Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. A companion 85-page report provides in-depth reviews of the twelve systems that emerged at the top of their ranking, including details of the functionality offered for each of 127 criteria they considered. read more.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

As a tech leader at a growing social impact organization, you know that migrating to an enterprise-scale constituent relationship management (CRM) system can be a daunting proposition. The kind of large, clean data sets AI systems require has historically been a point of weakness for nonprofit organizations.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Every year, NTEN conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN Community. community Community community survey engagement nptech nten Organizational Culture report research Staffing Strategy survey Program' across departments. Let us know in the comments.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. On the recent NTEN community call someone asked the panel to name 5 vendors (other than Blackbaud and Convio) to whom we’d send a CRM system RFP for a $100 million nonprofit.

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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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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2014

Andrea Post is NTEN''s newest team member. How did you first become involved with the NTEN Community? Everyone keeps asking me how I first learned about NTEN, and I just keep giggling because the truth is that I can’t remember. Doesn’t everyone just know NTEN? nten staff' Andrea Post 1. That’s pretty cool.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

By Margaux Pagán, Director of Strategic Fundraising, DonorFuse , and Tim Sarrantonio, Account Consultant, Z2 Systems. Cloud-based fundraising solutions are not only here to stay, they are becoming the preferred solution for fundraisers of all levels of experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Do you offer a consultation to fully customize my system to my needs? Cleaning up your database so you can “start fresh” with a new system. How long is the onboarding process? 2) Training.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

NTENs Nonprofit Digital Investment Report notes 45% of nonprofits indicated they werent spending enough on technology, citing lack of budget (77%), lack of funder support (47%) and lack of donor support (38%). Outdated systems and inefficient processes are added burdens that make it harder to serve their communities.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It’s your first opportunity to consider how the new system is going to meet your current and future needs, not just replicate processes from the old system. data Data Leadership nptech nten Susie Saxten' You might be surprised at how many organizations skip detailed mapping, dismissing it as a nitpicky, administrative task.

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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! Or maybe you want to improve the tech systems of your local nonprofit so that you can have even more impact. You only have until July 12th to submit your proposal, so we hope you'll get cracking right away.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs. 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! Get started!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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NTEN

APRIL 1, 2013

That's only one of the reasons NTEN is excited to announce a new position and open applications for a Content Manager. NTEN seeks a creative writer with a love for technology, data, and the nonprofit technology community to join NTEN’s team. Cat videos don't make themselves, and once they exist they also don't share themselves.

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NTEN

AUGUST 3, 2011

2011 has been a big year for NTEN, especially when it comes to staff. We're hoping that you will join us in welcoming our two newest staff members: Amanda Jones, Membership & Fundraising Coordinator, amanda at nten dot org. If you're an NTEN member, you may have already crossed paths with Amanda.

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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

APRIL 8, 2014

Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. NTEN Research Committee. Rebecca Reyes, Communications Manager, Everyday Democracy.

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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. Organizations need to realize that treating technology as a peripheral expense actually limits mission delivery and effectiveness.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2012

NTEN published my somewhat snarky predictions for nonprofits' use of fundraising technologies in 2012. many nonprofits will struggle with out-of-date systems. My overall predictions are that most things will be pretty much the same as last year (and 2010 and 2009, etc.): No surprise -- many will also lack the funding to replace them.

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NTEN

AUGUST 27, 2012

Holly Ross. Executive Director. The message is clear. Selecting a new CRM has to be driven by your strategy: how you do the work of meeting your mission. Constituent Relationship Management, or CRM, has changed dramatically in the last decade.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 25, 2010

I am tending towards (system x) because it would seem to match what we need right away, and we could afford it. 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.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

NTEN''s newest team member, Bethany, is focused on our community programs, including the Communities of Practice and Tech Clubs. How did you first become involved with the NTEN community? I discovered NTEN and the nptech community about four years ago. Community interview nptech nten staff' Tech lets me be creative.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2014

If your mission includes an educational aspect, a learning management system could be your cup of tea, but which flavor is right for you? Building an e-learning site entails pulling several systems and tools together to deliver a smooth online experience for learners. Aaron Winters. Director of Technology and Operations.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

I have a guest post up on the NTEN blog discussing some of the ways social media was put into action as soon as the earthquakes struck in Haiti: When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Tags: fundraising maps mobile disaster haiti nten red cross the extraordinaries ushahidi.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 5, 2011

This post offers an overview of NTEN's eNon-profits Benchmark Study and 2011 Social Benchmarks Report and Idealware's Donor Management System Workbook.( Here is a round-up of recently released reports and resources available free of charge that might be of interest to non-profit and membership organizations. read more ).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

It’s been nearly five years since the first release of Idealware’s Consumers Guide to Donor Management Systems report, and two years since Idealware and NTEN last partnered to update the report. This higher ceiling allowed us to include several widely-used donor management systems ineligible for inclusion in previous years.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 3, 2010

Archive of their workshop at the NTEN conference: [link]. Idealware's "Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems" [link]. . “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.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2013

Internal management systems and tracking tools are integral to keeping an organization well-oiled and effective at what they do. Equally as important are the external systems organizations use to communicate their work to the public.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

If your nonprofit is considering a new donor management system, whether it’s your first or an upgrade to your existing system, you’ve got plenty of options on the market. The first thing to ask yourself is if you’re sure you want a donor management system. Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware. Choice is good! Volunteers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

Both NTEN and Idealware are the best sources for information about the range of options for this toolset – that’s out of scope for this post. Closed data systems, difficult to integrate systems, or systems that require payment to get access to your data should be avoided at all cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

And, as you may know, every year, NTEN tries to raise $10,000 to send staffers from small nonprofits to the conference who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend. Every dollar is matched by Convio, allowing NTEN to send up to 57 people this year! Here’s how you can participate: Create an account at our auction site.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

Arguments are made that achievement systems such as the gold star, grades, and other extrinsic motivators are less effective and desirable for inspiring life-long learners. Whether it is the top score in Pac Man, bonus programs in business, or your 3rd grade teacher’s star chart, achievement systems can be powerful external motivators.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

So, in terms of your data – especially your donor data – following the daisy chain paradigm means that you manage your data by copying and pasting data updates from one database to the next, from the most recently updated to the oldest, in order to keep your donor data stored and current in multiple systems. Assess your systems.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2013

Our board would help us with our grants review process, but we were using a pencil and paper system that was prone to errors and could result in a thousand index cards that needed to be entered into a spreadsheet. board meetings Infrastructure Leadership Morris Animal Foundation nptech nten Tobie McPhail tools'

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