NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! In the News A big congratulations to John Merritt for his nomination and award as a 2011 Top Tech Exec from San Diego Magazine !

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MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). That’s it for NTC 2011.

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MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Voting is now open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference session proposals! > We received more than 400 ideas this year -- a 75% increase over last year -- and we need your help to narrow those down to the 100 or so that will make the 2011 NTC the best one yet. Click the session title if you'd like to leave a comment.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Hopefully, this means that all of the posts I haven't yet found will be added in the comments and we can all create a comprehensive list together. Please just drop it into the comments so we can all check it out! There are SO many posts to read that I figured I should round them all up in one place and share them.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy Returns for 2012 – "We're excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. The Academy gets at the very heart of what NTEN does.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Read the post below or visit SSIR to read and comment with that community. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. The data says we should move on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. Increase mentions by 20% on Twitter before, during, and after performances for 2011. Increase views on YouTube Channel by 50% by January, 2012.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and the link to the report in a comment below. Published by NTEN. View: All NTEN Reports. 4) 2011 Online Giving Report :: Download. 5) 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report :: Download. Thank you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The following is an excerpt from the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits and was published in the September 2011 edition of Fundraising Success Magazine (@ frsuccess ). Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 18th).

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? If you’ve seen some other good nonprofit infographics, then leave a comment.

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NTEN

APRIL 14, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! Generating QR codes is a simple and most often free process. This tidbit is from the "What's This?" series in NTEN:Change.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. Let’s talk about it in the comments below or in the Altru Community !

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right?

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. flickr.com/photos/mikebaird. In MultiChannel Donors: Real?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. Always Be Commenting This one is simple, and comes from a wonderful post by Guy Kawasaki. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S. Learn More.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Flickr: gareth1953 As you know, this Spring has seen some new faces at NTEN – including mine! There's so much going on this week, you may need to settle in with a cup of tea to check out everything NTEN members up to! Some NTEN members deploy technology, others build it! Will you comment? NTEN's own Holly Ross is, too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

For example, you could collect number of fans or the post to like or commenting ratio – without having to survey other organizations. If you wanted to gather information that isn’t publically available, you could collect useful data points in a survey using a free tool like Google Forms. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2012

In 2011 the first virtual convening, MDS11, was held with the Case Foundation to explore ideas, strategies, and to hear directly from experts on how to organize millennial engagement programs. This year’s study had more than 6,500 Millennials, 3 focus groups and 90 nonprofit professionals respond/participate. The description.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

By Holly Ross, Executive Director & Brett Meyer, Communications Director, NTEN. That was certainly true for NTEN a few years ago. But since then, we’ve developed loftier goals for our e-news NTEN Connect , transforming it from a chore we had to cross off the monthly to-do list to a blockbuster driver of traffic to our blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. NTEN – "What if you found out that one-quarter of your subscribers were reading your emails on their mobile phones? As of November 2011, 89.6 " The Age of Mobile Email Has Arrived. Are You Ready?

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

flickr: Horia Varlan Like all organizations, the staff at NTEN does our best to stay in tune with our awesome community; but every once in a while we find ourselves in a bubble or at least not fully understanding what new decisions will look like from the outside. Do you have to be an NTEN member to participate in a CoP?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. NTEN – Here's a great run-down from Amy Luckey of the process to use in exploring and evaluating your organization's impact. ’ I say everybody can be great because everybody can Twive!”"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

I will be facilitating a panel discussion with: Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Wednesday, April 4, 2011 – 10:30-Noon. Here’s a video interview I did about the session with Holly Ross from NTEN. Let me know in the comments. Flickr Photo by Star Dust. Amy Gahran, CNN Journalist. The NTC Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2011

The State of Marketing 2011 report recently released from IBM analyzes over 300 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. Please share your stories in the comments below. I expect to be blogging more about this topic. It is a hot topic in the corporate marketing world.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2012

Each year we designate November Member Appreciation Month and 2011 was no different. From the prizes to blog posts to the NTEN stories videos , we want to know what you thought. If you have 5 minutes, take this quick survey to share your opinion of 2011 Member Appreciation Month.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The 2011 Care2 Impact finalists are (drumroll please): • Darrell Hammond, CEO and Founder, KaBOOM! Write a personal comment about why you think they should win the prize; and 2. Share your vote and comments with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, and email). • Phil Aroneanu, U.S. Campaign Director, 350.org

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APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online. Hot or Not: What’s Sizzling in Online Fundraising?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Watch the 2011 Activism vs. Slactivism debate from the event earlier this year at the eCampaign Forum.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

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MARCH 15, 2011

for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. for the 3 months ending January 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Blackbaud is monitoring early giving data from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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