Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

tags: nten 09ntc ). You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. The following year, in Orlando, I coordinated the event as a consultant to NTEN along with Cheryl Hanback. This project doesn't require hard core technical expertise - and is a lot of fun. The locations: St.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2015

It's that time again to start the process of gathering session proposals from the NTEN Community to help inform the program for the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (16NTC) in San Jose, California on March 23-25.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Coach, consultant, and writer Kivi Leroux Miller. and article about content curation in NTEN Change Journal. Miriam Brosseau is the Associate Director of Network Initiatives at The Jewish Education Project and Darim Online. It is about how you cultivate and develop your network. Social media marketing expert Danny Brown.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

We're especially excited to talk about three great offerings: Consultant Connection. You can also learn more about NetSquared and NTEN's 501 Tech Clubs at a birds of a feather session on Wednesday, March 23. We'll be demonstrating one of TechSoup's most exciting new offerings, our Consultant Connection.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. { I wish all a holiday season full of fun, quality time with family (chosen or otherwise), and joy. { Two whole pageviews. I find that fascinating.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Eve Simon, Creative Director at Beaconfire Consulting , is serving up a tasty session at the 2009 NTC based on the theme: " This is Iron Chef.Battle Nonprofit " One San Francisco nonprofit will serve as the secret ingredient for four creative teams, who will each come up with a web site design, email template, and social media plan.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What I’m learning November 30, 2007 It’s been mostly fun so far at the Open Translation event here in Zagreb. The event itself has been fab.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

In that scenario, nonprofit workers feel like technology is something they have to deal with to do the "real work," not something that can make their work lives and their organization better at meeting its mission (which is what NTEN believes, so strongly they wrote a book about it ). to get success stories. is going end-of-life!",

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

That’s kinda fun! I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail. I was profiled on Linux.com. I “live the open source lifestyle.&# That must have been before the iPhone. This blog is rated 8.2

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2007

It’s not just consulting work, but other varied happenings in my life as well. I’ve been re-reading a book that I read early in the decision-making process about becoming a consultant way back in 1996. It’s called The Consultant’s Calling , and it’s really a book about consulting as a calling, a vocation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us So we’ll see how it works.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

All of us here at NTEN and in the greater nonprofit technology community were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden and tragic loss of Dan Scharfman, a long-time prominent member of the nonprofit technology community. His loss will be greatly missed by all those who have known him and benefitted from his work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I could think of several interesting implementations in the nptech world that would be fun (like it would make a great e-learning platform for, say, circuit riders, or folks like that.) Oh, and my consulting practice has a new logo, done by the fabulous ALR Design ! { I also have been doing some interesting client projects.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The NetSquared regional ambassadors will also be on-site sharing the joy of being a NetSquared organizer and participating in the fun. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Special Office 365 Event for Nonprofits and IT Consultants.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

For Thunderbird, the two I’ve been trying out include XNote , which is kinda fun, it allows you to add sticky notes to email messages. The other Firefox extension that I use a lot is Google Toolbar. It’s great to have easy Google tools at my fingertips. There are tons of other add-ons for all of the Mozilla Suite applications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Release Candidate to help with QA, which has been fun (and 2.3 I have used it everyday, to do everything (all of my spreadsheets, worksheets, articles, presentations, I used it to write a novel, I used it in seminary for papers, etc., for at least 4 years. I’ve not owned MS Office in a very long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

It has been fun, in many ways, but I’ve not figured out the utility for me in terms of my work, although others have had a better time of it. Yeah, it’s fun that there is a great mix of people that I can keep track of (and they can keep track of me) – that’s the part of the equation that’s hard to find elsewhere.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

It’s been fun, these 20 years with Macintosh. The only thing that will be left is games. I like building my own systems – I need a new desktop, and I like the idea that I can build my own easily, and get a fair bit of power fairly cheaply. It seems a fitting moment to say goodbye to Apple. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using Social Networking Tools." Make it fun. and is really stifling Pinoy creativity) and some directors uploaded some movies on Guimaras (some will upload more videos soon.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 2, 2007

I promise in April I’ll be right on time (oooohh, that could be fun, April Blogtipping on April fools day …) By the way, I think blogtipping is a great idea for our sector, and it’s a great way for me to think more about all of the blogs that I read. I think it’s a great idea, although I’m one day late.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? Although I do have to admit its fun to know what a very old friend is listening to on Pandora.) I really could have skipped the pictures of two of my work colleagues necking. :) Kinda fun though. What have I learned in all of this?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. But here’s Ubuntu week 1, not edited or smoothed out. I’ll understand points of pain, for sure. I got a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m. Good specs, cheap price. My first step was to make sure the laptop booted. It booted fine.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. Use of Calendar or event information - Sites that link or who links to me as seen on the Nonprofit Consultant Blog. " Since this is a movie or visual, it has to be explained in a visual way. What is a Widget? My first stop for definitions is the (online) dictionary.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3. Panelists: Sarah Granger, Managing Director , FutureCampaigns and Nancy Scola, techPresident 8. Panelist: Julie Barko Germany, Director, Institute for Politics Democracy & the Internet 9. Have so much fun and keep blogging it :) March 13, 2009 | Tre ~ Thanks! Great post.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

When I came back, I was surprised to see how many consultants and technology providers have jumped on the Salesforce bandwagon. at 7:31 am Michelle — this will be a fun conversation!! (Is, One of the big changes that has happened in the nptech space, besides the ways in which Web 2.0 4 Katrin 10.13.06 Is, as it were.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

As Linus said: Have a lot of fun. Because most people will only use what they are familiar with. it is particularly sad because its still virtually impossible to spend grant money on GNU/Linux support, people like to fund shiny hologram boxes. your message will justify them. This is why your message is sad. I bet you did.

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Speakers include industry leaders like university presidents, nonprofit consulting firms, and advancement leaders. You can also expect unofficial attendee-led events to keep the fun going after hours. This intimate retreat is more like a think tank in which attendees can focus on the strategy behind their work.

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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. The 2011 NTC should be the best yet.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), I realized that NTEN focused on people, not just technology, and I felt very welcome. I can''t believe that just one month ago we were wrapping up the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. Want to re-live the magic?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 17, 2007

But, still, although Facebook has been fun to play with, and many of my colleagues are using it, and it doesn’t take away from my workflow – it hasn’t actually helped me do much work. But there isn’t an easy way, for instance for me to see other’s data without actually clicking through to their profile.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2015

… Spare Key even hired a consulting 'director of cryptocurrency development' to build online infrastructure and facilitate donations by tech-savvy currency users — who it believes are a largely untapped market of donors. For nonprofits, this whole new world can make doing good easy and even fun for people.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

And the new stuff is sending vast quantities of personal and democragraphic data back to HQ for the fun of the campaign’s rabid number crunches. Fun will be had by all. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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