NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Beth Kanter tipped us to this flowchart on how to respond to blog posts about your organization. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. It's also a great segue. You already know where this is going, don't you? Yep: cats on treadmills. It's put out by the U.S. But where's the TARP of nonprofit funding?

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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. " you may ask.

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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.

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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. I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The last three months of the year represent a critical time for the fundraising efforts of nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. Not bad for all the doom and gloom being reported.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you're in charge of your organization's web analytics, you undoubtedly know about bounce rate -- the measure of visitors who enter your site, say "Enh" (or something ruder), and immediately leave, without viewing any more of your carefully crafted pages. Yeah, those people annoy me, too. Let's dive in. Happy filtering!

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) This is down from 19% in 2007 and 21% in 2006.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When you remove the estimated $122 million in corporate pledges from that number, more than half of all funds raised came online through those organizations. Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A To get your invitation visit [link].).

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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. Writing for the Web: Tips for Nonprofit Organizations. Why 140 Characters Works.

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NTEN Social Media Knowledge Newsletter 57

NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

Today, there are organizations large and small doing amazing things with technology to create actual social change. 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.

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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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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. Otherwise – I think it depends a lot on the mission of the organization, for sure. How many nonprofits really need to have a blog?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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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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Benchmark Studies Case Study Rate 28

Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? 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. Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Check out these best practices to help protect both yourself and your organization. In August of 2009, the following exchange occurred between an employee known only as "Lindsay" and her boss, "Brian": [Lindsay]. Create lists to organize personal and professional contacts to control what they can or cannot see.

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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. Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook.

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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. Many small businesses, a category which many nonprofit organizations fall into, think that they are not important enough to be a target of hackers.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to submit their videos to the contest, hosted on DoGooderTV , the video sharing platform for nonprofits. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within the nonprofit community.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. 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 30, 2009

There are more than 800 of you already registered for the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I recognize that this is a difficult time for all of us and our organizations. 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.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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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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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. at 12:59 am @sudha My organization is getting ready to launch a Drupal site with deep Salesforce.com integration. First, the what – what to integrate? at 2:34 pm @Lobo: exactly!

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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. Learn more about the Net2 Challenge Process here.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Who wants to do fund rising programs.

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Social Media Online Advocacy Media 47

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

In a packed room at the 2009 NTC in San Francisco, LeVar Burton loomed large. They may not work for your organization. Brian Dill from Earthjustice, one of the panelists, saw the same thing at his organization. And this at an organization that has an extremely successful, longstanding premium program in their direct mail.

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Giving San Francisco Fundraising Test 44

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. Can your theory of change be hard coded into what your social benefit organization builds? Disclosure: In August 2009, CoTweet paid me to write a casestudy for them.). Rachel Weidinger.

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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. If you want to create change, your organization needs to shift how it thinks about social media–from a mindset of fear and control to one of listening and sharing. for your organization.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Thanks for this post. All rights reserved.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As of September 2009, scores of Facebook applications have been developed to support the nonprofit sector in one way. Over $5 million has been raised in 2009 alone. In April 2009, the Washington Post published a critique of Facebook Causes on the basis that it wasn't an effective tool for raising money. and Canada.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. What we at See3 would like to propose to Google is an addition to their nonprofit program that could greatly enhance the value to organizations. What do you think Holly? Can anyone help me.

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