NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The true test of any nonprofit is to demonstrate impact. Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs. Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Get started!

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JULY 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Even on vacation, Beth Kanter manages help nonprofits become. Members are in bold.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

NTEN Members are our heroes (Flickr: levork) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Members are in bold.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2012

NTEN published my somewhat snarky predictions for nonprofits' use of fundraising technologies in 2012. My overall predictions are that most things will be pretty much the same as last year (and 2010 and 2009, etc.): many nonprofits will struggle with out-of-date systems.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Joining the NTEN Board August 7, 2007 Katrin, the Executive Director of NTEN, announced today that I’m joining the Board. (So Good move on NTEN’s part! Be Helpful.

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I just got back from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , where listening was top of mind: Listening to the amazing speakers, listening to the #nptech community , and listening to all the great ideas floating around the halls of the Washington Hilton. Is your organization listening to social media channels?

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

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. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2010

An online session from the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) about the "starvation cycle" at nonprofits tackled a tough problem: we nonprofits tend to starve ourselves from the kinds of investments we need to make in order to be more effective in reaching our missions. That's where NTEN comes in. . Even better?

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JULY 9, 2010

HaitiAidMap from InterAction (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . your organization's online engagement. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The generosity of time given by nonprofit professionals has allowed NTEN to create reports on the state of IT staffing in the sector that have been read thousands of times. We've just opened the 5th Annual Nonprofit IT Staffing Survey , brought to you by NTEN and The Nonprofit Times. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Flickr: Lydia Mann (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) I know many of you have tackled this for your organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2020

3) Update & Review My Personal Resilience Plan: In my workshops on resilience, I help nonprofits improve their personal resilience through life-work balance and self-care. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications and blogs.

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Want a way to make sure your nonprofit organization is represented -- artistically, that is?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, we'd like to take today's give-away opportunity to send one of our NTEN members a gift that will hopefully make their return to work after the holiday just a little easier. We are happy to send this resource to NTEN Member: Shelley Johnson , Founder and Executive Director of Rise Above For Youth.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2010

The second annual Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report, a joint project of Common Knowledge, thePort, and NTEN, has hard data and insights on the trends surrounding social networking technology as part of nonprofit organizations' marketing, communications, fundraising, and program services.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

For many nonprofit organizations, as with the wider public and private business sectors, the last couple of years have been impacted by a general economic downturn. Did we see evidence of this in our annual Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending survey conducted at the end of 2010? Well, yes and no.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2010

At the end of last year, I was introduced to a new organization, the Non-Profit Purchasing Group (NPPG) , which launched this month. Their current list of vendors includes some companies we know the NTEN community already uses, including Survey Monkey, Constant Contact, GoToMeeting, and GrantStation.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Every year we survey the nonprofit technology community (via our members, program participants, and other like-communities) to learn two main things: How are WE doing , as an organization, to make your work easier, and your mission a little closer? 93% of NTEN members would (or have already) recommend membership to their colleagues.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . aggregate questions and answers regarding nonprofit management. their nptech awesome. Members are in bold.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

The eight reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. nonprofit research, but I would also like to add similar reports from other countries. As the reports come in, I’ll organize them by continent.

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NTEN

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. Tell us about YOUR experience -- how are these organizations having an impact? You will say nice things, right?) Which ones are great?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Teaser: These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. > Register for The Future of NTEN. I look forward to seeing you there.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2009

NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network, puts on a massive, be-there-or-be-square conference for nonprofit professionals every year (in 2009, we met in San Francisco). The next event is April 8-10, 2010, in Atlanta, GA. Tags: community events conference nptech ntc nten ontc.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Teaser: Across the ocean and the international date line, there is an organization doing amazing nonprofit technology work -- Connecting Up Australia. NTEN is proud to announce a mutual scholarship program in partnership with Connecting Up to share nonprofit technology knowledge across the Pacific. How amazing is that?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. But we also understand that these leaders want to know what other organizations are doing, how they’re doing it, and what the impact is on their work.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I just voted in the 3rd Annual Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards. > Vote now for the winners of the 2010 Taggies Have you thought about you own organization's tagline? This includes nonprofit taglines. Whatever the reason, the end result is a highly-used message that’s not doing its job for your organization.

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NetWits

JANUARY 27, 2011

I just got an email from Holly Ross, the Executive Director of the Non-profit Technology Network – better known as NTEN. You received the same email if, like me, you’re subscribed to the NTEN newsletter (hint hint). What’s the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey? First, go take this years survey.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. > Register for The Future of NTEN. I look forward to seeing you there. >

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Weather forced the cancelation of ASAE's Tech10 conference , but in a matter of days, nptechies organized an alternative, the UnTech10. 86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. 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.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . include NTEN member organization Idealist.org. Tags: community buzz nten members.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Here are five good nonprofit infographics worth looking at.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

That's the topic Sarah Durham, Principal at Big Duck , is going to tackle in her 2010 NTC session, " Brandraising Online: One Organization, Many Channels. " Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. HBR's Dan Pallotta thinks it's unethical that your organization doesn't spend more time and money on fundraising. Adina Levin thinks Facebook's not the best place for community organizers -- but it may depend on the community. Read more posts on our blog.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Here at NTEN we sure are! NTEN members have a lot to share this week so be sure to bookmark these posts for reading from your lawn chair! Check out the 2010 Annual Report in video ! Are you using Google Analytics for your organization's website, blog, or other online space? What are NTEN members reading this week?

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