NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Welcome to November: this month is all about YOU, NTEN members! Well: > Every business day in November, we will give away special prizes to randomly selected NTEN members. NTEN gear from CafePress and WeAreMedia. One free Season Pass for unlimited NTEN webinars in 2009. Prizes like: Webinar coupons.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Tags: Advocacy benchmarks email Fundraising m+r marketing metrics newsletters NPTech NTEN. The report is chock full of amazing and interesting information you can use to make better decisions about your online campaigns.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. The top area of any e-newsletter is prime real estate.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2009

NTENny winner and general NTEN rock star Peter Campbell has a great run-down of the various nonprofit technology related extra-curricular work he's doing -- and by work, I mean the resources he's building and sharing with other nptechies. Tags: community buzz NPTech nptimes nten members twitter. Kellogg Foundation.

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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. From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Highlights.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2009

Judging by how many of you opened and read our February newsletter on IT staffing , all things related to jobs -- from hiring to seeking to firing -- are top of mind for you all right now. Tags: 09NTC careers itstaff james_weinberg NTC NTEN.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc. It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. According to an October 2009 Gallup poll , 66% of all U.S.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. 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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2009

You can also read her article on the topic , published in our January newsletter.). She's a fantastic part of the NTEN community, and we're lucky to have her! Last week, I had the chance to talk to her about her session, Career NPTechies: How to graduate from the accidental techie academy and become a tech leader. Take a listen: .

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

You want to go to the "Top Content" report: As you can see, in June, 2009, NTEN.org had an overall bounce rate of 61.29% -- from 5,280 viewed pages. Tags: Data how-to Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications. As luck would have it, there's an easy way you can use Google Analytics to simplify that job.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant. May 14, 2009 | Eric Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. com , Inc.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For the 3rd year running, the November edition of NTEN Connect will be filled with content written entirely by our Members -- but with a twist. Last month, we put out a call for articles, and received 21 submissions from NTEN Members. We folks know, ballers know, no stopping it. Dropping knowledge like the a-bomb dilly as napalm.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful. I’m glad you are enjoying it!

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

Public Interest Registry and NTEN want to celebrate that change, so we're launching the.ORG Ambassador awards. This year's Ambassador will be chosen by a judging panel made up of the.ORG and NTEN teams. There are a few criteria: You must be a member of NTEN. There are a few criteria: You must be a member of NTEN.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members. Here are some of the other data points and trends that research and system performance revealed in 2009: More than 111 million consumers planned to donate online to charity in the last quarter of 2009.1.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant.

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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

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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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010, advocacy response rates declined 7% on average. Online Fundraising.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. Last year, Convio clients raised more than $777 million online and 2009 looks to be even better. Meg Murphy, Convio. [Ed. You can read all the details here. ]. Built total housefile of 4,312.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy Social Media Communications. Check out these best practices to help protect both yourself and your organization. Know the Risks.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2009

There are more than 800 of you already registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Thank you, for coming together again in record numbers, and for all that you do every day to support our NTEN community, and your communities at home. I also need to take a moment to thank the amazing team here at NTEN headquarters.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. net NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network is the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Google just released data that it received over 3,500 demands from law enforcement involving criminal investigations in the last six months of 2009. NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, concluded her April 2, 2010 blog post about cloud computing by saying, "We also have to ask if we're putting our clients and our missions at risk.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

The BlueCross' original breach occurred in October 2009, but five months, $7 million and 110,000 work hours later, they are still dealing with the issue. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy. Have you mitigated your privacy risks? Data Theft Creates Notification Nightmare for BlueCross" (March 1, 2010, CIO.com).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. What’s involved in this? First, the what – what to integrate? Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Recently, M+R Strategic Services — in collaboration with NTEN — released their own report , and also gave a presentation at the Human Rights Campaign on some of the report’s findings. Some of these were: Online fundraising grew in 2009 as compared to 2008 but the average gift size was smaller. donating money).

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. " Humaninet has built a variety of mapping applications for use in disaster preparedness and recovery.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. Those Featured Projects came together May 26-27, 2009 in San Jose, CA, at the N2Y4 Conference to pitch their ideas, find collaborators, and get valuable feedback.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In a packed room at the 2009 NTC in San Francisco, LeVar Burton loomed large. Tags: Fundraising marc ruben Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services. At least, it did in late 2008. At least, for an international aid group. Well, one particular international aid group. You probably shouldn't take my word for it.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. " Humaninet has built a variety of mapping applications for use in disaster preparedness and recovery.

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