NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. What’s the biggest technology change you’ve implemented in your organization in the last few years? We've also hired a Social Media manager, which is a new position for us.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

What can the nonprofit community learn from NTEN's own journey toward demonstrating its impact with data? That is a question most nonprofit folks can answer pretty easily. Now that's a different question, one that's not as simple to answer for most of us. What does your organization do?".

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Maybe there are monthly brown bag lunches where staff can ask the in-house experts questions? Jamie Millard , client relationship manager for Fast Horse , an innovative, integrated agency offering traditional and non-traditional marketing services, specializes in understanding audiences and digital media strategies. and on and on.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. Feature: Tools for Project Collaboration Management ," from Idealware's Kyle Andrei. Three Lessons for Avoiding a House of Cards, from NTEN's Holly Ross.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. Thinking about your answer to the previous question, or other recent changes that involved technology, please explain how this has impacted your organization?

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. Will that improve how our organization works on our mission?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ask them questions and really listen to the answers. The more people see you as someone they can turn to, the better positioned you'll be to lead a tech change. Do your homework before meetings, and if someone asks you a question to which you don't immediately know the answer, research the response and get back to them.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. Moreso than donation databases, nonprofits value websites and email marketing as parts of their core organizational data infrastructure.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?" So, you've done your homework, read the strategic plan and your questions and relationship building have begun to bear fruit. Making this meeting happen will take work.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2011

Ask the Right Questions There are lots of books and websites about how to answer the typical interview questions. There aren't nearly enough about asking the right questions. Any decent interview candidate is ready for the basic questions. I have a list of about 50 interview questions. Do they fit the organization?

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

Read the complete article in the current issue of NTEN's new quarterly e-journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] The questions that follow, and the additional reactions to my answers, have revealed five common – and costly – myths that many executive directors have about nonprofit communications.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

They should then immediately follow that question with: “Should they be a qualified professional?” Too often, amateur accidental techies -- nonprofit staffers who have taught themselves technology skills -- find themselves in over their heads trying to develop databases, but forgetting to do business process modeling or change management.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware (Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the feature article "Boosting Board Collaboration " , which appeared in the first issue of NTEN's new publication: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. Read the entire article and the complete issue by subscribing online.)

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Please leave your suggestions, stories, and questions in the comments below! [Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change.

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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. They tackled tough questions such as: “we’ve never put together a podcast, how will we practically make this happen AND work through the learning curve?” By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

But how often do you step back to ask questions like: How can use our website to communicate differently? How can we change our process to use our CRM better? Special thanks to Holly Ross at NTEN and John Merritt at the YMCA of San Diego County for adding their insight to this article. Work intentionally, with velocity.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

There are some new questions this year about communications goals, how you think you'll actually spend your time, and which social media sites you are likely to add or try in 2013. > We're looking forward to another year of insights from this study, so we hope you'll contribute your perspective to this year's study!

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

They can answer questions about the wine to help diners navigate a wine list to make the best choice. They know the grapes, the winemaker and their techniques, and vintages. They taste many wines to find the best of the best to appropriately complement (even enhance) the food in the restaurant.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

While we used to use change management strategies to help soothe the fears of those who would reject the new database, now we need something slightly more radical: entirely new organizations. page 130) In a traditional, top-down organization, only the top of the pyramid really engages with questions of vision, mission, and strategy.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Some questions I've asked myself in these situations: How do you contribute at meetings or other interactions with decision-makers? Be clear about the positive outcomes of what you're doing. It also took me a long time to learn that no one understood what I did because I simply wasn't telling anyone.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I also provided weekly tech hours in the office, giving the staff a chance to get individual help or training on tech issues/questions. The trainings would be group trainings but I also posted information on our intranet and added links to Google Apps tutorials, online training videos and demos, and tips and tricks for using Google services.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In many ways, technology and innovation go hand in hand, so it's a theme that we address here at NTEN on a regular basis. Many of the questions submitted by our listeners were about innovation: what it is, how to foster it, and what resources you need to make innovation happen. . We have a lot of work that NEEDS to get done. .

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