NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

By Colin Holtz and Steve Daigneault, M+R Strategic Services Everyone is talking about "the power of stories" — social scientists, nonprofit directors, your mother, you name it. Connect emotionally to your supporters and they'll give! Make them see the issue in human terms and they'll give more! There's just one problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 24, 2011

We’d like to share a few of our major aims and reflect a bit on some lessons learned that we hope will guide our approach in the future and prove helpful to others designing competitions, challenges, and prize giveaways online – in particular those focused on social benefit and public service.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

Has it been a year already since we launched NTEN's quarterly digital journal for nonprofit leaders? NTEN's publication (which was recently honored with a Publishing Trendsetter Award ) is free and hot off the press. Indeed it has, and the latest issue could be our best ever.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

Let’s face it, your donors want to know exactly how their money is being spent and what service impact their donations have through your nonprofit. By the way, NTEN posted some great tips for social media use , by Marc Pitman, founder of The Fundraising Coach. I also included two Tweets from orgs that did use outcome data.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

Report season is in full effect here at NTEN. Next up: the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study we're releasing with M+R Strategic Services. Tags: benchmarks NPTech NTEN. One of the many things I like about my job is that I get to read these reports before everybody else; it makes me feel extra knowledgeable for about, oh, a week.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Many companies like to donate their products, services, or expertise to your organization. Giving equipment or services, rather than a monetary donation to support your cause, is an easier case for management to make right now. There are many resources available to nonprofit organizations to purchase services, software, and hardware.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Utilizing partner services can help ensure a proper deployment and save months of headaches that can arise from a do-it-yourself experience. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Utilizing partner services can help ensure a proper deployment and save months of headaches that can arise from a do-it-yourself experience. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Valuing my services for the marketplace. Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? NPTechConsult is on the NTEN (look for great comments from Karen Nyhus) — it’s got great archives and interesting discussions. Tags: Consulting NTEN. Scope-creep.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Imagine trying to conduct an online fundraising campaign using Internet access from an Internet service provider (ISP) that doesn't agree with your mission or message. Because of this recent federal court ruling, ISPs can push all that aside and discriminate against them, in the form of 'throttling' their Internet service.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Since I started working on the NTC -- and its predecessor, the RoundUp -- almost a decade ago, my very favorite part has been the Day of Service. It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. If you're just about to register , include the Day of Service in your registration.

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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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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org. Step 1: Call yourself a career non-profit techie !

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

Public Interest Registry and NTEN want to celebrate that change, so we're launching the.ORG Ambassador awards. If you think your organization is rocking technology in service of your mission, you should: > Apply today ! This year's Ambassador will be chosen by a judging panel made up of the.ORG and NTEN teams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

To learn more about developing online communities the Leap team reached out to a select group of individuals who have extensive experience and expertise in online communities to ask 1) what community management services we should consider and 2) what sources/venues we should consider in cultivating/managing communities.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

Most soup kitchens serve double, triple, even quadruple duty as a community center, health center, temporary shelter, and a place to get job services. Imagine if the soup kitchen knew what other services each client was receiving? And what holes in service they could recommend? When it’s served in a soup kitchen.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Maybe you provide services, and your community doesn’t want to be providing those services, but they are happy you are doing so.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Moving to cloud services. Sessions on engaging volunteers, and on using SM for education/outreach rather then just fundraising or talking about your org. How programs can use technology projects to build collaborations in their community to better deliver services to clients. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. As more smaller orgs use these tools, we see they have the most room to grow -- and their lists ARE growing fast -- but they're taking the biggest hits in the fundraising department. Local organizations are getting on the bus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

GIVE BACK by reporting out on what I have learned and how I am using the books, both internally (within my org.) . - ADAPT my existing social media strategy based on the new things I learn and ideas I have as a result of reading the books. and externally (with all of your fine readers!).

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

If IT is not making a noticeable difference in how your org works, then it's failing. But Jason is lucky to work at an org where IT already has a seat at the leadership table. Look at the places where tech moves from the back office to the programs of your org. Tags: budget gartner itstaff NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

By Brenna Holmes, Deputy Director, Interactive Services, Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey. Effective social media integration is time consuming, and unless your org is powered by volunteers, paying your employees costs money. So, everyone wants to integrate their online communications. And everyone wants to be huge in social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

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: If you look at Facebook's terms of service, it says quite clearly that you can't create a user profile based on an entity. It has to be a real human being.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. For example, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) created a space for a Training Officers Community of Practice. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

It is a free service right now, which is good, and the software behind it is open source, which is even better. Here at ReadyTalk, I am the Account Manager who works with our Nonprofit Customers helping them save money increase their efficiency through using our audio and web conferencing services. 7 admin 08.19.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

And organizations and movements can certainly use twitter to organize – I think that’s a great strategy – as long as the majority of those to be organized are on twitter – which is quite a stretch for most orgs or movements. But I’m really not sure how organizations can use it in service.

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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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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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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

Many nonprofits do not have the budget for IT staff (even just one) plus for IT services that can be very expensive despite IT being the lifeblood of an organization. Many times it is after the fact that an org calls in a professional to repair the intrusion. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

In preparation, we enlisted the services of SocialFishers Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer to craft a social media plan for us. If your org is putting on an event this year, be sure to check this one out. We have a small event coming up. Maybe you've heard of it? The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? Learn more and register today!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. If you’ve created a listening strategy, whether it’s a vanity search on yourself or your org, or topics that you monitor, you can bring ALL of your listening into ONE place (see my slideshow for more tips on this).

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

Surely your org can write a better tagline than a Hollywood marketer: " 4 Girls. Forest Service's " Climate Change Primer " starts out with a discussion of cyclical climate change over the last 400,000 years. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. The 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Awards are only open until July 31st.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

If change is a constant at your org and you are considering an outsourced model, you’ll need to know how responsive your potential Drupal shop or consultant is. This is convenient and efficient for mid-size to large orgs – less vendor relationships to manage – and price breaks may be available. Ask around and get lots of references!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Having just written a guide for nonprofits on getting started with mobile (co-authored with fellow Convian Lacey Kruger), I am also a realist with an argument to make, which is this: Until your org has a strong, successful mobile-friendly version of your site available, offering a downloadable app shouldn’t even be on your radar screen.

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