NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

[This is part two of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. You can download the complete report for free here.] This should give those smaller organizations with just 1 (or even just.5)

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. The above chart represents the responses from survey participants. You can download the complete report for free here.] for free. >

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Step 1: Removing Resistance. TechBridge.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

In our annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey , we asked respondents to describe the components of their organizations’ IT budgets—everything from Overall Expenditures to what proportion they allocate for Staffing, Capital, Consulting Contracts and Other Discretionary Expenditures. On average, organizations devoted 2.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2008

and Old Skool in Nonprofits " This adds beautifully to the conversation over at NTEN Wiki (name coming soon). a checklist helping orgs understand when they should not devote resources to Web 2.0. We survey our constituents periodically. Kool Aid? , Johanna's post talks about the importance of knowing your audience.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

The survey had 6,522 Millennials complete the survey from January 1 - January 31, 2012. The other new method used this year included an online survey of nonprofit professionals who work with Millennials; 89 of these surveys were completed. Here are key findings from each of those categories: Connect.

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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

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. How do you involve the org? survey in room: most prevalent is 20 hours/week with other job duties. Have you seen examples of your org changing? Can’t wait!

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), As one of you noted in the survey: My favorite thing about the conference is how open to sharing everyone there is. I realized that NTEN focused on people, not just technology, and I felt very welcome. Want to re-live the magic?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. On the evaluation survey, we asked people to identify their "aha magic learning moment." This way people could attend two.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" Mobilizing Generation 2.0

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. How to manage and track fundraising responses How to survey why a potential donor declined to give. Whether you're a social media maven, an online fundraising guru, or a wireless networking champ, you can lend a hand. Magic happens.

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Service Giving Atlanta Consultant 57

Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Converting Fresh Leads Into Donors&# and featured Heidi Hess of Children’s Defense Fund and Greg Zelder of the California State Parks Foundation , with Holly Ross of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) moderating. A: We have used surveys to great effect in the past.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

Nonprofit association NTEN , consultants Common Knowledge and social networking software providers ThePort conducted a joint study of nonprofit organization and their use of and attitudes towards social networking tools. The survey asked about two types of social networking presences a nonprofit organization could have.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. Many of the CRMs also show up here, although there are quite a number of packages that did not show up in the earlier survey. 18% of users surveyed use that one, which also accounted for 35.5% of use in very large organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. Many of the CRMs also show up here, although there are quite a number of packages that did not show up in the earlier survey. 18% of users surveyed use that one, which also accounted for 35.5% of use in very large organizations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

According to the 2014 Content Marketing Report, 92% of the nonprofits surveyed are using content marketing. On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. Wild Apricot’s Small Membership Insight Survey has some Good News About Millennials and Meetings.

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