NTEN

MAY 28, 2014

Here at NTEN, we were shocked and saddened to hear the news that last week our colleague, Michael DeLong, passed away very suddenly. Michael was an active member of the NTEN community, NTC speaker, colleague, friend, and an all-around great person to know.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

September Issue NTEN Journal. The new issue of the NTEN Change Journal is all about data! KD has a fantastic article in this quarter’s NTEN journal where she shares six steps on using data, including one of my favorite mantras – spend more time analyzing data than collecting it. His answer: 1.)

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2013

Recently we took a survey of the NTEN community to get your opinions about online platforms and how you like to engage online. Out of all the platform options we explored, we felt the features and look and feel of the Higher Logic platform was the best fit to serve the NTEN community based on the community platform feedback we received.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2012

With over 600 people registered for the Webinar, it was hard to answer all the questions as the chat stream just flew by and the 90 minutes was up before we knew it. I promised folks that I would share a summary blog post with links, questions, and resources. There were a lot of questions about the tools.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Join us in celebrating the incredible NTEN Community of over 50,000 participants by donating $1 (or $100) today. Here''s a quick report on where the 2015 NTEN Challenge campaign is at today: we have raised $20,258 toward our goal of $50,000 to represent the 50,000 members of this community.

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NTEN

JUNE 15, 2012

It's time to get your geek on, NTEN community! You could win a $2,500 grant from GOOD and a free NTEN Membership! Tell us how you would use your unique skills and ideas to sync up your community, and you could win a $2,500 grant from GOOD and a free NTEN Membership; there will be two additional prizes of free NTEN Memberships.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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NetWits

JANUARY 14, 2011

I’m just going to offer a few questions for you to consider. Make sure to check out The second annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report by Common Knowledge, thePort, and NTEN. Then you can go read the full report. Do you plan on increasing your budget for social media efforts in 2011?

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2013

The links were tracked so that if you clicked the sad link, you’d be automatically removed from NTEN emails, and if you clicked the happy one, you’d stay in (and if you clicked both we kept you unless you specified otherwise). We just like ‘em, and lots of NTEN members seem to like them too. Why pet videos?

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Mostly I have lots of questions and concerns that the firms won’t be able to address until the merger is completed — if then. My main questions are about product strategies. Some independent consultants who implement Common Ground have questioned whether my clients even want to consider that product until the dust settles.

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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. Some of the most interesting planning was the work we did as a full team driven by the places where staff had questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The 16th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, focusing on the Best of 2014: Cultivating Leadership. The inspiration, as reflected on the quarterly NTEN: Change covers, came from farmers, a profession characterized by the need to be responsive. >>Enjoy, and subscribe! >>Enjoy, >>Enjoy, and subscribe!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2018

Never question if you hit the save button again as most cloud-based accounting systems back up your work automatically. Source: NTEN 2018 Cloud Report. Source: NTEN 2018 Cloud Report. And with all of your nonprofit’s sensitive data in the cloud, it will be safely stored even if your computer goes haywire.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 26, 2010

If you have a topic or question you’d like to explore in an upcoming chat, feel free to let me know anytime! These monthly chats part of the #4Change network and are open to anyone interested in learning and sharing about building community, on and offline, with the use of social media or other technology tools. Photo credit: ToastyKen ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

With NTEN''s website redesign project underway, we took a step back and asked, "How do we know how our users use our site and what they want if we don''t ask? So we turned to the NTEN community, as we will continue to do at various stages of the redesign process, for your candid feedback about the NTEN website.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Many NTEN Members are taking part in #GivingTuesday this year, and we asked our Members to share their campaign plans. NTEN is taking part in #GivingTuesday this year too, and we hope you''ll join us for free community celebration on #GivingTuesday. Pathways to Education Canada is taking part in #GivingTuesday again this year.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. Thank her for speaking up and sharing her comment/question/concern, point them in the right direction for more information and resources, and offer to speak with her directly offline (or at least off the comment thread) about the topic.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN. NTEN''s Development Manager, Eileigh Doineau, shares her #ntenthanks for NTEN''s Members. This is my third Member Appreciation Month here at NTEN, which seems amazing to me because I feel both like I just got here and as though I have always been here.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

What are some ways you can use questions to improve your technology trainings? Questions ask your brain to mine your experience and expertise to come up with answers. nptech NTC nten training' John Kenyon. John Kenyon Consulting. You become aware of what your thoughts and understandings are about the topic.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. When it comes to focusing on the right data, I like to ask myself these two questions. data nten' —– I love data as much as the next person. We collect a lot of data.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The articles in the March issue of the NTEN: Change journal capture stories of nonprofits in transition; they’re transforming from one stage to another, using technology to fuel their campaigns, initiatives, and to optimize their day-to-day work. You can’t rush nature, but you can set yourself up for success. >>Enjoy, and subscribe!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2012

is the wrong question, but sadly, it's the one on which the sector is currently focused. The right question is "What is the relationship between the number of hours of volunteer time that we consumed related to the value of what we accomplished?". How many hours did we get from volunteers?"

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

By Andrew Means, YMCA of Metro Chicago The question of how nonprofits use data is swirling around professional organizations throughout the sector. NTEN''s Communities of Impact recently conducted a small survey (n=69) of nonprofit professionals asking how their organizations are engaging with data. Everyone is talking about data.

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Blue Fox

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Melbourne, FL (December 19, 2019) – Chantal Sheehan, Founder and CEO of Blue Fox was recently named a speaker for NTEN’s 2020 Nonprofit Technology Conference (20NTC). You’re often met with blank stares, irrelevant questions or surprise concerns. There has to be a better way. A better way to present the data.

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NetWits

JULY 12, 2011

Idealware who surveyed over 500 nonprofit staff members about their Facebook usage and goals may have answers to some of the questions organizations have been seeking. In 2010, 78% of nonprofits surveyed by NTEN who had raised money on Facebook raised $1K or less in 12 months. Check out the key Facebook data below.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

NTEN has long advocated that every organization needs to recognize the role of digital equity in meeting its mission. She also launched Tech Time, an opportunity for community members to ask tech questions, and developed a volunteer program that library patrons in navigating their devices. adults do not use home broadband.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

Tony is turning the 100th show over to the community: You choose the questions! I told Tony that I’ll take on all social media questions for listeners’ charities. What’s your question? We want your questions in advance. And we’re giving away cool stuff to those who listen live and archive. We’re up to it!

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Robert Weiner

JULY 25, 2010

Here's how I respond to questions like this: I can't say whether (system x) would be a good fit for you. You said you've read the Idealware/NTEN Consumer's Guide, so you know that (system x) got a strong rating there. You said you've read the Idealware/NTEN Consumer's Guide, so you know that (system x) got a strong rating there.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the years, we’ve had lots of requests for a job board for the NTEN community. We aim to please and we’re thrilled to announce a beta version of NTEN’s brand new job board. NTEN’s Nonprofit Tech Job Board is a platform dedicated exclusively to paid nonprofit technology career opportunities. Got questions? Suggestions?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I emailed some of the top authors and social media experts from around the world and asked them to quickly answer this question: What is one thing you wish nonprofits "got" about social media? Here they are: Community Marc Pitman nptech nten social media Social Media Communications' The replies were great!

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2012

Dear #12NTC - The NTC concluded last night, and then began the fun (and I am not being sarcastic here) of answering the question, "How'd it go?" To be honest, for NTEN staff, the bar for this show was pretty low. So, my answer to all those questions was a pretty resounding "Awesome! This is the most fun I have had at the NTC!"

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Here’s a quick status update from our content team—inspired by the three daily scrum standup questions used in Agile development—about how things have been going and what’s next. We’ve been working away at this for a few months now and figured it was about time to send you a postcard.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Change is at the heart of what we do at NTEN. It’s with twinges of sadness and excitement that I share with you a personal change: that I will be leaving NTEN after 4 and half years. I have been deeply honored to work with each and every person in the NTEN community, whether directly or indirectly through the programs we deliver.

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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

APRIL 28, 2021

NTEN’s online forums connect community members virtually around topics of interest from technology tools to job experiences to personal identities. Regardless of your job description or career experience, there’s a space for asking questions, sharing resources, and connecting with your peers. Online Forums.

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