CIO Bulletin

Exponent Partners – Helping Nonprofits Drive Better Social Impact by Unlocking the Value of Information Systems

Technology consulting introduces many opportunities for businesses. When companies learn to use technologies properly, the growth will be higher. Technology has become an essential part to run a business, and a lack of knowledge in handling such a thing may take your business backward. You can hire technology consulting services and get greater inputs for your business, which will reduce your operating costs and increase business opportunities. The field of technology is rapidly evolving, and continuous tracking helps businesses use the best and most effective technological solutions for performing certain tasks.

Exponent Partners is one such passionate, mission-driven technology consulting firm that exclusively serves nonprofits. The company's team has a social mission to amplify nonprofit impact is powered by their belief that the right technology can transform an organization’s relationship to their data. They are committed to developing the tools needed to support successful outcomes in the social sector. Exponent Partners specializes in providing human services, philanthropy and education organizations with services, products, and solutions that are informed by specialized knowledge and best practices in these areas. The company and its team believe that Salesforce is the best platform to serve nonprofits, and their Strategic Partnership with Salesforce.org is core to what they do. Over two-thirds of their 60+ staff hail from nonprofits, and collectively hold 100+ separate Salesforce certifications which ensure you receive the highest level of expertise.

Offering New-Age Consulting Services

Change Management Advisory Services: They say the only constant is life is change, yet people often face it with a fight-or-flight response. The strategic change management process guided by the Exponent Partners team of experts helps end users shift their thinking and behavior from resisting change to embracing new systems, policies and procedures. They incorporate the change management process as early as possible and refine it over time and truly understand the impact to people and processes. Detailed analysis of the need for change and communicating the gains, costs and threats to making or not making this change is critical. Their team comes to the table with proven techniques and workshop strategies to ensure high engagement with the process.

Data Governance Advisory Services: The team of experts provides strategic advisory services around your organization's use of data. Their goal is to ensure that the clients' data is accessible, usable, safe and continually aligned with industry best practices. Your data governance strategic plan will carefully consider compliance with regulations such as GDPR and CCPA and how to manage those on a go-forward basis. The firm is building plans and processes for proactively managing the storage, sharing and managing of data so your organization has the highest level of protection. They deeply understand how nonprofit organizations interact with data from nearly two decades of experience. Exponent Partners team will work with your organization to build a lasting plan for managing your organization's data.

Marketing Automation and Engagement Services: Whether it is a newsletter, targeted campaign, or measurement report, marketing and engagement tools can help your organization achieve and maintain sustainable growth. As your strategic implementation partner, Exponent Partners can help. With their outcomes-focused implementation approach, marketing tools like Pardot and Salesforce Marketing Cloud can help amplify your impact the minute your implementation is live. The company will help you and your team feel empowered to communicate with constituents in a more cohesive and efficient manner, with plenty of room to grow. Dependent upon your nonprofit’s goals; marketing and engagement can be a key piece of your implementation project. With their iterative methodology and proven process, your investment is protected by their experience. They know that your communications strategy is an ever-moving target. Robust data, analytics and optimization capabilities enable your organization to optimize campaigns dynamically for the greatest impact.

The Ardent Visionary

Rem Hoffmann is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Exponent Partners. In 2005, Rem founded Exponent Partners to pursue his vision of a more effective and efficient nonprofit sector. He leads the organization with the deep belief that nonprofit organizations will make a bigger impact on the world by measuring their results and using this data to improve their outcomes. He brings expertise in professional services rigor and product excellence from his experience building and leading a 150-person IT services team in Washington, DC. In this capacity, he designed, marketed, and operated large-scale IT outsourcing programs for government and commercial clients, including the United States Postal Service and Time Warner. Prior to his work with Exponent Partners, Rem also served leading nonprofits as an independent consultant, including CompuMentor and CompassPoint, as well as commercial technology firms including Intuit, Qwest, Wang Global, and Exodus Communications.

Rem is taking his message of outcomes management to the broader sector through his position as a Leap of Reason Ambassador. He also previously served on the board of the Center for What Works. He earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland at College Park.