector: from the multiplication to the rationalization of digital tools
Digital technology continues to disrupt and transform the nonprofit sector.
The 2016 survey conducted by Recherches & Solidarités among association managers highlighted the growing importance of digital tools in the management, operation and communication of associations. The use of participatory financing, online donation collection and applications, which are still not widely used, were already arousing the curiosity of many leaders and volunteers. They also had high expectations of digital tools to facilitate and encourage volunteer involvement, but remained reserved about their attractiveness.
The 2018 survey had highlighted strong support needs in the area of digital tools.
Questioned in 2019 about the digital maturity of their association, 21% of managers described their association in 2019 as " little initiated ", 55% as " in progress " and 21% as " experienced. " After a phase of excessive multiplication of certain tools, we are witnessing, in 2019, a phase of rationalization to find those that will really allow to gain in efficiency."
In order to face the lack of digital skills within their organizations, or to support their digital teams, which are often overwhelmed, a certain number of associations call upon young volunteers to carry out a digital project or to act as a digital mediator. The young volunteers contribute to the appropriation of digital technology by the associations.
AssoConnect, for its part, a software publisher for the non-profit sector, has just raised 7 million euros. AssoConnect plans to invest €4 million in R&D, to launch in the United States and to expand in France with federations and networks of associations. AssoConnect's software enables the managers and volunteers of several thousand associations to manage their daily tasks (member management, payment collection, accounting, communication, etc.).
2020 is also the year of the deployment of the digital support program, Associative Digital Support Points, set up by Fonda, the Mouvement associatif and HelloAsso to help associations gain digital skills.
Associations streamline their digital use
The annual study the place of digital technology in the associative project, set up by Recherches & Solidarités and Solidatch, has been an annual barometer of the digital transition of associations since 2008. It is based on a survey of more than 2,50 associative leaders from all regions, reflecting the diversity of the associative fabric.
When asked about their digital maturity, 55% of associations say they are "making progress". They adopt digital tools for three main reasons: "to make the association better known" (73%), "to improve network animation " (72%) and "to manage the association's activities " (60%). The last reason given was to seek funding (23%).
For external communication, associations favor websites and social networks. Internally, they mainly use digital tools for accounting (48%) and management (31%). To animate their network, only 9% of them use distance learning tools.
" Generally speaking, the authors of the study observe. after a phase of excessive multiplication of certain tools observed in 2016, we are witnessing, in 2019, a phase of rationalization to find those that will really allow to gain in efficiency".
320 structures in France to support associations on digital issues
"If the digital divide is a reality for a large part of the population, another component of society also needs to be supported on the digital: the associations. Indeed, the scarcity of aid dedicated to them to help them develop their presence on the Internet is added to the lack of accessibility of digital tools. However, allowing them to train on the subject would be beneficial to the whole population, especially for the people they support.
Fonda, the Mouvement associatif and HelloAsso have set up a digital support program dedicated to the associative sector in 2019. The objective of this program, called PANA (Points d'Appui au Numérique Associatif), is to help structures whose mission is to support associations (Maisons d'associations, Point d'Appui à la Vie Associative, Services municipaux délégués à la vie associative, etc...) to increase their skills on digital and to provide them with a maximum of free educational resources on the subject.
33 departments now have structures dedicated to the digital transition of associations.
Each structure recognized by PANA (320 at the beginning of 2020) can follow a day of digital skills development allowing it to be a support, a help, an accompaniment for the associations of its territory on digital subjects.
These skills-building days have themes that are as varied as they are complementary, such as communication on the Internet, the RGPD, digital tools, social networks or even digital and sustainable development.
Référence :
The young volunteers of the Civic Service contribute to the appropriation of the digital by the associations
The National Institute for Youth and Popular Education (INJEP) and the Civic Service Agency commissioned a study to "understand how associations use civic service and to measure the effects of civic service on associative structures.
The way volunteers are selected is often inspired by the world of salaried work, the authors of the survey observe, "distancing itself in some respects from the institutional principles governing the use of the system.
The recruitment of young volunteers with a digital culture allows associations to implement a digital project or the deployment of new activities for its users. In a number of cases, the managers of certain host organizations use the civic service program as a lever to innovate and test new activities.
According to the survey, there are few situations in which the missions of a young person in civic service replace the missions usually assigned to employees or volunteers. However, the survey highlights the "recurrent nature " of the use of civic services for missions that are, in fact, long-term. Digital mediation missions are thus entrusted, in some associations, sometimes for several years, to young people in civic service, to meet permanent human resources needs.