NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. That means all the knowledge behind NTEN resources – the how-tos, best practices, strategy tips, recommendations, etc. how do your train staff to use it?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 12, 2009

I’m a member of NTEN and a huge fan. Here’s what the NTEN folks have to say: The 2009 NTC will be THE place to engage around the technology issues that face the nonprofit sector. (Oh, Cost: $349 for NTEN Members, $549 for non-members (Until January 31st). When: April 26-28, 2009. Where: The San Francisco Hilton.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

Your Database Has Outgrown Your Current System An expanding database of donors and prospects, multiplied by an ever-increasing set of associated activities and transactions, can overwhelm a CRM thats not built for that level of data growth. But for most nonprofit enterprises, data continues to be fragmented or siloed.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2013

The links were tracked so that if you clicked the sad link, you’d be automatically removed from NTEN emails, and if you clicked the happy one, you’d stay in (and if you clicked both we kept you unless you specified otherwise). We just like ‘em, and lots of NTEN members seem to like them too. Why pet videos?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Data data culture database administration IT Staff' Alan Gordon. Data Operations Manager. Society for Science & the Public.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2012

Ten years ago, if you had standard database needs (like CRM) you could use a desktop-based application like ACT or the Organizers DataBase – but if you had needs that were not served by a shrink-wrapped product, you would buy MS Access or Filemaker and someone would build a special database for you.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 3, 2010

Archive of their workshop at the NTEN conference: [link]. Donor Databases. . “Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It Means for Promoting Your Cause&#. Ebook: [link]. Idealware's "Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems" [link]. Social Media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo: TimPearce_ LosGatos If you've been following the NTEN blog this November, you've definitely caught on that it is Member Appreciation Month. The NTEN Program Team – Mimi, Brendan, and Anna plus you? On a yearly basis, we host over 100 webinars – including 13 this November, many of them free for NTEN Members!

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is what we at NTEN call technology effectiveness: staff reporting they have both the tools and the skills to use the organizations technology systems to do their job and meet the mission. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] The ability to easily see how all your constituents interact with your organization, and with each other, makes for an attractive, ideal vision of what a database should be. Include them all.

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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. 501 Tech Club community Community local events nptech nten Program'

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NTEN

MAY 8, 2013

Change Management Cloud cloud database cloud technology Data infrastructure in the cloud Leadership migrating to the cloud nonprofit IT infrastructure nptech IT Staff' Here are my top ten (and a bonus one at the end).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

An organization’s databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. Yet many organizations don’t pay enough attention to the care and feeding of their databases. NTEN www.nten.org/blog. Matt Wilson mcommons.com/blog/.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

[Editor's Note: We're talking about fundraising this month on the NTEN blog, and when you're fundraising, you've got to collect and track information about donors and donations, right? A donor management system is sometimes called a fundraising system or a donor database. Can you enter free-form notes to be referred to to later?

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NTEN

AUGUST 27, 2012

As recently as the year 2000, especially for small nonprofits, the central database usually lived on one computer in the office. Once you got that list, you were lucky if your database had a report that helped you print mailing labels. Holly Ross. Executive Director. The message is clear.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. Full disclosure — I contributed to the report and am one of the consultants listed.).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Research and reports from NTEN that cover everything from the way fundraising tools are used to data integration, databases and vendors: [link] And if you’re looking specifically for information about various database/CRMs.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) has a helpful definition of the cloud, stating, “Any software accessed over the Internet can be considered cloud software, including everything from Facebook to broadcast email tools … to online accounting systems and constituent databases.”.

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2014

Although email is one of the oldest forms of digital communication, even highly technical users (looking at you, NTEN community!) continue to discuss the best tools for mass distribution and database integration. " and other questions answered with key findings from a new report.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

So, in terms of your data – especially your donor data – following the daisy chain paradigm means that you manage your data by copying and pasting data updates from one database to the next, from the most recently updated to the oldest, in order to keep your donor data stored and current in multiple systems. An example.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Cleaning up your database so you can “start fresh” with a new system. Be sure to keep the length of setup in mind as you plan so your transition is a smooth one. Some things to consider: The conditions of your current contract and when it expires. Giving yourself time to get familiar with your new software. 2) Training.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

NTEN Community Values. Social Media Governance Policy Database. white lindy dreyer maddie grant Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse. IBM Social Computing Guidelines. Mayo Clinic. Edelman Online Behavior Policies and Procedures. Easter Seals Internet Public Discourse Policy.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Action – to the furthest extent possible, you want to track the actions a member takes in your database and segment your messages by the kinds of action people have taken before and you want them to take now.

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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. Updating the database and website (in process). We’ll share what they told us in this series of blog posts. If you’d like to share your stories, click here.]

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Member Appreciation Month is in full swing here at NTEN! This week''s webinars—all free to NTEN members—include: Tuesday, November 12, 11:00 am PT: Ready, Fire, Aim! While you''re at it, why not grab a member badge and display your NTEN members street cred with pride? It''s not too late to join NTEN or renew your membership.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

The role of IT has historically been, “Here is your computer, and your database, and your file system, and this is how you enter information and save files.” Change Management Cloud Infrastructure Leadership Michael Enos nptech nten Richard Cooper IT Staff'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

It has the kind of functionality you’d expect from a donor database. Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. It seems in a business sense, to be a brilliant move.

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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. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! and how they like them.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The increasing pressure on your nonprofit not just to do good work, but to prove your impact – coupled with the increasing use of databases and online services – has led to exponential growth in data within the nonprofit sector. Recently, Holly wrote: Funders and donors alike have been chanting the same mantra recently: prove it.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 12, 2011

NTEN just published a short piece of mine on data management in their Change magazine. It's in their DIY series -- short tips for implementing something for your organization without extensive tech know-how or extra budget. The topic they gave me was managing decentralized data entry.

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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. It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is what we at NTEN call technology effectiveness: staff reporting they have both the tools and the skills to use the organizations technology systems to do their job and meet the mission. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

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