NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the 2012 NTC is a wrap. As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC. Sarah had the marvelous idea of doing Twitter song requests during breaks and meals.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

We're down to the wire, with one week left before the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. The NTEN staff is so excited that we're blogging our favorite tips throughout the week. Just drop your web links in the "web content" section to link your profile to your Twitter, Blog, and more. Step 3: Map Out Your Agenda.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

So we decided to do it again: We teamed up with M+R and the organizations who participated in our 2012 eBenchmarks Study to get a closer look at how nonprofits are using Facebook Pages to engage their audiences. To download the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook, simply “like” M+R's page on Facebook. Hope to see you then!

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

While there is an increasing number of youth-facing nonprofits that employ organizational Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, the usage of separate, professional, Facebook profiles and Twitter accounts can be a more meaningful way to engage young people.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight. Notice something strange about those tasks? The economy may be hopping four years from now.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

As fans of crowdsourcing – get your 2012 NTC session proposals in by August 12 , before the community vote – we dig the way Blackbaud's Chris Tuttle put together his " 20 Tips for Nonprofits Using Twitter ". But you gotta be careful on Twitter. But please, never say "I just plus oned it.". And you, too, blog reader.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The Center wanted to expand its reach, connections, and impact using social media and received grant funding in 2011 for social media planning and implementation through 2012.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Julia Reich. Julia Reich Design. The more communications technologies change, the more they stay the same. Budgets are barely budging, staffing is scarce, and there’s a growing arsenal of tools & techniques to be tinkered with.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The contest is presented by YouTube and See3 Communications and generously sponsored by Cisco and us, NTEN. Free registration to the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference , provided by NTEN. That's encouraging, but 2012 is a new year and the contest organizers want to make sure as many amazing nonprofits enter as possible.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

As you may have heard, we released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Benchmarking Report at the NTC last week. How many followers do nonprofits have on Twitter? The study, done in association with Common Knowledge and Blackbaud, has a lot of great insights into how the nonprofit respondents use social networks. > Free for everyone!

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the rest of article, and the complete issue on "Content Curation" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Using each to its fullest potential takes work—it’s time-consuming to write a lot of new content for your blog, but it starts to feel redundant if you post the same information there as on your Facebook page or Twitter feed.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Peter Drury, a child's right a child's right either had a problem or an opportunity—the distinction hinged only on our perspective. First things first: we clean water for kids.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Enter NTEN''s 501 Tech Clubs. Tech Clubs are driven by local leaders who step up to organize and plan group events with the support of NTEN. ConnectVA partnered with NTEN in 2012 in launch a local club in Central VA. You can also follow the awesome Tech Club organizers on the Tech Club Leaders Twitter list.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

It’s been a few days since I returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. NTEN 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference by TechSoup.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 13, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. You can find her on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter at @geeka507. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. By Michelle Hines, UCP/CLASS.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2012

A look back at the most popular links from "Things We Like" in 2012. In pulling the most popular link from each month this year, we found that NTEN: Connect readers clicked fun links about as often as they clicked links about how to avoid distractions or boost productivity. According to the data, you're distracted. Boomerang it!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Rachel Weidinger, Director of Upwell , can be found on Twitter at @rachelannyes and @upwell_us. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Mash-Ups: Twitter gives you 140 characters to make your point ("tweet") to an international community of people interested in following your comments. Twemes also aggregates Twitter posts (you direct it with a pound sign: #votereport). B/T/W Twitter posts can also be tracked through Twittervision (AND don't miss Flickrvision ).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

The Forecasts for 2012. I guess a good place to start is looking back at forecasts from January 2012. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. The Cloud in 2013.

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