NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

This week, we're seeing members do both: garnering headlines for awards and news and putting the spotlight on their ideas. In the News A big congratulations to John Merritt for his nomination and award as a 2011 Top Tech Exec from San Diego Magazine ! Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The DoGooder Awards recognize nonprofits that see the importance in this in hopes that others with take the step and begin to use video in their programs. We’re proud to say the number of organizations using video is growing. You can submit your videos from February 4, 2011 until March 2, 2011.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Since 2011, more than 13 million Syrians have been displaced. Health screenings and social distancing protocols had to be organized. Non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) staff deployment, coordination, and collaboration also needed to take place virtually. Know your local organizations. Syrian refugee crisis.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? Organizations are more video savvy than ever.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

All members that had renewed by December 1st (today) were elegible for this award drawing. The organization will receive a refund for their 2012 renewal and a webinar season pass to help them stay up to date with nonprofit technology! And one grand prize comes from Microsoft; please join us in sending them a big thank you!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 23, 2021

What can leaders do to build more diversity into their organizations? When leaders hire, which skills (enthusiasm, organization, good work habits, ethics, loyalty, leadership, sales) of the interviewee are most important and why? He previously served as executive chairman of the board from November 2011 until December 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Note from Beth: A couple years ago, I organized a “ Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam &# at SXSW. How often does your organization step back and remember your mission? You must submit an application by midnight on March 28, 2011, and you’ll be notified if you’ve won on April 10. Guest post by Juan A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Note From Beth: Back in 2011, I had pleasure of facilitating a panel discussion Grantmakers in the Arts pre-conference on technology and media with Rory MacPherson and Jai Sen from Sen Associates where I learned about research study they were conducting about social media use in the arts. How Strong Is Your Social Net?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2011

The CTK Foundation just opened its 2011 Heart and Soul Grant Award Program. They'll be awarding over $25,000 in grants to nonprofits, charities and voluntary organizations of all sizes in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. Your organization could win: read more.

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Care2

MARCH 20, 2011

org for winning the 2011 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact in online advocacy and fundraising. Care2 Founder Randy Paynter delivered the exciting news yesterday during NTC and praised Aroneanu for his role in organizing 350.org Huge congrats to Phil Aroneanu of 350.org

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Experience shows us that only 40% of your 2011 fundraisers will return for next year’s event. So in 2010 event organizers reformed the notion, starting with a program to allow family and friends to nominate a Survivor to win an award (Hope, Strength, Faith, Courage, Love, Believe). That’s a challenging number to digest.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

I like to think of it as what we “used to” refer to as peer-to-peer fundraising or P2P (you know, used to, like in 2011). Reminiscent of Foursquare badges, trophies are awarded as fundraisers reach new landmarks in participation and fundraising. Trophy Case” Badges. Email Signatures. Disclaimer. What else have you seen out in the wild?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

She is guest blogging for TechSoup on the current state of grantseeking for different types of organizations. grantseeking efforts of organizations focused on community. Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. Community improvement and capacity building-focused organizations comprise 4.6%

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." You might think of one of the world’s most beautiful monuments, or a Grammy Award-winning musician, or possibly even a casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The full report is here.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

As of August 2011, an astounding 8.1 Most recently, I was reminded of this as I live-tweeted an event for MomsRising put on by Latino civil rights organization the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). MomsRising is an online and on-the-ground organization with over a million members, many of whom are Latinas.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 1, 2011

If you can write an original 4-8 line poem that reflects your non-profit's mission, your organization may be eligible for a Heart & Soul Grant of $10,000 or $5,000 USD! The competition starts today - March 1 and ends March 28, 2011.( Do you want to celebrate the heart and soul of your non-profit? read more ).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

state of grantseeking for different types of organizations. state of grantseeking and the state of community development organizations ! Despite Challenges, Arts Organizations Remain Optimistic. Are arts organizations just optimistic or do these results foretell a trend? She is guest blogging for TechSoup on the current.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

state of grantseeking for different types of organizations. state of grantseeking , the state of community development , and arts and humanities organizations ! So the overall pursuit of grants by education organizations did not change dramatically this past year. She is guest blogging for TechSoup on the current.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Nine scholarships for attendees were awarded. Understanding the need for the speaker to cancel, event organizers acted quickly. Coming off that success, Cause Camp moved to a larger venue in Lincoln in 2011. Pivoting before pivoting was made popular by COVID, organizers found a way to bring Haydon to attendees virtually.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

I have talked many times before about the way we as nonprofit organizations and changemakers set our goals. (If What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! Did your organization create impactful videos in 2011? Do you want your organization to be recognized for making great videos and maybe win some incredible prizes? Organizations are more video savvy than ever.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This is the third blog of my series on configuring QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. Let's say that the XYZ Foundation awards your nonprofit a grant for 2011. " Next, set up a job underneath the XYZ Foundation called "2011 XYZ Foundation Grant." 2011 AT&T Foundation Gran.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

The scholarships are open to anyone using new media channels to tackle community problems –including nonprofit leaders, grassroots organizers, individual citizens and civic-minded entrepreneurs. Awards will be announced on Monday, September 19, 2011. Applications are due August 26th, at 11:59 PM PST.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

One core belief has driven the Organizational Effectiveness program for nearly 30 years: Organizations are more effective at meeting their goals when they have thoughtful strategy, strong leadership, and sound management. Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Gardner Leadership Award in recognition of their tireless commitment to young people, service, and advancing the common good. which builds play spaces for communities, will receive American Express NGen Leadership Award. ( Click here for an amazing guest post by Heather McLeod Grant about KaBOOM! Criteria for Success.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

He is now the CEO of Growing Power , an organization that develops community food systems. In 2011, Allen was named one of the 7 World's Most Influential Foodies by Michael Pollan and Forbes Magazi ne. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient. In 2008, Will was named a John D. and Katherine T.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we are collaborating with the Foundation Center on upcoming webinars designed to provide you with new ideas and tools to aid your organization. This live event will focus on visual tools designed to assist organizations in seeking support. Pacific time. Register for the webinar here. Who Are the Presenters?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

It profiles an innovative organization called EngAGE. In 2011, he received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. EngAGE is a nonprofit that changes aging, and the way people think about aging, by transforming senior apartment communities into vibrant centers of learning, wellness and creativity.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Democracy tool recently launched by Foundation Center, out of a total of 18,446 grants awarded since 2011 by more than 1,300 funders focused on the broad range of issues and efforts related to democracy, just 962 have been focused on technology. As a result, the dataset is only complete through 2012.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

Depending on the size of your organization and what the mission focus is, there’s probably a social media campaign that’s been executed with the ultimate goal of rallying followers to help you win an award, attend an event or just increase engagement overall. networks outside of the organization that they can get involved and.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt is the recipient of the 2011 Edelman Chicago “Eddy” Award for Innovation. Matt has served in roles focused on the strategic application of technology across a broad spectrum of industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, high-speed discrete manufacturing, and capital markets.

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

Heads up: The 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards is on! Organized by Nancy Schwartz and Getting Attention, there are more categories to submit in this year, including special event taglines, campaign taglines, and any program. Huge props to Andrea Zak for organizing the DC 501 Tech Club happy hour this week. Deadline is July 28th !

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

This blog post over on the Care2 FrogLoop blog, from Allyson Kapin , pulls some good summary and take-aways from the recent study from fellow NTEN member organization Idealware about the question of the "Usefulness" of social media for nonprofits. There are a bunch of NTEN members scheduled to speak! Thanks, as always, Beth!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 31, 2016

A nonprofit organization, much like a for-profit company, is only as strong as its leadership. Businesses spent an estimated $12 billion in leadership development in 2011. From a funding standpoint, foundation support for leadership development was less than 1 percent of overall giving from 1992 to 2011 (Hirschfield, 2014).

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic. The actual video content can vary widely depending on the aims of your organization and the resources that you have available. These videos almost come across as a trailer for the organizations.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Software Development Summit is being held on November 16th, 17th, and 18th in Oakland. Does your organization use YouTube ? We’ve heard that “slacktivists” are a troubling group for online organizations. That’s why they awarded $3.6 Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

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