NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Note: You can read the entire September Issue of NTEN:Change online for free. )

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The December issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Featured in this issue: " From Outcomes to Impact ," by Julie Macalik with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success, which provides guidance for measuring the real impact of your nonprofit. "

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Issue Impact NTEN Case Study 57

NTEN

AUGUST 9, 2011

We'll feature some of our favorites in an upcoming issue of NTEN:Change – and every submission will receive a free webinar from NTEN, as well! To that end, we want to hear how your organization uses data to drive its mission. Only one per person, though.). Details are at [link] but be sure to watch our video, first:

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2010

After over a year of talking about an overhaul to the NTEN Member Directory , a couple of months ago, we finally took the first step: making it a priority. . After you're done reading, be sure to check out the new NTEN Member Directory !). fill out your Bio and Org Description fields). Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0

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Social Media Collaboration Media Org 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2010

email the Amazon receipt to me at beth AT bethkanter dot ORG). Our party goal: Make The Networked Nonprofit a top ten bestseller in Amazon.com’s business book section before the book is issued (Official release date: July 6). It will work like this, for the first pre-order of 100, I’ll jump. More Incentives!

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Network Help Nonprofit Org 106

NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Make them see the issue in human terms and they'll give more! These are stories that help illustrate a point, paint a vivid picture of a situation, or put a complex or wonky issue in human terms. Connect emotionally to your supporters and they'll give! There's just one problem. and they're not working. Explaining stories.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] Blue” orgs get a small fraction of environment funding. Our competition is Justin Bieber, not each other.

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Org Share Causes Data 59

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

org campaign has done really well. When creating a competition or open call, or any other programming/process, designed to use crowdsourcing I think the biggest issue to explore in the designing/strategy and the implementation stages is the idea of community or crowd. This is something that the 350.org Embrace storytelling.

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Community Social Media Case Study Haiti 207

NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Flickr: Chad_Norman (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.) . NTEN members are connecting online all the time via: NTEN's Facebook page.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

NTEN members generally rock, but every week we try to give props where props are due. This week in NTEN member news: . You probably already know that NTEN is working on a site-redesign (because we're crowdsourcing the project ), but did you know that NTEN member and nptech rockstar org TechSoup is also undergoing a site redesign?

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NTEN Nptech Social Media Org 44

NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

" Often, she sees senior managers and people at the bottom of the org chart pushing for openness, meeting resistance at that middle manager level - the cream of the Oreo. I won't tell you what I scored NTEN at. Complete the NTEN openness audit. They get licked. Instead, I'll first as YOU to score us.

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Social Media Org Leadership DC 81

NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an expert of an article in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Note: You can read the complete article in the June Issue of NTEN:Change when you subscribe for free.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

JULY 25, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the June 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Note: You can read the complete June Issue of NTEN:Change online for free. What do you think?

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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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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

We started by listing everyone’s burning issues, then discussed as many as we could in-depth. Michelle Murrain, Open Issue. Burning Issues: Getting the word out about my new consulting practice. Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? Scope-creep.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

In the NTEN community, the concept of "IT Staff" has been more fluid and inclusive, but we also know that many nonprofit professionals who have information technology responsibilities are either not given formal "information technology" titles, or don''t self-identify as "IT Staff" -- and often both cases are true for an individual.

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Technology Report Ratio Nonprofit 85

NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The contest is presented by YouTube and See3 Communications and generously sponsored by Cisco and us, NTEN. An additional gift of up $3,500 (US) worth of Cisco products to help each winning org harness the power of human and technology networks to multiply their impact on the people and communities they serve.

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YouTube Video Contest Cisco 62

NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] [Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change. By Paula Jones, Director of Technology, The N. Center for Nonprofits In my role at the N.C.

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Org North Carolina Technology Fund 70

NTEN

JULY 24, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Can you idnetify the NTEN superstars? This is where I give props to announcements and activities about NTEN members. 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! David Neff 's Lights.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Audio and video have proven to be highly effective media for nonprofits -- and throttling would impact all orgs -- no matter where they fall on the spectrum. It's quickly becoming a hot political issue in Washington, divided right down party lines. . Become educated on the issue. So what can you do? It’s everyone’s Internet.

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History Network Internet NTEN 72

NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

As long as your org doesn't give technology a seat at the leadership table, it will continue to be viewed as just another expense. He is a frequent speaker on nonprofit tech issues at forums, including the Google Grants Conference, NTEN, U.N. During his 4.5

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Leadership Tech Conference Lecture 94

NTEN

AUGUST 23, 2012

More than ever before, orgs are using video as their primary vehicle for communicating their issues and telling the stories of their cause while the tech becomes easier for laymen to use. But orgs rarely have the budgets to hire pros (like my team) to create every piece of video content.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Peter Drury, a child's right a child's right either had a problem or an opportunity—the distinction hinged only on our perspective.

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International Project Org Technology 60

NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

We're excited to be partnering with GreatNonprofits and Guidestar on their 2010 GreatNonprofits Science & Technology Campaign -- and not just so we can pick up a few reviews for NTEN. As a technology provider, this is an issue area that is near and dear to our hearts. Tags: greatnonprofits guidestar NPTech NTEN.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

If you want to see my article about my impressions of snews…see sNews – an easy and simple web publishing tool for non profit organisations Each CMS should be judged by an org, on what it can provide now for an organisation as well as in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

“One way to go about finding the talent you seek is to go lurk online in spaces and conversations, particularly those about social change issues – of any ilk – and pull them in. Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. Estee Solomon Gray, Mminddlabs. Nancy White, Full Circle Associates.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

[Editorial note: the following article first appeared in the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , a free quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders.] Collectively, these organizations begin to address the complex issue of hunger. When is a meal more than a meal? When it’s served in a soup kitchen.

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Collaboration Project Lesson Organization 80

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. Tags: events 10ntc netsquared nten presentation. Social Media Veterans (#smvets). When : 10:30 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. Growing individual institutions ever larger has failed to address complex social problems that outpace the capacity of any individual org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

The technique is to illustrate the issue through the experience of an individual. There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: Something to lobby Facebook for, and we at NTEN are in touch with them about this already.

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is from the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read current and past issues by subscribing to the journal for free! ] This month we have a few Nonprofit Technology DOs and DON’Ts for you to consider: DO hand off technology to “the youngest person in the org” because they know how to use Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Listening: hearing what people are talking about your issue or sector. How do you involve the org? Have you seen examples of your org changing? Can’t wait! know your keywords.

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Social Media Map Media Strategy 102

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Security issues. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Some are huge.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Videos can be from a wide variety of issue and interest areas including (but not limited to) activism, environment, education, disability, economic development, human services, international development, health, and the arts. net NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network is the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals.

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Award Video Contest Nonprofit 40

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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