Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

This year, I’m much more clear about the directions my work is going in, and what I’m looking for at NTC. Last year I was just re-emerging from having taken a break to go to seminary, and not quite exactly sure what I was doing. And of course, there is Penguin Day !!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2012

At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. How can a non-profit today use mobile technology, social and web in a way that increases participation, ensures success and provides easier management campaign and their resulting data points. Learn about the tools available that bring mobile, web and social together.

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JULY 5, 2013

Try voting from home or using your mobile''s 3G connection. Q: Will the highest rated sessions or the ones with the most votes be the ones featured at the 2014 NTC? From there, we come up with the 14NTC breakout agenda, which we''ll post on November 1, 2013 at www.nten.org/ntc/agenda. A: You can vote a session "Up" or "Down".

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

How will you take what you’ve learned at NTC back to your office and actually do something with it? Our lounge at NTC will be free and open to everyone during all three days. Mobile Impact Fo rum: Come hear how BetterWorld Wireless will serve nonprofits and transform the mobile industry. NTEN NTC Washington D.C.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Here, Scott highlights some of the points from his session, Engaging Mobile Design. If you you can't join us in San Francisco, remember that you can see Scott and many others from the comfort of your desk thanks to the NTC Online !

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APRIL 5, 2013

Each year, we at NTEN work hard to make the NTC a more environmentally sustainable event -- this year we even have carbon offsets for travelers! We''re also excited to share some of our NTC sponsors who are helping us go greener in April. Want to recruit new donors? Win advocacy victories? com, the largest online social action network.

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MAY 2, 2012

After catching up on our email and our sleep post-2012 NTC, we started reading blog posts from attendees and speakers, and we've been amazed by the insights and ideas you all took away from the conference this year! More than Apps: Mobile Tips from 12NTC , Ariel Gilbert Knight. Socialbrite strategists' sessions at NTC , JD Lasica.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Here, Nam-ho highlights some of the themes he''ll be addressing in his session, Four Strategies for Going Mobile. If you you can't join us in San Francisco, remember that you can see Nam-ho and many others speak from the comfort of your own desk thanks to the Online NTC !

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MARCH 15, 2012

If you’re planning on attending the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on April 3-5, it’s time to prepare your smart phone for all the mobile-y things you’ll be doing at the conference (And if you’re not yet registered, don’t delay, register now before we sell out.) Session QR Codes: Each NTC Session has a unique QR code too.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Based on some great feedback from our community, we've updated the way our voting widget displays your feedback on the 2012 NTC session proposals: Instead of showing the aggregate number of all the votes, it now shows the total of all "Up" and "Down" votes, giving you a better idea of how much overall activity a session is receiving.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 April 8, 2007 As I write this, I’m hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home.

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APRIL 18, 2014

and debriefed a whole lot of the NTC. We also read through all of the NTC evaluations! We didn''t want to split up these post-NTC conversations so have sacrificed brevity in the hopes of completeness. , launched into planning and logistics for the inaugural Leading Change Summit (coming this September 3-6!),

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MARCH 4, 2011

Thanks to Verizon Foundation, many nonprofits will be able to attend Innogive’s Mobile Giving Applied. We've also listed Penguin Day in myNTC so you can see who else is coming and add it to your NTC schedule. Pre-NTC Events Well, it isn't really a bonus, as it's always part of the NTC! We’d love to see you there!

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APRIL 22, 2013

Mark’s work -- crisscrossing the country to tell the stories of homeless men and women -- relies on mobile technology. I met Mark Horvath, winner of the 2013 NTC Rob Stuart Memorial Award , at NTC in 2010. Mark’s work -- crisscrossing the country to tell the stories of homeless men and women -- relies on mobile technology.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

No longer can you get to the same Internet via your mobile device as you can via your laptop. The FCC bans any outright blocking and "unreasonable discrimination" of websites or applications on wireline Internet, but sill gives plenty of room to bend those rules in the mobile Internet space.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

As a benefit of your NTC registration, your nonprofit has an opportunity to schedule a complimentary 30 minute phone call in February with a skilled tech expert from NPower’s volunteer program, The Community Corps. The Community Corps mobilizes technology volunteers from top corporations to give back to schools, nonprofits and individuals.

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MARCH 28, 2011

Check out notes taken by session attendees throughout the conference using Google Docs , too!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

On Thursday, April 9th at 8:00 am, we kicked off the tenth Annual Day of Service at NTEN's NTC which was a resounding success! This year, several volunteers, used whrrl a mobile app that lets you and your friends collaborate on creating a story through photos, maps, and updates at a particular location.

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APRIL 5, 2012

You can now download the 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , just released at the 2012 NTC by M+R and NTEN. New this year and particularly interesting to me is what we learned from the study participants with mobile programs: roughly a third had optimized their emails for display on smart phones. a third had not. You should, too. >

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MARCH 14, 2011

The fabulous Rob Cottingham, the NTC Official Cartoon Blogger, is helping us prep with some great cartoons. Today we're sharing the tips you need to stay connected while at the NTC! Thank you to NPower for their support to keep you connected throughout the NTC. Power Up Power is one thing NTC attendees can never get enough of.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Without a system to help track, organize, and mobilize their efforts on social media, nonprofits are letting key relationships fall through the cracks, losing potential donors and supporters. When your contacts are organized, you then have the opportunity to define a niche and mobilize that group for action. So, what is Social CRM?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 9, 2009

Always comes right around NTC. This year, it’s before NTC, on Saturday, April 25. Mobile Volunteering: The ExtraOrdinaries Project. I love Penguin Day. One of my favorite days of the year. It’s a day dedicated to conversation and community around nonprofits and open source software. and Drupal.

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APRIL 1, 2014

” I never get tired of hearing that phrase, and I have to say, it’s my favorite part of getting to attend nonprofit conferences like NTC. This year at NTC in (cold, windy, briefly sunny) Washington, D.C., A personal takeaway of mine was the need to improve the way TechSoup’s own email appears on mobile devices.

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JULY 23, 2009

Every year at NTEN's annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), one of our major goals is to collect enough feedback from you, the attendees, to make our future conferences even better. At the 2009 NTC, we decided to give this system a major tech overhaul by implementing a mobile text messaging version of this: the Mobile Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2008

Get hands-on with mobile campaigns by participating in our NTC SMS campaign. With so much on the agenda for the NTC, here's how you can add it to your favorite calendar. Don't forget to upload all your NTC photos to Flickr and tag them "08NTC" - and then visit the online photo album. Find out more.

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MARCH 17, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] I've mentioned in the past how this conference is much like a "family reunion" where we see faces we knew from previous sessions but also new faces and voices of NTC community.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Also, there's a mobile version. And it's included with your 2011 NTC registration.). So, instead of an add-on, think of myNTC as the largest pre-party for the NTC ever and you're all invited. Oh, and did I mention the Facebook & Twitter integrations? Because they're definitely in there too.

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MARCH 29, 2012

Instead of running throughout the entire conference – and competing with everything else on the agenda – the Science Fair takes place only on the first day of the NTC; it's the sole focus of the conference at that time. In celebration of our 40th birthday on April 1, 2012, CDS Global is bringing the party to NTC 2012! CDS Global.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

More mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs, and mobile is expected to overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the Internet in the next few years. Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones.

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MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] One idea in particular remains the Mobile front. Mobile is plentiful. Media and Mobile — Mobile is Media, or rather mobile brings media to an untethered audience. by Michael Sola.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Nikka Melt Every year, after we've had a chance to take a post-NTC breather, we pull together some of the best-rated sessions from the NTC and turn them into webinars. . Check out the line-up: Best of NTC: Mobile Giving Works, Learn How - August 5. Best of NTC: Cloud Computing 101 - September 29.

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APRIL 2, 2014

14ntc Community NTC press' , VisionLink Nonprofit Technology Conference: NTC14 — The Best and Biggest Ever!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

. “Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck.&# She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile – the iPhone and the laptop. These companies have more iPhone apps than the iStore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

After facilitating a panel at the Innogive Conference on integrating mobile into multi-channel nonprofit campaigns , I headed to a special event hosted by Google to celebrate the launch of Google for Nonprofits. All in all, a packed day before the official start of the 2011 NTC. Full Disclosure: Google is a Zoetica client.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile – the iPhone and the laptop. . “Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck.&# These companies have more iPhone apps than the iStore.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Want to bid on these, or any of the other items (like the NTEN staff hand delivering a 5 Guys meal to your NTC lunch table)? Sprint U300 Mobile Broadband Modem Donated by The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. Sprint mobile broadband data plan and Sprint SmartView software required.

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APRIL 10, 2012

"The mobile tools to solve social problems are already out there." session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. In his session, he shared these tips, strategies, and tools for nonprofits looking to use mobile for social good. What the Mobile Revolution Means. What the Mobile Revolution Means.

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