NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is from the September 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Whether the initiative is purchasing smart phones for staff or replacing your accounting system, measuring the Return on Investment (ROI) should be a key aspect of your decision.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers. Or does it?

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ROI Survey Attention Evaluation 65

TechImpact

OCTOBER 4, 2013

According to a 2012 infographic from NTEN , nonprofits have miniscule budgets when it comes to IT support and services, but realize the important role technology plays in their organization. 49% of nonprofits are not measuring their ROI of technology. Did you know that small nonprofits have an average 1.26 Believe it.

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Stats Adopt Technology Nonprofit 157

NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2009

Beth Kanter and NTEN have spent almost a whole year working on the We Are Media project, and we've learned a few important things. How would you measure the ROI of the video? . There are some emerging companies working their way toward tracking this third dimension of social media ROI. Tags: NPTech roi web2.0

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Social Media ROI Media Social 66

Robert Weiner

JUNE 3, 2010

Archive of their workshop at the NTEN conference: [link]. The ROI of Social Media. Attracting New Donors. “Homer Simpson for Nonprofits: The Truth about How People Really Think and What It Means for Promoting Your Cause&#. Ebook: [link]. Donor Databases. Social Media. The Six Signs That Twitter Isn't For Your Nonprofit.

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Resource Social Media eBook ROI 138

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." View more presentations from kanter. But it is always a good exercise to make your brain think in a different way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. I'll need to tweak the "Y" access because gathering insight is a continuous process and there are elements of listen, learn, and adapt in a traditional ROI process.

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ROI Social Media Reflection Question 50

NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2009

We sat down for five minutes to define ROI for nonprofits, talk about the challenges of measuring intangibles, and how to use ROI to your advantage: And if you want to learn more about ROI and how to use it in your organization, be sure to register for the Online Technology Conference: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission.

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ROI Conference Technology Online 44

NTEN

OCTOBER 22, 2013

While the interpretation may vary; gross vs. net revenue, campaign ROI, long term value, the driver for fundraising tends to be oriented around campaign revenue and progress toward overall budget. kimbia Leadership measurement Miriam Kagan nptech nten Fundraising'

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Measure ROI NTEN Nptech 89

NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

Flickr: ePublicist A recent discussion thread on NTEN's main community email list really hit something home for me. NTEN member Sean Watson brought up his concern about the lack of staffing around, and interest in, "business processes" in most nonprofit organizations. Don't just use spreadsheets, use pictures. of people, even.

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NTEN Discussion Change Technology 63

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Check out these awesome panels and sign up today. Don’t miss this year’s telesummitt. More details on the after parties soon. Our sponsors help make this event possible. A big thank you goes out to them.

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Tech San Francisco Blogher Slideshare 120

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 Nptech Haiti Social Media 54

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. I also used composite scenarios based on real-life nonprofits needing to apply ROI techniques to technology purchase decisions. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Design Effective Experiment Learning 109

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The infographic below (you'll want to view the whole thing) connects the dots between some specific actions – like having a technology plan, evaluating the ROI of technology projects, and investing in training for staff – and overall organizational effectiveness when it come to managing technology for your mission.

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Benchmark NTEN ROI Evaluation 94

NTEN

MARCH 15, 2009

Proving ROI to your managers. Tags: NPTech sxswnp roi measurement sxsw. Some of the issues our poets raised: Combining qualitative and quantitive data. Using measurement as a learning tool. Whether or not online mom communities are mean. So if you missed it, here it is!

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ROI Jordan Nptech Measure 52

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

ROI -- or Return on Investment -- is a pre- and/or post-evaluation process and analysis of three factors: benefits, costs, and value of a specific technology purchase over time. ROI can help your organization avoid a technology purchase that is a huge mistake or avoid not investing in a technology that could return many dividends.

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Measure ROI Technology Nonprofit 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

I've been doing a lot of thinking about "ROI, Social Media, and Nonprofits" in preparation for a book chapter and several upcoming presentations, workshops, and webinars over the next couple of months. I've also been thinking about traditional ROI processes in the nonprofit technology context. Tags: ROI listening.

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ROI Social Media Process Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

NTEN and Jossey-Bass/Wiley is hosting the " Online NTC ," a 2-day online conference based on the book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. I'm honored to have a chapter in the book about ROI and you can hear geek out about it here. A free copy of the NTEN book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission ($40 value).

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Conference Technology Online Chapter 87

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Three Dimensions of Social Media ROI | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network - Holly Ross has an excellent post and commentary about measuring ROI: "return on investment is really hard to determine. Here's an interview with Danielle on NWF's use of Twitter. " - it's true!

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Bookmarking ROI Twitter Collaboration 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Last week Beth Kanter presented on a Webinar about ROI, click here to view the recording. This was the last of five Webinars in a series provided TechSoup Global and NTEN. If you didn't have a chance to participate in the Storytelling & Social Media series now is your chance to watch all five.

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ROI Social Network Storytelling Social Media 43

NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. However, only 7% are evaluating ROI rigorously or regularly. >

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Survey Report Technology Nonprofit 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Earlier this week, I asked folks to have fun with Social Media ROI Mad Libs. Holly Ross at NTEN put this one together for their blogging strategy: NTEN is implementing a social media strategy that includes BLOGGING. MORE conversation with and between NTEN Members. The key benefits are: INCREASED website traffic overall.

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Social Media ROI Module Resource 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

The following year, I organized an Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam where panelists delivered their presentations as poems. In 2010, did a crowdsourced session on crowdsourcing. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN. Web ROI: It’s not dollars, it’s (common) sense. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel.

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Comment Chad Nonprofit Social Media 102

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In this resource, we’ll guide you through how to holistically evaluate ROI, including direct and indirect costs and savings, how long it will take to get a return, and tying it all back to the goals of your team to make a powerful case for change. STEP 2: Making your case WITH ROI. ROI Analysis. Do you suspect you can do better?

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Project Guide Tech ROI 98

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. DIY ROI: Use this checklist from Network for Good's Tanya Lee to make smarter technology investments for your org.

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Issue Data Nonprofit NTEN 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

A couple of recent reports and frameworks in both nonprofit and for-profit areas have been published recently and provide some useful ways to think about how to measure the ROI as well and measure effectiveness. Over the NTEN blog, they've summarized some of the interesting findings. Tags: ROI.

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Social Media Measure Media Strategy 100

NTEN

MARCH 20, 2009

Flickr: cwalker71 The 2009 Women Who Tech panels were announced this week, and we're glad to see so many NTEN members representing the women who nptech! Fellow Aussie NTEN member David Jacquier has already made the long trip to the US to attend the SxSW conference in Austin. That's a long flight, y'all!

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NTEN Nptech Austin Summary 36

NTEN

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

about the early days and evolution of nptechies working with the web, and you'll probably see some names your recognize, including current and past NTEN members like Ami Dar of Action Without Borders/Idealist.org. NTEN member organization MPower rebrands itself as Orange Leap (and NTEN's Holly Ross appreciates it ).

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NTEN Open Source Summary ROI 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

Over the next six months, I will have the pleasure of working with NTEN and Holly Ross on a new community-driven funded by the Surdna Foundation. The resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools.

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Social Media NTEN Project Community 56

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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Web Indiana NTEN Case Study 117

NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Flickr Photo: _ES Amy Sample Ward lays out 5 strategic steps for measuring the ROI of social media for your organization. What do you know, NTEN made the news! NTEN members rock when it comes to being generous with their awesomeness! Tags: NPTech community buzz moblie fundraising beth kanter NTEN nten members.

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NTEN United States Case Study Social Media 36

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Today was the first webinar in the Storytelling & Social Media series from NTEN and TechSoup Global. Upcoming events in the series include podcasting, video creation, creating social buzz, and social media ROI. Tags: tsg tags webinar storytelling techsoup nten delicious events socialmedia rss.

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Social Media Slides Media Social 100

NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. Rockstar Beth Kanter presented on social media ROI. One tactic is going online.

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Nptech NTEN Mashup Social Media 36

NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

The chance to learn from and interact with dynamic and engaging faculty members, including Steve Heye of The Cara Program , Cheryl Contee of Fission Strategy , and Amy Sample Ward of NTEN Weekly classes and a private online group where you can build your community of fellow nonprofiteers leveraging technology to create positive change An intensive (..)

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Application Tech Nonprofit Social Media 84

See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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NTEN Web Case Study ROI 45

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Here’s a quick list of benchmark studies of nonprofits and social media: NTEN/Common Knowledge Social Network Benchmark Report , NTEN – E-Nonprofit Benchmark Study , PostRank Nonprofit Blogs Benchmarking and Digital IQ Public Sector Benchmark. Holly Ross, NTEN, Four Lessons Learned About Social Media in 2010.

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Social Media Summary Measure Media 94

NTEN

MARCH 16, 2009

Fellow NTEN members Green America (formerly Coop America) helped guide Peter to a wind-powered provider. Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer host a weekly NTEN Office Hour they call "NTEN Water Cooler Chat", every Thursday at 3pm ET. Tags: NPTech community buzz online fundraising nten members.

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