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Then the 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is for you! Every year, we raise up to $10,000 to send staffers from small nonprofits to the NTC. While we've used the public humiliation of the NTEN staff as the theme in the past, this year we want to celebrate the collective awesome of the NTEN community. Flexibility not required!
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If you''ve been to NTC, you know that it can be an incredible event full of knowledgeable nonprofit techies. As Lyndal Cairns, a 2012 NTC Scholarship recipient, shares: Before I went to NTC, I was the only social media manager working in the HIV sector in Australia. Watch to find out more about Lyndal''s NTC experience!
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A donation to the 2012 NTC Scholarship Campaign will not only ensure our safe release into the wild (and the return of our piggy banks), it will make our captors eat some delicious humble pie: with each donation, you'll receive a vote on which song the NTEN staff must sing, in public, at the conference. Send 50 nonprofits to the NTC!
video Holly made previewing her potential public loss of dignity. Tags: scholarship NPTech Fundraising NTEN 09NTC. As an added incentive, today only, if you give $50 or more, we'll send you a free copy of our upcoming. book, Managing Technology. to Meet your Mission ! And if you haven't seen it yet, you should check out the.
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Flicker photo: mastermaq Every year at the NTC , we partner with See3 to bring you the DoGooder Nonprofit Video awards. Submit any video your organization made last year by March 19, when a set of nonprofit and media professionals will select 16 finalists to compete in a public vote. Contest Rules - The fine print and more.
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Our NTC session will identify more guiding principles like these and focus on takeway lessons for marketing, fundraising, and public engagement. Tags: E-mail Newsletter NPTech NTEN Communications. They want to know who these fellow activists and donors are and why they care about your issue.
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Looking for simple tips and guidance on public relations and social media? Complete the 2011 Community Survey for a chance to win a free registration to next year's NTC in San Francisco! Janet Fouts has your back! Each year, NTEN conducts a Community Survey to compile and share a report on the state of the nonprofit technology sector.
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