NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

One of the first things you may notice on Twitter is the number of individuals who work in technology and/or nonprofits–likely due to Twitter’s early adoption at SXSW, PDF, NTEN and other nonprofit conferences. Consider how you can use Twitter to network with other professionals in your line of work. Press Releases.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come. 7 admin 04.07.09

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Read comments carefully and be sure to have the author/poster/someone from your organization answer questions. You don’t want to monopolize the conversation, but keep an eye on the comments and pop in when the time’s right. Send them the post ahead of time, so they’re well prepared to make a real value-add comment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites. Old news is not share-, like- or retweet-worthy. It allows social media managers to respond to breaking news by quickly and easily creating content that can be posted and shared by others on the Social Web.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. Marnie Webb is CEO of TechSoup’s new app development project, Caravan Studios. Amy Sample Ward.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . " to the NTEN community for showing how people-to-people fundraising online works.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 17, 2011

I posted my disappointment at this news on the Dreamforce App (a community for Dreamforce attendees) and someone suggested I email Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff about it. Something similar happened a few years back when NTEN scheduled NTC over Passover. Leave a comment » It's how I met Holly Ross in the first place.

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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! This week, we're seeing members do both: garnering headlines for awards and news and putting the spotlight on their ideas. Have more news to share? Anything we missed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. and how they like them. They are doing a CMS satisfaction survey, and the more info that they get, the better. So go rate your CMS ! {

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – Have you registered yet for the Nonprofit Technology Conference? ."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

NTEN is trying to get a handle on all of this, and find out what people use, and how much they like what they use. It’s such an interesting space, and there are some really intriguing things happening with software in that space. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

I’m looking forward to it. I’m on the Evaluating Open Source panel, with Laura Quinn and Catherine Lane, which should be great. I’m also holding the consultant spot on the panel “ Changing your CEO from barrier to partner &# with Marnie Webb, David Geilhufe, and Steve Heye. (And And I hope to bring home a penguin!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology I’m hosting the carnival next week April 11, 2008 (Photo by frankienose ) I’m hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants here, next week. So send in your best of the week! {

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2011

This week, NTEN members are sharing and discussing interesting research and helpful tips from marketing to Facebook. Get ready to learn something new today with these links! Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Share your links in the comments!

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. The contest runs from August 29 until noon EDT on September 10, and hopes to uncover new ways of using mobile as a social engagement tool. Share your links in the comments! Consider a world in which the internet is 250 times faster.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. { After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. {

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

Karamellzucker This week, NTEN members are giving and receiving discounted conference registration, accepting nominations for impressive games for change, and awarding grants for innovative media use. Check out all the newest news from our members! Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

I get Democracy Now, ABC politics, the Webb Alert (a daily geek news headlines show,) Bill Moyers Journal, and lots of others. You can search YouTube, Google video or about 10 other video sites, and make those searches a new channel. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

This news came as a surprise to most people in those communities, and triggered much discussion in both traditional media and social media channels. Join NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, Wednesday, January 25th, for a Community Call: " Your Perspectives on the Blackbaud and Convio Acquisition Announcement." >

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 04.20.08 I’ve been hearing good things about SugarCRM from organizations that use it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. Check out the new images and videos of Android , the open source phone. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. You go girl! And I’m on the board! Check out the book club , reading Media Rules!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

December 12, 2007 I had a good look at NTEN’s CRM Satisfaction Survey (yippee for data!), 3 trackbacks } Product Blogs » Blog Archive » CiviCRM comes out on top in NTEN Survey 12.14.07 at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark? » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

at 6:31 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 07.30.08 BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { at 7:33 pm Michelle – thanks so much.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In no particular order, here is a compilation of some of the NTEN community's favorite fundraising resources that surfaced throughout September. On Wednesday, September 28th, NTEN members ASI are hosting a webinar touring their donor management software, iMIS. You can find the description and register here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. This is, of course, great news. Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

I’m giving a talk on the panel on Open Sourced Advocacy , where I’ll be speaking with my colleagues Ryan Ozimek (of PICnet ) and Jo Lee (of CitizenSpeak ), as well as Michael Haggerty, of Trellon , and Alan Rosenblatt , of the Center for American Progress.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 adam nicholson 03.13.08 The process of governments in Europe starting to shift to open source software, and software that used open standards, rapidly increased the use of FOSS in Europe. It could happen here. { at 8:48 pm Wow…that’s amazing. What does this mean for us?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I’m still watching the fallout on this one. It’s going to be interesting. Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It might be interesting. {

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Ami Dar , founder of Idealist.org , reflects on the lessons he learned over the last 15 years in the foreword for the new book Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals. Plus: Two New Books!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 12.14.07 December 14, 2007 I feel misunderstood. It wasn’t scientific, and the sample was about.05%

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

O’Rielly has a new online series about Women in Technology , with some really great articles. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 He even asks “What would Jesus do?&# Worth a read! AgencyByte has a great article on how to prevent scope creep. I’d love to chat sometime.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Drupal integration is better, but there is a lot of active development going into improving the Joomla integration.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2007

They’ve included some new features like a new personal homepage with things like “Company Updates&# – news about your company, and other business-friendly features. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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