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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Tags: member appreciation NPTech nten members. Thank you, Joe, for being a member of NTEN! It's easy: go to our Facebook Fan Page and give thanks to a fellow NTENer who has helped or inspired you, or maybe just makes you laugh (in a good way)! ntenthanks ;).

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JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr Photo by Chi King The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on how to draft America's national broadband plan. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 set aside $7.2 Tags: broadband free press internet access NPTech NTEN sheldon mains universal access. billion for broadband stimulus.

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APRIL 22, 2009

This is the very last of my 2009 NTC Preview podcasts. Vince is leading the 2009 NTC session, " Fundster: How Philanthropy is Adapting Social Network Practice " You may remember America's Giving Challenge. Tags: 09NTC NPTech philanthropy vince_stehle. Or maybe you've already voted in the NetSquared Challenge.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 9, 2009

Appirio releases their top 10 predictions for cloud computing in 2009. NARAL Pro-choice America launched an innovative ad campaign. Tags: video cloudcomputing Uncategorized Nonprofits nptech. Some stuff from my inbox. (A A lot of these are 2008 news, therefore, kinda old. But still interesting to me.). company will fail.&#

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APRIL 15, 2009

Vodafone Americas Foundation Announces Wireless Innovation Project Winners - "The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its Wireless Innovation Project, a new initiative that identifies and funds unique innovations using wireless related technology offering the best potential to address critical social issues around the world.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

If you love food like I do, you've probably heard of Iron Chef (or at least Iron Chef America ). Tags: eve_smith NPTech website beaconfire marketing NTEN social media email 09NTC. The premise is simple: Take two talented chefs, add one secret ingredient, then give them one hour to cook up at least 3 delicious courses.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Voting's open till Monday!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

How a Small Nonprofit Used Social Media & Crowd-Sourcing to Win the 2009 Global Giving Challenge - frogloop Home~Care2’s blog for nonprofits - frogloop - "The goal was simple. Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

The goal is to use the power of "Social Influence" via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and other online media to raise an unprecedented amount for our fund benefiting The Humane Society, LIVESTRONG, Oxfam America and WWF from June 1st until August 28th, 2009." " Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Simon Moloney, NPower Network & Conifer Analytics and Rebecca Willett, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, joined me on the panel discussion. Tags: Integrated Marketing Online Fundraising Technology nptech. With all the new technology out there, nonprofit organizations have more ways than ever to reach donors online.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Enter the 2009 America's Giving Challenge. Join DonorsChoose's 2009 Social Media Challenge to raise money for education. Tags: linklove. You could win a $5,000 or $2,500 donation in your name to the charity of your choice. You could win a donation of up to $50,000 for your favorite cause.

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NTEN

MARCH 9, 2009

3/12/2009). Tactics for Finding More Online Donors, Members and Advocates : When Organic List Building Tactics Aren’t Enough (3/16/2009). Storytelling via Email (3/26/2009). Evaluating your Email Marketing Efforts for Success (4/2/2009). Tags: NPTech NTEN jocelyn harmon webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Actually uploading photos to Flickr doesn’t require much time, but shooting digital photos, editing them, and then properly adding them to Flickr sets and collections with tags and titles can become time-consuming. If your nonprofit does international development in Asia or Latin America, try Hi5 or Quepasa.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Second, we're co-sponsoring and helping plan the eDemocracy2 Camp in DC on Sunday, April 19 (one day before the 2009 Politics Online Conference). Third, we're participating in the Apps for America Contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Tags: Events. Andrew Cohen (@ andrewjcohen ) will be among the many attendees.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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MAY 18, 2009

Here are highlights from the web of NTEN members doing their, you know, NTEN-type awesomeness: NARAL-Pro Choice America launched a contest on Twitter last week: submit hashtag (#) ideas for aggregating the discussion around "the Supreme Court battle that's just around the corner." And back to my 2009 NTENnies Highlights: Lou August.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Tags: service. This site, MyGoodDeed is encouraging people to pause and share their plans for a personal good deed.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2009

We're also proud of the other NTEN members represented among the 2009 class of 50 honored executives, including: American Cancer Society , American Promise Alliance , The Atlantic Philanthropies , The Case Foundation , Girl Scouts of the USA , Humane Society of the US , Independent Sector , The John D. & Catherine T. Kellogg Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

After all, volunteers are the lifeblood of most nonprofits, and with 64 Million volunteers taking the time to give back in 2009, National Volunteer Week is as much about thanking volunteers as encouraging them to come back. One recent project asked people to tag photos from Haiti in an effort to identify missing people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

All participants who register for the campaign through September 25, 2009 will be entered into random drawings to win one of the “ Climate Love Packs ” or the grand prize of a Schwinn 2010 World NX7. Tags: generosity giveaways greengeekery. Check out the announcement video here. Need some inspiration?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

NTEN member organizations US Fund for UNICEF and Feeding America discuss their experiences so far with this online media investment. Jenn Thompson lists the conferences she's looking forward to attending in 2009 and why she recommends them. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2009

PledgeToEndHunger.com , a website designed to shine a bright light on the very real problem of childhood hunger in America. Tags: hunger. That's why I'm taking the pledge to end hunger because if we all do a little bit - it can go a long way. And You can too! This will provide 140,000 meals for children in Austin. Minds at Work.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

America’s Giving Challenge is an amazing program from The Case Foundation that See3 had the opportunity to support this year. Check it out right now at America’s Giving Challenge. Kellogg Foundation Grant to America’s Giving Challenge Significantly Increases Number of Overall and Daily Awards Offered to Nonprofit Causes.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

communities (and readers of this blog) have heard about the federal government's Data.gov initiative (and the winner of a certain Apps for America competition using these data sets). Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. Tags: Government.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

From: Pavi Mehta Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 11:36 AM To: Bookshare Team Subject: Thank You Notes from the Volunteers Hi All, Just wanted to send out these snippets of appreciation from volunteers (in response to what Carol Lake’s donation made possible). Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America 4.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. The system had three components: The Image Tagger — Volunteers sort through news photos coming out of Haiti and categorize (tag) them with keywords like “adult, child, alive, deceased.” http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

Tags: sxsw. I'm blogging this for two reasons - so I have it in one place and so if you want to meet you'll know where to find me. If you are attending SXSW, please seek me out and we can try to meet.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Grant Howe brings more than 16 years of experience to his role as VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas. Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009. You can follow Grant on Twitter: @geekbyte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Social Media for Non Profits and Special Causes John Sheridan’s presentation at at Pod Camp Halifax 2009 gives an overview of social media and social networking, with plenty of non-profit examples. ROI of Listening: America Red Cross Case Study (Beth Kanter). Tags: fundraising2.0 Googe 101 for Nonprofits (Mike Heslin / Google).

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In a packed room at the 2009 NTC in San Francisco, LeVar Burton loomed large. Another example of don't-believe-it-til-you-try-it came from Oxfam America's end-of-year campaign. Tags: Fundraising marc ruben Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services. With the U.S. At least, it did in late 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Some user curate user generated content, by tagging it on social bookmarking websites, voting for it on social voting websites, commenting on it, or linking to it. The Netroots community is built around progressive politics in America. Tags: ROI. Researcher have found support for the 1:9:90 rule in many different contexts.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

If you live in a small town or in rural America, your choices are probably limited to slow and expensive satellite Internet service or even slower dial-up service. The "Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009" has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. This bill would protect net neutrality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2010

Right before the holidays, eBay released 2009 figures for Giving Works , its fundraising program and marked a historic record for total funds raised for non-profits through ebay.com. At the time, the program was called Auction for America. Tags: generosity. The program allows individuals to donate while using eBay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 11, 2009

The archive, which is the largest single cache of documents ever made available to human rights investigators in the Americas, was discovered by accident in 2005 when government officials investigated a crumbling building on the grounds of the former National Police headquarters in Guatemala City. Photo by Prensa Libre.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. Average total giving to secular causes was also down in 2009 to $46,852 from $71,200 in 2007, a decrease of 34.2%. This is a 34.9%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. . Tags: nptechtagsummary.

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