NTEN

JUNE 6, 2011

By Annaliese Hoehling, Publications Director, NTEN. Since around 2008, the Community Manager has become a position in high demand in the business and nonprofit sectors. But things can get confusing for a nonprofit organization, especially when staffing resources are strapped and many staff already wear multiple hats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

Text Poll App from MobileCause. Here’s a summary of the highlights of the conversation: Before I dive into the content, I had the pleasure of experimenting with a text polling app to find out the composition of the audience and their experience with the panel topic. I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today.

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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. With support from Google, we were able to launch this new resource and provide it for free to the nonprofit community: [link] But What’s New About This Publication? The content?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

. NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam (didn't get his last name) from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. Nonprofits on Facebook set up as a mechanism to share nonprofit best practices on Facebook.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

(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.) . Peter points out the lessons every nonprofit can take from this. . Members are in bold.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. They don’t just convey information; they have conversations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Making a better, more findable blog October 24, 2007 I’ve gotten some nice kudos for my blog in the past few days, and it feels nice to know that people read the blog, and get something out of it.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

There are ample opportunities for nonprofits to help inform, shape, and create stories for the media. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” When asked what nonprofit organizations can do to build relationships with media, the panelists provided sage advice. and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s my social graph, darn it! There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph. 2 admin 01.04.08

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

With election day coming right up, Nonprofit VOTE was kind enough to share with us a bunch of ways technology can help you cast your ballot. We're big supporters of democracy here at NTEN, so we encourage you to use all the tools at your disposal to help you make your decision and get it counted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. . Why Internal Tools?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. How can my nonprofit talk about itself without being too self-promotional and driving followers away? Elizabeth Ricca, Big Duck. [Ed. You can read all the details here. ]. [Ed.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!). Here''s what they said.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. is vital to any nonprofit organization. It lies at the root of everything a nonprofit does â?? Effective Knowledge Transfer and Exchange for Nonprofit Organizations: A Framework provides 10 printable tools â?? Effective communication â?? logs and evaluation forms â??

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. Here's the description: Join Beth Kanter who has been teaching nonprofit technology workshops for over 15 years, both offline and online.

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NTEN

AUGUST 19, 2011

One of the most prominent attributes of NTEN members is the willingness to share: ideas, tips, lessons learned. This week at NTEN , we’re listening to find out how data-driven our community has become. Please take a second to take our poll. Flickr:Pulpolux !!! Have more news to share?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2009

Our pals at NTEN have put together a survey to poll how nonprofits are using social networking sites to increase their reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget?" Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. Benefits and Considerations.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The outcomes movement emerged in the sector starting in the late ‘80s and presented new tools to help nonprofits set, work towards, and verify meaningful and sustainable results. The degree to which nonprofits have responded has varied. 2 As a result, a paradigm shift began. . 2 As a result, a paradigm shift began. .

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

We decided to pick today's Member Appreciation Month winner from the NTEN LinkedIn Group (a group exclusively for NTEN members). We often get requests from folks wanting to join the NTEN group who have never interacted with our organization before. Creating a group on LinkedIn is easy. Creating a group on LinkedIn is easy.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Nope, that's not a typo: it's time for us to start thinking about where we will host the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Share your opinion to help us decide where to head in 2015: Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere. We want to know where you would like to go! March 13-15, 2014: Washington, DC.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

By Aidan Hijleh, Nonprofit Partnership Liaison, Benchmark Email. Polling your supporters and constituents can provide invaluable information to discover the unmet or insufficiently satisfied needs which your organization can help fulfill in order to boost donations. Determine your "pricing" strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. CEO Kintera steps down. Generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

" Complaints and Celebrations: Holly Ross at NTEN described what she listens for when she puts her listening ears on for Twitter - this includes listening to people's complaints and celebrations. She later wrote more about this in a expanded post on the NTEN blog. What's cool is that you grab an RSS of the search).

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute. Tags: 10NTC Data Mobile NPTech NTEN IT Staff.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . Tags: jeff patrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Despite the continued growth of the medium and tens of millions of dollars raised for North American nonprofit organizations, very little research has been performed on consumer attitudes toward mobile giving. Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

By Carrie Spates, Design Manager, Siteworx Nonprofit clients I work with generally have mastered the art of engaging members and supporters once they are in the door. Polling widgets are a fun and simple way to interact with visitors on your site. Start a Conversation. On the Web, the best way to engage people is to ask a question.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

" Those closing words from Alfredo De Avila, senior program associate at the racial justice think-tank the Applied Research Center , succinctly encapsulated the message of an inspiring morning session today at CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day. The difficult part is keeping it going.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Get Interactive: Ask people to take a poll or share a story. by age, interest, activism level).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2009

And to help capture all the great insight the nonprofit community has in store with its resolutions, we’ve also created a poll to capture your ideas on how to make technology work for you and your organization in 2009. but we don’t want that to happen to people in the nonprofit community.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2015

Nearly a year ago, my colleagues Fraser Green, Todd Jamieson, and I decided we could no longer simply work with unreliable or incomplete statistics and benchmarks about nonprofit websites in Canada, and that you shouldn’t have to either. The goal was simple: determine website baselines and benchmarks for the Canadian charitable sector.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

A monthly roundup of our favorite (zombie-related) nonprofit tech resources. If you watch Colbert , you've probably already been to FiveThirtyEight , an in-depth poll aggregation site. If you watch Colbert , you've probably already been to FiveThirtyEight , an in-depth poll aggregation site. Read more posts on our blog.

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