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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Net2 Houston, August Photo by Eschipul Nonprofits in Second Life Gala Opening Photo by RubyJi By looking at the photos tagged with NpTech, nonprofit techies were either on vacation or attending events. Two nptech events were visible in the NpTech tag stream, the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life Launch Party and the Net2 meetup in Houston.

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Advice for Consultants - Part 2

Robert Weiner

Advice to newbies in nptech consulting: (1) don’t try to be a generalist, or at least don’t try to know everything. 3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Then of course there’s the nptech tag, which people should be familiar with.

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November Member Round-Up: Data satellites, women in nonprofit tech, and horrifying your middle school teacher

NTEN

AASP''s listserv, Fundsvcs, won the grand prize in the 2013-2014 LISTSERV Choice Awards. Cloud community member member news member roundup nptech nten Communications' M+R shares 6 Rules for Online Writing that just might shatter some old grammar rules. Mark your calendars for 2015!

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

Superstar NTEN member Amy Sample Ward interviews Clay Shirky -- NTC09 Plenary Speaker and author of Here Comes Everybody -- about how social media will affect the future of nonprofits, specifically about how nonprofits are (and should be) communicating with their members/supporters. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know!

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

" How do your social media channels fit in your organization's emergency communications plan? " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. Repair Interview: Joe Solomon of 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. leading to an impassioned request for best practices for minimizing damage when this security breaches occur on several listservs. What reading level is your blog?

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

A close read of the lyrics provides a good framework for thinking about communicating horizontally (across departments or silos) and vertically (with everyone from senior management to interns) in your organization about technology. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) No, really.

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