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Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. The Evolution of NPTech: Where we came from, and [maybe] where we’re going. The Evolution of NPTech. If you have other questions, or other ideas, please share them!
NTEN is taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web. How does Open Community affect NPTech? Tags: lindy dreyer maddie grantNPTech NTEN. Why did you write Open Community?
During the past two weeks, links shared via the #nptech hashtag on Twitter have been like a Chinese buffet, a huge selection of tempting dishes that look so good you want to fill an entire plate. Tags: nptechtagsummary. Chinese Buffet by Drunken Monkey.
Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! NpTech Talk. Yikes, the first ever tag spam I've seen in the NpTechTag Stream! Then, I remembered the phrase flowed through the NPtechtag stream about six months as a reference to interface design.)
We’re glad to have Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer guest posting here on NetWits Think Tank this week. Tags: Guest Posts Marketing and Communication #nptech Non-Profit ntc Open Community Social Media Strategy. So here’s a question for all of you NPTechies to consider… How is your nonprofit building community online?
Thanks to the generosity of Google, we’re delighted to grant fee waivers to anyone who needs one! Tags: Nonprofit Tech Open Source nptech ntc09 opensource penguinday09. And many more… You can register at Penguinday.org. I look forward to seeing folks there.
Kristie Ferketich, Google Grants Team. I'm happy to share with the NTEN community a major change in the Google Grants process designed to improve the experience for prospective Google Grantees. For more on this change to the Google Grants process, please visit the Google Grants blog post on this topic.
Maddie Grant & Lindy Dreyer, SocialFish, LLC and Leslie T. white lindy dreyer maddie grant Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Tags: leslie t. White, Croydon Consulting LLC. Ready to adopt a social media policy for your organization staff? Easy peasy, right? Until you end up staring at a blank page.
In a recent post I claimed that tools like social bookmarking and tagging might be making waves among the technoscenti, but they are not high on the nuts-and-bolts priority list of the typical non-profit. Eventually, you will be taking this stuff for granted, just like a text search on Google. So sure, let's talk about tagging.
You probably already know that Google Grants gives qualified nonprofits free advertising in the form of Google Adwords, those little ads that appear on the right side of Google search results. But do you know how to get the most out of your grant? Learning How to Use Your Google Grant (01/21/2010). Or should you.
In addition, the chapter that submits the most individual entries will receive a service grant and an assortment of AmeriCorps Alums merchandise. Tags: americorps design NPTech. Design for Change will run from August 3 to September 14, 2009 and the winner will be announced on October 2.
In his session, " Going Remote: What You Need to Know ", Grant Howe of Sage will offer up excellent (and really geeky) remote solutions: Grant also has an excellent restaurant recommendation. Tags: NPTech sage NTEN remote 09NTC. Just don't expect to get to order your own meal.
The Google Grants team has announced their very first grantee conference , to be held in early August at Google HQ in Mountain View. Tags: adwords Google google grantsNPTech. That's right: you'll get to learn how to maximize your AdWords account while visiting the mothership.
Flickr Photo: nasmac You probably know that Google Grants gives out free AdWords accounts to nonprofits. That's why we've enlisted the Google Grants team to lay out the best practices in our upcoming webinar series, " Learning to Use and Maximize Your Google Grant " > Learn more and register today!
this kind of stuff up -- "adult incontinence" This is the mindset we're competing against with our Google Grants accounts. to do good, so join us for our Advanced Google Grants webinar series, " Maximizing. to do good, so join us for our Advanced Google Grants webinar series, " Maximizing. > Learn.
There are also some other features, like grants management and case management that are more nascent, but promising for the future. Tags: Data opensource CRM Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS nptech integration. I’ve implemented CiviCRM together with Drupal, and I’m really psyched to keep working with this great combo.
And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations. Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too! Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site.
Got Your Listening Ears On by Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant. Tags: Marketing and Communication Social Media #nptech Facebook Google Reader Listening Non-Profit social media Social Media Monitoring Social Media Strategy Social Media Tools Twitter YouTube. Getting Your Nonprofit Ready To Listen by Beth Kanter.
Head over to YouTube and: The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , plus custom designed Flip Video cameras to all finalists. Tags: 10NTC NPTech see3 Social Media youtube Communications.
Since August 2003, CEO and Chief Old Person Nancy Lublin has overseen DoSomething.org's growth and led the effort to begin awarding more grant money to young people who want to make a difference. Tags: Change Management Leadership NPTech NTEN. Read Nancy's full bio.
A new report from the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers shows definitively that grantmakers expect to give fewer grants in 2010 than in 2009. According to the report, "More [foundation] respondents expect their grants budgets to decrease than increase in 2010. Nearly one-third expect grants budgets to increase.
Flickr: Cambodia4Kids (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.) . Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members.
(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.) . Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. Members are in bold.
When you have to prepare the annual budget, oversee the programs, and write the grants, the investment of time required to make social media work seems unrealistic. Tags: Community E-mail NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. Nevertheless, small organizations are using social media well. survey software.
Your chance to win grants, prizes, and exposure for your nonprofit. The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions.
Statistics and information to use in grant. Tags: NPTech. Benchmarks to help you plan projects and. It should only take you about 10-15 minutes to. complete. > > Take the Online Survey. When you're done, check. out the 2008 survey results to find out if you're being paid enough.
Building a Dynamic Grant Seeking Calendar for 2011 , NTEN Webinar, Friday, 11/19. Tags: Member Appreciation Month NPTech NTEN. Which includes the following webinars tomorrow and Friday: Google 101 for Nonprofits , NTEN Webinar, Thursday 11/18.
Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer, SocialFish, LLC. Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer are Chief Social Media Strategist and Chief Social Media Marketer at SocialFish, LLC. Tags: NPTech marketing NTEN Newsletter maddie grant lindy dreyer web2.0 In a word, no. That's a very good thing. social media.
I still don't know of that many nonprofits using Friendfeed , though, whether as an overall tool or for joining the "nptech" community conversation ( "nptech" is a tag that Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, and others have been using to tag nonprofit technology resources on delicious, twitter, etc., If yes, how is it going?
> Free Webinar For Members: What is Google Grants? An Introduction to the Grants Program Presented by the Google Grants Team , Thursday, November 19th. > Tags: member appreciation NPTech NTEN. And today, I'm very thankful for NTEN Member: Roger Hagedorn , from DARTS. We're sending you some NTEN Gear.
used social media to promote voting competitions to help people win grants for playgrounds. Tags: Leadership NPTech NTEN Social Media. Meanwhile, the manager of online content and community development at KaBOOM! This post was originally published at [link].
NpTechTag Talk If you couldn't make to the NpTech Conference call this week, there are notes here. Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation.
I'm frustrated when I finally get a grant, but can't spend a single penny of it on "overhead." Tags: fuding itstaffing NPTech NTEN spending ssir. " Though I mostly get joy out of working in the third sector, it frustrates me, too. I get annoyed when people tell me nonprofits are inefficient.
Unfortunately, that not enough, especially if the organization receives federal grant funding. Tags: 10NTC cindy leonard NPTech Web Sites IT Staff. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address? Nonprofits have been mostly satisfied until now simply to have a website. Blog: [link].
Every work day in November leading up to Thanksgiving Day, I'll give away an NTEN or NPTech prize to one of our fabulous NTEN members -- randomly selected, of course! An Introduction to Google Grants , Friday, Nov 16. > Tags: community buzz nten members. We weren't kidding when we said we'd be giving away daily prizes.
Granted, this is probably not as formal a process as it is at the office -- but you walk away from every conversation knowing whether you accomplished what you set out to do, consciously or not. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media social media strategy Communications. Think about your in-person interactions.
This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars. Tags: #10NTC Community NPTech NTEN science fair. Lots of prizes.
What is Google Grants? An Introduction to the Google Grants Program (Nov 19). Tags: member appreciation NPTech NTEN. Ask the Expert: Seth Godin on Social Media, Innovation, and Change (Nov 12). Mission Video: How to turn your nonprofit's story into engaging video (Nov 13).
Just tag it #luvnptech. Grant Howe, NTC Session: Nerd, Geek, and Gear Herding 2.0 We know you'll be inspired to make sure your organization takes advantage of the 2012 NTC after watching the videos , so we promise that everyone who registers tomorrow , February 14th, will receive a special top-secret valentine from the NTEN staff.
Maddie Grant. Tags: nptech. Nonprofit Marketing and Fundraising Katya Andresen is Vice President at Network For Good and her blog is the best of the best on nonprofit marketing and fundraising. Maria Thurrell is the founder a marketing and PR agency that works with nonprofits. Nedra Weinreich. is social marketing guru.
The project just received a grant from the Internet Society for $10,000 "for the training of teachers in schools and private training industry, so that they can teach the use the Internet in Khmer language all over the country, effectively reducing the digital divide. Technorati Tags: nptech
Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! She got lots of great advice on how to work together better, from staff and board members, to consultants and grant writers. Data member news Member Round Up nptech' Let us know in the comments.
If you're an NTEN member and have nptech news, don't forget to tag your posts "NTEN member" or "nptech" -- and give me a heads-up! You can see their tagline and Nancy Schwartz 's comments -- oh, and submit YOUR ORG's tag line -- here ! " By the way, have you heard? Go ahead and connect with them!
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