NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. Karl Hedstrom. IT Director.

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Candid

JANUARY 9, 2025

This is what we at NTEN call technology effectiveness: staff reporting they have both the tools and the skills to use the organizations technology systems to do their job and meet the mission. Here are four technology policies and practices nonprofits and foundations of any size or mission area should leave behind in 2025: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

By Ryan Polk , a Policy Advisor at the Internet Society , where he is primarily focused on issues related to Internet trust. In its recent survey on the State of Nonprofit Cybersecurity , NTEN found that nearly 70% of nonprofits do not have policies and procedures in place in case of a cyberattack.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 21, 2013

Policy, Leadership, Governance. Nonproft Technology Network :: @ NTEN. Huffington Post Impact :: @ HuffPostImpact. Social Good, News. huffingtonpost.com/impact. Idealist :: @ Idealist. Jobs, Volunteerism, News. idealist.org. Independent Sector :: @ IndSector. independentsector.org. Mashable Social Good :: @ SocialGood. osocio.org.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

The NTEN community is filled with amazing individuals who change the world every day. She has served on the editorial board of the Alliance for Community Media''s Community Media Review and produced a policy handbook. Lauren-Glenn is an Emeritus NTEN Board member. 13ntc Community nonprofit technology conference nten awards'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Plus, check out the new NTEN Voices section for tips and tools from our team and community! But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Get started!

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

NTEN isn''t an organization, we''re a community – a community with a shared set of values , including authenticity, sharing, and of course, laughter. who embodies those values and enhances the NTEN community. In short, they embody NTEN''s Values. So thank you for being a vital part of the NTEN community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

Photo by Terry Bain in Flickr I've been hearing a lot lately from folks who work in nonprofits asking for examples of "social media or social networking policies." But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Internet Use Policy.

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2013

NTEN, whose mission is to help members strategically use technology to make the world a better, just, and equitable place, didn't so much consciously move to the Cloud as come of age in it. When IT Director Karl Hedstrom joined NTEN in 2006, a few employees had been working remotely, thanks to the Cloud. Kimberlee Roth.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2023

NTEN has had an increasingly distributed team and a flexible work schedule throughout our 23 years as an organization. Working at NTEN is just one aspect. We are humans first and employees of NTEN later. June 30 is our final Friday work day at NTEN, and we will begin the four-day, 32-hour week starting in July.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Even fat cats support NTEN! NTEN helps nonprofits keep up with changes in technology and understand how to use tech to run their organizations, tell their stories, connect with supporters, raise funds, and meet their missions. I hope you'll help me, and NTEN, reach our goals. > NTEN's discussion lists, that's where.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2014

You''ve probably seen the posts all week on the NTEN blog as we recognize and appreciate the tremendous amount of energy, passion, and action that SO many individuals in the NTEN community contribute to help us as an organization and to ensure that this is a thriving community for all. This week is National Volunteer Week !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2011

Yesterday, Holly Ross at NTEN , mentioned that a common question she gets after talking about Social Media with nonprofits is from organizations that work with students or young people and are concerned about liability issues surrounding what students who “like&# their page may post on their page, or on their own walls.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Flickr: Lydia Mann (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.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members.

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NTEN

JULY 9, 2010

HaitiAidMap from InterAction (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.) . organizations sharing their data are many NTEN members, including.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . This month's NetSquared (a project of TechSoup Global ) Think Tank topic is on effective social media policies.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Flickr: cambodia4kidsorg (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.). fellow nptechies about the social media policies she helped develop for.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

But the question stuck with me, and I have an idea that I want to share, appropriately, with the NTEN community. But the question stuck with me, and I have an idea that I want to share, appropriately, with the NTEN community. A month or two ago, a friend of mine asked me a great question: "What is the role of circuit riders today?"

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Some of us here at NTEN are pretty interested in geo-tagging. Members are in bold.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 29, 2009

NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. A 2007 NTEN post provided suggestions and resources for creating strong passwords and establishing a password policy. The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

In fact, 55% of nonprofits in the Data Empowerment Report from NTEN say their systems are not aligned with workflow or needs, and 72% of nonprofits report using three or more systems that dont talk to each other. System integration cuts down on manual processes and allows organizations to maintain a consistent, unified database.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. " Unfortunately, no one from NTEN will be in-person at the event, but Holly will be Skype -ing in for a session. One of those session is a panel featuring NTEN's Annaliese. Here's a list of where we'll be and where we want to be.

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NTEN

APRIL 1, 2014

NTEN is proud to partner with Independent Sector (IS) to bring its 2014 National Conference to Seattle this November 16-18. Online registration for the conference launched today, and as part of the NTEN Community, you are entitled to receive discounted registration rates.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 24, 2025

Attend If Youre: A fundraising professional in New Orleans To Register: [link] APRIL NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference Baltimore, MD + Virtual April 16-18, 2025 If youre driven to leverage technology to create a more equitable world, youll find your community at NTEN/NTC. To Register: [link] **Lets Connect!

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

NTEN is People! Flickr: kalabird) (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.) . > NTEN Facebook Page. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

MAY 24, 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.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NTEN. Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Mark Cugini. Creative Associate. One of the biggest advantages of social media is that—unlike the letter writing and petitioning of yesteryear—we now have more accurate, actionable data about the people who are reading our messages. But that isn't to say it's simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 18, 2008

This week we have been discussing and building Module 3: The Social Media Ready Nonprofit Organization: Dealing with Resistance as part of NTEN's We Are Media : Social Media Starter Kit for Nonprofits project. For today, we're talking about the question - What are appropriate social media policies and how to create them?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 13, 2009

Now, you can get a turn thanks to NTEN. A couple of weeks ago, a post on Foreign Policy about "slacktivism" triggered a flurry of e-mail on Progressive Exchange. You know, YouTube videos, Facebook Groups -- a lot of the things we here at NTEN advocate. It's FREE for NTEN Members. Cost: FREE for NTEN Members!

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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. Three Case-Studies that document how three different nonprofits developed their social media policies.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2012

While NTEN can't offer a crystal ball (or insider knowledge, for that matter) about the specifics of the decisions or details about products, we CAN provide a safe, un-biased platform to explore questions, concerns, and possibilities surrounding the transition and the possible impact on the wider nonprofit technology landscape.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

NTEN Member and Social Media Strategist, Lyndal Cairns , moderated the panel, and helped put together this blog post. NTEN Member, Beth Kanter, has a primer on content curation that''s a useful guide for getting started. Social media policy Pinterest board curated by NTEN Member, Debra Askanese. Community engagement.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

14ntc Ashley Lusk Community debra askanase nptech nten Policy social media Social Media Communications' The space between just being playful and being held for libel – and it can quickly become all too serious. These types of situations demand our inquiry and our preparation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Since December, over 12,000 people have signed an online petition to urge Steve Jobs to change Apple’s unfriendly iPhone donation policy. These recent high profile voices are the latest to join a chorus of dissatisfaction with Apple’s iPhone donation policy. Click to Sign Online Petition and Send Steve Jobs A Message.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. Note, though, that those same steps to success are true for an organization.

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NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

2021 was an eventful year at NTEN as we continued to promote, work towards, and model equitable practices internally and externally. This year, implementing the new concurrent and holistic committee application process resulted in a more accessible and streamlined experience with more community members on NTEN committees than ever before.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 5, 2009

Without policies, procedures, training, management, and ongoing attention, databases will become filled with inconsistent, unusable data, and data will be scattered hither and yon in spreadsheets, shadow databases, and desk drawers. . • NTEN www.nten.org/blog. Tad Druart www.connectioncafe.com. Roger Carr everydaygiving.typepad.com/.

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