NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Giving back to the local community that physically hosts the NTEN Community through NTC Days of Service expresses a guiding value of the annual event. Throughout the 15NTC, there will be volunteer opportunities to engage and share the community''s skills with Austin, TX area nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation.

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Web API Open Source NTEN 100

NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

We all have ongoing technology expenses, such as phone service, internet, web hosting, and computer replacement costs. I assume you’ll use your website to market the program, so you should include a percentage of your web hosting costs and any staff or consulting expenses you might incur to update the information online.

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Org North Carolina Technology Fund 70

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Step 1: Removing Resistance. TechBridge.

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Project Guide Tech ROI 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

What : This meeting is for for people at orgs who have been using social media for several years and will be a forum to exchange advanced level tips and stories, as well as share what’s worked and what hasn’t. Member Lounge Hosted by TechSoup Global Redwood Room. Member Lounge Hosted by TechSoup Global Redwood Room.

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NTC Netsquared Social Media NGO 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

It could be an ‘unknown’ to your community, in fact that might give your host a more neutral starting place. Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. Go get that person. Additional Resources.

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Professional Community Online Learning 110

Care2

APRIL 18, 2014

Combined, these organizations hosted more than 44,000 events and raised more than $1 billion online. In the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere , that I co-wrote with Amy Sample Ward of NTEN, we disucss the pyschology of fundraising. How much are your event gift amounts compared to your org''s general gift?

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Charity Studies Money Raise 72

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

It installs easily on generic virtual hosts, and has a very sweet, eye-candy full admin interface. Mambo is way less popular than Joomla at this point. If you want to try and get a small website going for your organization – Joomla is a good place to start. It will probably take you less time than a generic HTML site will. {

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Open Source Open Tools Free 100

NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Bring a pen to write down your twitter handle on your organization’s card, or to jot down a personal note about your org. Have a nice meal, hold a long conversation for the first time all day and venture away from the hotel to get to know our host city. Bring business cards. Exchanging business cards is great! Bonus tip: bring cash.

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NTC Tips Network Illinois 58

NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

To help folks get started, we hosted a release party. As more smaller orgs use these tools, we see they have the most room to grow -- and their lists ARE growing fast -- but they're taking the biggest hits in the fundraising department. Tags: Advocacy benchmarks email Fundraising m+r marketing metrics newsletters NPTech NTEN.

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Benchmark Studies Advocacy Social Media 50

NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. Sessions on engaging volunteers, and on using SM for education/outreach rather then just fundraising or talking about your org. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN. Data visulization.

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Community Social Media Org Sharepoint 52

NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

Deciding how you will build your site, how you'll maintain it, and how you'll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. Deciding how you will build your site, how you’ll maintain it, and how you’ll host it, are three separate, but related, decisions. Tip 6: Consider bundling support and hosting.

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Drupal Websites Build Support 71

NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

In January 2011, at a gathering hosted by TechSoup Global, we began talking about how to model our own ideals. Seven organizations participated: 501cTECH, Idealware, Network for Good, NTEN, NPower, NPower PA, and TechSoup Global. Thanks to this project, we also learned a lot about how to make that collaboration happen.

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Collaboration Project Lesson Organization 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

He writes a blog called " Read It To Me " that summarizes business books and also hosts Webinars with authors. GIVE BACK by reporting out on what I have learned and how I am using the books, both internally (within my org.) and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

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Social Media Library Media Social 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. not that this necessarily applies to Oxfam) but its super low budget by using existing infrastructure and orgs of any size could really raise their profile and provide an intense interactive opportunity for supporters this way.

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Participatory Meme Campaign Flickr 50

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Someone has to host, someone has to clean up. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. Campaigns: 350.org.

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Case Study Community Impact Studies 117

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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NTC Ideas Report Badge 73

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

It doesn’t allow commenting on documents, but it’s a great place to create a libary of resources without hosting them yourselves. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. VolunteerMatch has taken advantage of this tool. commenting on any item. rating items. tagging capabilities to keep things organized.

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Knowledge Share Community Network 86

See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. For additional information about See3 Communications, visit www.see3.net

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Award Video Contest Nonprofit 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. If you’ve created a listening strategy, whether it’s a vanity search on yourself or your org, or topics that you monitor, you can bring ALL of your listening into ONE place (see my slideshow for more tips on this).

Technology 55

Technology Nonprofit Nptech Social Media 55

NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

We got a chance to find out when we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from Turkey, courtesy of the World Affairs Council’s International Visitor Leadership Program. org website. What does our work look like from across the world and what can we learn from that perspective?

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Morocco Gabon Mauritania Turkey 54

NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. Consult Details: Selecting the right database software or host-site to keep track of our constituents; mine that database of information for maximum return from investors; use better on-line fund-raising techniques. Magic happens.

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Service Giving Atlanta Consultant 57

NTEN

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Imagine my great joy upon learning that Reddit is hosting a fantastic resource to connect volunteers of all stripes with organizations that need them this holiday season -- and those volunteers could win some BACON! If you are a nonprofit, you can add yourself to the list of orgs that volunteers can serve. .

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Volunteer Reddit Org Award 36

NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

I volunteered at a child health care org in India. One night I was hosting a party in San Francisco. Design your culture so everyone on the team is actually making a difference. -- Stay tuned to the NTEN blog throughout the day for more live-blog sessions from MCON13, and check out the #MCON13 hashtag on Twitter.

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San Francisco Nepal Ethiopia Life 59

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As an event host, you build your reputation, develop new tech skills, and give back to your community. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Peterborough, Ontario: Domains, Branding, and Identity — NGO,CA,ORG, and more.

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Cameroon Burkina Faso Benin San Francisco 36

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Before you feel like it is necessary to host a community or answer the posts, take some time to really understand what people are saying and who they are. Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation? Emily : This depends.

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Social Media Social Media Blogger 20

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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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. This post highlights the success of NTEN’s campaign to re-engage the 24,000 subscribers who had not opened an email from them in the past year. To differentiate rather than compete, begin by surveying the field.

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