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AUGUST 5, 2010

We're excited to be partnering with GreatNonprofits and Guidestar on their 2010 GreatNonprofits Science & Technology Campaign -- and not just so we can pick up a few reviews for NTEN. Campaign deadline: August 31, 2010 So, when you've got a free moment, head on over there and rate the science and technology orgs you know.

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APRIL 5, 2012

You can now download the 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , just released at the 2012 NTC by M+R and NTEN. Over the course of a month, mobile phones accounted for 17% of email opens. Other highlights: The advocacy email response rate increased by 28% from 2010, to 3.8%. a third had not. Annual list churn was 19%. It's free!

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

CiviCRM got great scores in NTEN's Data Ecosystem Report. Of course, mainstream as it is, working with open source software is different than working with proprietary software. Check out our full conversation: And then don't forget to register for the 2010 NTC ! Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr: vernhart After a month-long celebration of NTEN members in November, we've come to the final daily give-away. Before bringing this celebration to a close, howevever, I want to be clear on this one thing: You are NTEN. 2011 NTEN Webinar Season Pass. The celebration and work continues on, of course!

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Teaser: Flickr: vernhart After a month-long celebration of NTEN members. thing: You are NTEN. Now, for the last prize of for Member Appreciation Month, we've got a Grand Prize Pack worth over $700 which includes: NTEN Gear. 2011 NTEN Webinar Season Pass. 2011 NTEN Webinar Season Pass. Before bringing.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Of course, it shouldn't be, especially in the nonprofit sector. " Take a listen: Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast. Jocelyn Harmon Yes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it? You remember the flap over the iPad , right? Most women certainly do. It's a clear reminder that technology is a man's world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

We wrote a paper about Nonprofits and Machine Learning for NTEN and wrapping a research paper for the Gates Foundation on how these new technologies might scale generosity and the challenges. Writing and Blogging: I’ve been writing Beth’s blog since 2004 and on this updated wordpress blog since 2010. So stay tuned.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Then, of course, there's Big Data , which may or may not tranform the social sciences -- hopefully not in the same way Big Oil helped transform the environment. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. You're welcome. But back to that Bon Jovi t-shirt. Open Data ! The last cat-related video site you'll ever need.

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JULY 30, 2010

Other than the obvious, of course: don't go snooping around abandoned video arcades. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. You've avoided the hype thus far. But is there anything we can learn from their marketing tactics? Can you tell we're a little excited?).

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

That means it's time to get ready to renew your NTEN membership for 2010. It seems we here at NTEN both fear and are fascinated by zombies and robots, and use them as metaphors pretty much whenever we talk about scary things or events we don't want to happen. . And, of course, the conference. Ok, I'll stop there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits September 19, 2008 Here are a few interesting tidbits that have come my way over the course of the last few days There is a new online fundraising platform, founded by an ex-Convio person.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

Of course, there are so many visualization tools out there now, you almost need a guide. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. to make a point, we'd likely have fewer flaming trolls. Oof, that was kind of a long rant. Puppy break ! Idealware to the rescue: " A Consumer's Guide to Low-Cost Data Visualization Tools ".

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 8, 2008

This, of course, doesn’t mean that all of a sudden, everyone’s social graph and data will become portable, but it’s a very good sign that perhaps, after all, things are moving in that direction. And, of course, nonprofits should be especially keen on being able to keep control of their data.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Well, that depends of course, on the organization. Many organizations provide trainings, courses, and varied sorts of learning activities to their constituents. Learning platforms, of course, are varied. Increasingly, a wide variety of training opportunities are being delivered via LMS.

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MARCH 26, 2008

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Firefox, is, of course, the FOSS application that is on more desktops than all the others, combined. Although among browsers, its market share is still way behind IE – but that’s mostly, of course, because IE is the default browser for every windows machine. Firefox is arguably the best web browser there is.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0 BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. Amy is a great source for nptech tips of all types. and social network guru for the nptech community. Allan Benamer talks about Convio’s new big client, Susan G.

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MARCH 17, 2008

And of course, there is Penguin Day !! I’m excited to be doing it again, in a new city, with some great partners, including Aspiration , of course, Joomla , PICnet , and the Chicago Technology Cooperative. This year, I’m much more clear about the directions my work is going in, and what I’m looking for at NTC.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Of course you are! That's why you're part of the NTEN community! Ruby Sinreich, longtime NTEN member and all-around fabulous gal, gave me a heads up that the 2010 Digital media and Learning Competition opens up on Friday. You're an innovative thinker, right?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

In the last few months, I was involved in helping three organizations choose vendors for varied technology projects, and in the course of that time, I talked with almost a dozen technology vendors of one type or another. I have found this invaluable as a way to move forward in my course of study.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

2010 NTC preview session, " Activating Your YouTube Audience " You should join us! > Incidentally, the correct answer is, of course, c). In partnership with YouTube and ReadyTalk , we've enlisted Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Manager at YouTube, to run you through the possibilities at our (free for everybody!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. And of course, my problem here is that my background is in science, not marketing – so I find it impossible to look at data and not see its weak points.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

A positive feedback loop means little hope of homeostasis -- that's a little shout-out to the bio majors in the crowd -- but at least we have data visualization: The 2010 US Census has published a lot of detailed information. Wait, you read the NTEN blog. Of course you do! What will your organization do with it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I'm thankful for NTEN members every day of the year, of course, so it's fun for me to be able to spend each day in November expressing that gratitude with prizes and free stuff for you all. And today, I'm very thankful for NTEN Member: Roger Hagedorn , from DARTS. We're sending you some NTEN Gear.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Now, of course, as a techie, and someone with a home network, and multiple computers, and varied projects, there is always a list like this. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! There are several issues here, of course. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

Of course, it’s only a study of Convio’s clients – but it’s interesting nonetheless. { It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Tim Shih 04.22.08 at 11:06 am Hi Michelle, Thank you for your review of ReviewBasics!

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2010

So, on my way back to the hotel -- with a burrito and a Coke (Diet, of course) -- I slowed down long enough to examine their logo for clues. All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late fall. Everything you wanted to know about the 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Bittorrent is a bit of an arcane art (and, of course, getting a bit of a bad rep, since it’s the major avenue for P2P pirating.) Way more than I could even talk about intelligently. But that is great – if you know your stuff, you can get a lot of performance out of Azureus.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 29, 2008

And, of course there is still Salesforce.com, as well as the developing realm of free and open source options, like CiviCRM. Blackbaud’s other recent acquisition, eTapestry, did open up their APIs recently, although they leave much to be desired. And how will Convio react? It’s going to get interesting, for sure.

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APRIL 14, 2008

She suggests not to panic, and not to change course – keep steady, and keep communicating. Joanne Fritz asks the question that is probably on the minds of lots of folks in the nonprofit sector: what are we going to do in facing the current problematic economic climate?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

In a sense, we are, of course quite biased. Of course, one can’t base anything on two forum comments, but I wonder if we haven’t turned a corner in the conversation. My feeling from watching the conversations within the NTEN community is that people DO understand the acquisition costs of FOSS software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Of course, there is a lot of buzz about Sprout. I am, of course, waiting for Beth to tell us. It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

Of course, the proof will be in the pudding – we’ll find out over time how this app works, and whether organizations like it. This ups the ante major league for Blackbaud, for sure, as well as other long time desktop donor database providers. It may, depending on pricing, even give the open source CiviCRM a bit of competition.

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OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. Deliver, don’t just hype - of course, marketing is important, but when the rubber really has to meet the road, be there with more than vaporware. at 7:33 am Idealware 03.16.10

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