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Research Friday: Looking Back - 2011 makes a strong case for capital

ASU Lodestar Center

Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. They told us about their organizations’ financial outcomes from 2010 and speculated on what 2011 would bring.

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7th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Report: A Closer Look (Staffing Levels)

NTEN

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. I''d like to take a closer look at one aspect of our research and organizational practice: technology staffing levels.

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Where Is IT Located in Your Organization? Some Trends from the Annual IT Staffing and Spending Report

NTEN

Looking at these numbers from 2008-2010, we can see the proportion of respondents indicating that there is a separate department for IT has been decreasing, while the proportion of respondents who say there is "No one with official IT responsibility" within the organization is increasing. Why are we concerned about these trends?

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Introducing a New NTEN Workbook: Getting Started With Data-Driven Decision Making

NTEN

In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.” Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact.

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Reflecting on NTEN Publications Accomplishments in 2011: We Launched a Digital Journal for Nonprofit Leaders!

NTEN

Background As part of NTEN’s strategic planning in 2010, we identified a particular constituency in the nonprofit sector that our current programs weren’t directly serving: the non-technical leaders who make the strategic decisions, approve the budgets, and have the big picture in mind about the direction and work of their organizations.

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Notes from 10NTC Community Call - Agenda!

NTEN

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Sessions on how to use free/low-cost tech really efficiently for prospect research. Fundraising.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees. Then, use the web and social networking for research. And, having that job security helps to keep employees loyal.