NTEN

JULY 13, 2010

We’ve added a new element to the ongoing saga of NTEN’s adventures in Facebookland , this time of the choose-your-own variety. We’re profiling NTEN members, posting our brief introductory interview (5 questions each) and then turning the reigns over to all of you.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

But like Holly mentioned on the NTEN blog , we’re going to need your help to do it and have a few ways you might be able to lend a helping hand: 1. NTEN will be able to waive registration fees for up to 57 attendees with scholarships this year. Put this great little widget made by NTEN to good use! Spread the Word.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

You could possibly accept a friend request from a business partner who would raise an eyebrow at the religious beliefs or political views displayed on your profile. Try to include information in your profile and activities that focus only on your professional endeavors. Public profile. The answer: it's a huge gray area.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Tips to grow your list: Short sign-up forms – you just need their email, ultimately, and you can start building out their profile of what actions they take and how they engage. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

In contest news, NTEN member organization ZeroDivide has launched a great contest that combines poetry, social media, and good causes: the ZD Technology Haiku Contest ! Finally, I love it when NTEN members pat each other on the back: Michelle Murrain gives ONE/Northwest a nice shout-out for having a helpful nptech blog.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2009

Normally, I'd include NTEN member accolades in my weekly round-ups, but there were just so many NTEN folks represented on Mashable's list of the 75+ Environmentalists you should follow on Twitter , I figured it merited its very own post. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN twitter. Follow Danielle @starfocus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Flickr Photo: Peat Bakke Sharing and lessons learned is what the NTEN Affinity Group Discuss list is all about. Some excellent resources emerged from this discussion, so I thought I'd share highlights here and invite you to join the conversation on the NTEN Discuss list. This is exactly what Beau Elston, Riverfront, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They need your help to bring back Ranger Rick's profile that was recently taken down by Facebook Staff. Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to?

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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. Profiles VS Pages. Profiles are for individuals, Pages for Organizations.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2010

In case you haven't noticed, we love jokes here at NTEN world headquarters: witty remarks, amusing cat videos , Star Wars references. You can then upload the completed image as your Facebook profile picture. Tags: facebook humor immigration NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. If so, how did it go over?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Corporations sponsor the widget, so there is a brand showing. Seesmic is a video conversation site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !) What do you think?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Online Donor Profile. We know a lot more about the profile of an online donor than we did in years past. The 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , authored by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN , surveyed 32 nonprofit organizations and found an average gift size of $71.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Add a badge to your blog or change your profile pics. Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast. Tags: E-mail Leadership netneutrality NPTech savetheinternet Social Media Web Sites. Send them to the SavetheInternet.com petition. Bonus points!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. So we’ll see how it works.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2009

After Idealware 's latest report reviewing Open Source CMS tools , there were, as might be expected, a few dust-ups in the open source developers and users communities, which includes NTEN members like David Geilhufe. NTEN board member Michelle Murrain , one of the authors of the report, responded to some of the criticism. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

The NTEN Blog. You want to incorporate it in your existing marketing strategy and the very first thing you should do is put a big link and announcement to your iPhone App to download on your web site, blog, social media profiles, print publications, etc. Tags: mobile. Allison Fine's Blog. Social Edge Blogs. Care2's FrogLoop.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

" She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link. Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2010

At NTEN, we think the line between public and private is fascinating: witness our upcoming event, The Evolution of Privacy and the Social Web. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be publicly available. Tags: facebook NPTech NTEN privacy Communications. Users can opt to make all other connections private.

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NTEN

MARCH 27, 2012

The NTEN staff is so excited that we're blogging our favorite tips throughout the week. Step 2: Update Your Profile. myNTC has a whole spectrum of ways to connect with your fellow attendees, but the first thing you'll want to do is update your profile with a picture, bio, your external social media links, and your interest tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." Should I be creating a personal profile for the organization? Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

For example, Jay Baer’s and Amber Nashlund’s new book, The Now Revolution , uses Microsoft’s version of QR codes called Tag technology , so readers can scan pages and get additional bonus materials on their phones. NTEN has published a useful quick “What’s This?

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. The tag points to individual resources, but is that knowledge? tagging capabilities to keep things organized. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Click "Send Affiliate Request" here: [link] and add your Facebook profile here: [link] and you'll be all set to make the most of the network of causes that benefit your nonprofit. Tags: causes NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. Don’t be scared to drive home the message. Best of luck for your end-of-year fundraising!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Photo by Marco Wessel Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending one of NTEN's "Ask the Expert" calls and chats with Wendy Harman who is the professional listener for the Red Cross. Wendy balances her personal/organizational social media profiles. Tags: cute dog theory ROI listening 2ndwave.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

But as more and more organizations flock to Facebook and social networks aren't just for kid anymore, nonprofit staffers are using their personal profiles for professional networking online. Take for example the Capital Area Food Bank where staff members are active on Twitter, each has their individual profile on Twitter.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It gets better: you can set up your personal profile with tags — all sorts of tags — about what your networking and general interests are, your agenda interests, even your product interests. Tags: #11NTC myNTC NPTech NTEN online community Social Media. And it's included with your 2011 NTC registration.).

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

I'm proud of the team here at NTEN for putting together an event that is so valued by the community. Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or MySpace profile (among other sharing options). . Tags: NPTech 09NTC.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

There are definitely situations that should require it, however, such as expensive, controversial, or high profile investments or in cases where there is a large target audience. Tags: beth kanter Newsletter NPTech NTEN return on investment roi. Use pilot projects to get credible numbers. Streamline data collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. And, how you click on your "friends" profiles and see their social streams. I love the way NTEN does these sessions. Tags: online communities technology training training materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

LolNptech commentary about a recent NTEN Discuss List thread. Virtual drinks are very much needed on this Facebook profile. Google qualified nonprofit organizations can use GoogleCheckout to accept charitable donations without any fees as first reported by the NTEN blog. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

The NTEN project is an excellent learning laboratory for reflection and learning about this topic. Dave Cormier published a paper recently entitled "Community as Curriculum" and that phrase has stuck with me as one way to think about workshop curriculum projects that are being developed in a networked way like the NTEN project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. I found it because I have an RSS feed for a twitter search on the nptech tag. I like the way NTEN does it. Make your profile human, warm, and inviting. Here's a neat tool to help you design your profile.

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NTEN

MARCH 23, 2009

I've added NTEN's blog feed and the 09NTC Twitter feed to our members-only LinkedIn group. Our NTEN group hasn't used it at all. We decided to make the LinkedIn group available to current NTEN members only for this very reason: we could verify member status and approve current members to the group. . We'll see how that goes.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2010

The profile picture is of the flight attendant in his uniform standing next to baskets of JetBlue's signature snacks. Tags: charlene li facebook JetBlue NPTech NTEN open leadership Social Media Steven Slater Communications. Many wish they themselves had taken a similar course of action at some point in the past.

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