Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations. Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Connect with NTEN Sarah and I, in typical NTEN fashion, will be sure to bring some NTEN swag and are hoping to connect with as many of you as possible! NTEN Meetup in the Beacon Lounge Mark your calendars for Monday, March 12th, at 11 am for the NTEN meetup in the Lounge. We may even have some fun in store for you!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. There are mind-boggling reports and stats our there that show just how much time many of us are spending [wasting?] You know more about the tools. on social media platforms like Facebook each day.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. NTEN Research Committee. Ash Shepherd, Strategy & Process, Minds on Design Lab.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2009

Join your NTEN colleagues ( tomorrow! ) Free and only for NTEN members. Broadband Access, NTEN Community Call (Wed, Aug 26): Learn about the issues and advocacy efforts regarding Broadband access and the nonprofit sector. Free and only for NTEN members. > Free and only for NTEN members. > Learn more and RSVP.

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MARCH 26, 2014

When the words of our quarterly theme, “innovative and competitive” come to mind, I think about what we can learn from farmers. Plus, check out 15 Minutes to Better Website SEO , and the NTEN Voices section: community tweets, our transition to become a community-driven organization, sustainability, and more! >>Enjoy,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. Be sure to keep the length of setup in mind as you plan so your transition is a smooth one. To begin, ask yourself how can fundraising software help you achieve your organization’s goals? How long is the onboarding process?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

As the Membership Director at NTEN , and as a speaker at this year’s SXSW Interactive , I hope to be able to connect with all of you that may be coming to Austin for the festival or based in the Austin area. I’ll be joined by NTEN’s Community Manager, Sarah Janczak, too. Connect with NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

I have not been blogging because I've been at the NTEN NTC Conference , the premier event for nonprofit techies taking place in San Francisco. NTEN had also set up a google application that lets people vote on questions which how they decided to handle the Q/A in a room of 1400 people. You matter, if you matter.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

NTEN''s Communities of Impact recently conducted a small survey (n=69) of nonprofit professionals asking how their organizations are engaging with data. With someone from the programs team, their minds might jump to program evaluation or assessments. How can we use it? What does it mean for our sector? And on and on.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 30, 2010

Andrew Heller discussed the risks of oversharing in his NTEN blog post Social Media and Privacy: Best Practices for Managing Your Personal and Professional Identities. Be mindful of your online presence. Are your tweets appropriate for all audiences? His basic advice: "Be Prepared. Think thrice before acting."

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

In that window of opportunity, I snagged an invite from NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward and have spent the last day playing around with it in between other projects. For a while yesterday, Google turned on the spigot and folks were able to freely invite others to Google+. To me, I never want it be about building or comparing numbers.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

Sketchnotes: Mindful or mind-full Since a big part of this session was on visual note-taking as a way of focusing attention, here are my notes (1.5 MB) – minus content from yours truly (since I was up delivering it at the time, and "Wait a sec while I sketch what I just said" can get awfully tedious for people).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

flickr: Mindful One As the fall chill closes in, most nonprofits are beginning preparations for year-end fundrasing campaigns. In no particular order, here is a compilation of some of the NTEN community's favorite fundraising resources that surfaced throughout September. You can find the description and register here.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

NTEN’s messages on an iPhone pretty much required zooming in: To make it easier to read, we applied some style information, as suggested by Cameron LeFevre of M+R Strategic Services. Of course, you should keep in mind that the NTEN audience is very tech-savvy – yes, it’s okay to pat yourself on the back! –

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2013

Everything Megan Keane does as the community engagement manager for NTEN is driven and supported by one simple principle: "It's all about the people," she said. Keane joined NTEN in 2012 and has worked as a community manager in the nonprofit sector for several years. "It''s Kimberlee Roth. Out-Word, LLC.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

And Philip Krayna , our long-time partner in design, will be aided in the graphic redesign by the brilliant design minds at Cornershop Creative. Built our team: We hired a content strategist, Gwydion Suilebhan , to help us work through our many, many issues. We''re very excited to have their help!

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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 !). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Incidentally, this is the launch. Haven't done it yet?

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2014

Today we give a huge thanks to our mighty team of NTEN Community Champions : you helped to collectively raise over $30,000 for the greater good of the #nptech community! To recognize the tremendous work of volunteers that support the nonprofit sector, we’ll be publishing a blog post every day this week to celebrate their contributions.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2011

Flickr: Newfrontiers NTEN is excited to announce a new opportunity for year-round community engagement: Communities of Practice (CoPs). CoPs are being established at NTEN to create deeper networking and educational experiences for members of the NTEN community at large.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). It’s hard to believe that it has gone by so quickly.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. We also wanted to make the journal interactive: like all of NTEN programming and resources, we wanted it to be a launching pad to connect you with peers, colleagues, and other resources in the community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

Designed with peer knowledge sharing in mind, CoP's aim to provide an established point of reference along with a network of support and resources. They are free for everyone, regardless of NTEN member status, and a great way to learn from other members of the community.

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I owe most of that confidence to my association with NTEN over the years. You can get a lot out of NTEN without attending their annual conference, the NTC. Last year, I received a Convio/NTEN scholarship to attend NTC in San Francisco. That balances out in my mind. The money I spend on NTC pays itself back for C3.

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I owe most of that confidence to my association with NTEN over the years. You can get a lot out of NTEN without attending their annual conference, the NTC. Last year, I received a Convio/NTEN scholarship to attend NTC in San Francisco. That balances out in my mind. The money I spend on NTC pays itself back for C3.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This guide is designed with nonprofit staff in mind, especially those planning a virtual fundraising event for the first time. The post How to Plan Virtual Fundraising Events appeared first on NTEN. Download now to learn: What type of event should you organize? How should you evaluate the technology requirements?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. Meditation/Deep Breathing Opener: I’m on the NTEN board along with Meico Marquette Whitlock (The Mindful Techie) who is a trained mindfulness coach for nonprofits. Here’s a write of this technique.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2014

With NTEN''s theory of change in mind, this report examines technology staffing levels, technology budgets, and overall organizational approaches to technology decisions, as well as technology oversight and management practices.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Check out the latest articles, news, and events from NTEN Members! Tickets are on sale now for Create Good , a half-day conference to inspire nonprofit communicators to try new ideas, complete current projects, and find like-minded awesome professionals. Let us know and we may include it in a future NTEN Member Roundup.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted." Please help us select a winner for the Care2 Impact Prize! "We The deadline to vote is noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 2nd.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 26, 2013

With that in mind, we wanted to share the top ten examples of our community sharing what they know with each other from the past year. community Leadership nptech nten Communications Fundraising IT Staff Program' Our community members are really great. They''re always willing to help each other out and share their knowledge.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 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. Development of online communities - Mind Your Mind does great stuff with sharing stories and connecting people. If you’d like to share your stories, click here.].

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Writing last month's post about how NTEN differentiates between types of open rate made me think about the ways we've worked to boost our numbers. While you should keep in mind that all of this is based on data specific to NTEN – your own results may vary – here are 14 ways we've worked to achieve that modest bump. Implement it.

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NTEN

MAY 21, 2013

Thanks to skills I picked up at NTC, I was able to better survey our community to find service gaps and develop social interventions to improve their health; redevelop our website with the latest usability research in mind, turn our drab social media policy into a "living document", and train staff in best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Heidi’s post triggered an interesting conversation in the comments on capture tools and transparency mentioned in the guest post below, but more importantly Julia Smith from NTEN volunteered to write up this guest post about the conference. Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference by Julia Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2012

We know that most nonprofits have limited travel and conference budgets, so if I cut it down to three options, they would be: Nonprofit Technology Conference from NTEN (April 11 in MN). Non profit leaders, grassroots organizers, individual citizens, and civic-minded entrepreneurs are all eligible.

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