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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: First in 2010!

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(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.) . Robert Weiner has been documenting this type of SPAM and sharing with the community since 2008.

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Free Webinars for 2010 NTC Registrants

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The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference session submission process yielded so many great session ideas, we couldn't include them all on the agenda. If you didn't, first check your spam filter (and then add us to your approved contacts list). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN. If it's not there, just shoot us an e-mail.

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Free and open source tool #5: WordPress

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It basically eliminates comment spam, which, as you probably know, is the bane of bloggers everywhere. .&# Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins. The best one, by the way, is Akismet , which is also made by Automattic.

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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

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A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. It’s not really mine, and I don’t like that. Privacy Suck: Not so long ago, there was a little hiccup in Web 2.0 goodiness.

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Seven Tips to Optimize Your Twitter Page

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If the numbers are out of proportion, potential followers might think you're a spam account. William Naylor joined thedatabank in November 2010 after working as the technology coordinator at a charter school in Bemidji. What other tips do you suggest for optimizing your twitter page?

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

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First off, for 2010, there are some security questions you should ask yourself as trends emerge: Are robots attacking my servers? (Ro)bots For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff. when trouble arises to get an instant answer.

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Fourteen Ways to Improve Your Open Rate

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Writing last month's post about how NTEN differentiates between types of open rate made me think about the ways we've worked to boost our numbers. in 2010, but have bumped that up to 23.5% We use the format "First Last, NTEN". Avoid the spam filter. MailChimp has a fantastic overview of " How Spam Filters Think ".

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