NTEN

JANUARY 21, 2011

We're incredibly excited to have Dr. Moira Gunn, host of NPR's "Tech Nation", as our expert for January -- and as a plenary speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. On her show, Dr. Gunn does exactly what NTEN strives to do: make technology accessible to everybody. Not a Member of NTEN yet?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Each year, NTEN recognizes a member of this community who has furthered the work of the nonprofit technology field through dedication, innovation, and leadership. She is passionate about technology and has a desire to see others achieve great things through its use. She’s on the Advisory Board of PIN Inc.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Last week, as I emerged from the post-conference haze of catching up on sleep and clearing my in-box, I started reading through blog posts from attendees and speakers. Session Materials If you attended the conference, visit myNTC for individual session pages, links, notes, and more. Then I couldn't stop!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The grant will support NTEN's work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

The grant will support NTEN's work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration. Charitable Giving Fund of Tides Foundation. million grant from the Google Inc.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Even though the majority of the attendees representing big brands, companies, and start-ups, the nonprofit technology contingency still had a strong showing with many socially good focused sessions on the agenda, the Beacon Lounge, and plenty of extracurricular events. Tech Talk at SXSW. SXSW Recap and Highlights. I’ve been….

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] By Wendy Marinaccio (@wendymarinaccio) Dozens of women joined affinity group organizer Angela on Wednesday for a meeting of "Women In Tech." She said, "A professional would take this approach."

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] By Heidi Schudrowitz I was pleasantly surprised to see so many women sitting in the Jefferson Room on the opening day of the conference. The take-away for me?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. The day-long conference was also tweeted by many attendees, capturing quotes, tips, and useful resources.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The US Department of Education recognized that Parent Centers could increase their impact through technology and allotted funding for 8 pilot centers that represent the cross section of abilities in the network to test a technology model. We knew that this technology project was worthy of a significant change in the way we work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011. The episode examined some of the ways technology and social media can be harnessed to support causes. Social media adoption continues to grow and technology becomes more accessible. — a number that grew by 10 percent between 2010 and 2011.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

This is a guest post by the talented Brett Meyer , Communications Director at the Nonprofit Technology Network. Make sure to check out their annual Nonprofit Technology Conference , taking place in San Francisco, April 3-5 2012. Looking to learn more about nonprofit technology? and your own results may vary.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. In technology roles, often the only feedback we get is negative and when something has gone horribly wrong. You probably don’t have budget to send all your employees to training, conferences and seminars. Spend time building a relationship.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Ah, the timeless wisdom of robot Whitney Houston: " Teach them with technology and let them lead the way." The NTEN community can save $50 on the National Conference for Media Reform , taking place in Boston, April 8-10, with the code NTEN_NCMR.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. They are: productions, youth media/education, fundraising, and technology. Who was the community that you were working with? We had our fundraising meeting on March 25.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

One of the findings that stood out to us: Only 40% of respondents reported that their organization has some type of formal technology plan. And much less than that (22%) reported that their organization had ever evaluated Return on Investment (ROI) of technology projects or programs."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2011

With over 2,000 attendees NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was buzzing with lots of exhibitions displaying technology on offer as well as workshops and side events (which even included free massages provided by PICnet ).

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

We're on pace to have the biggest Nonprofit Technology Conference ever. As exciting as that is, we remain committed to making the conference as accessible as possible, no matter how small the budgets of our attendees. To accomplish that, we need your help with the 2011 scholarship campaign. Want to hear something crazy?

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Even though the majority of the attendees represented big brands, companies, and start-ups, the nonprofit technology contingency still had a strong showing with many social good focused sessions on the agenda, the Beacon Lounge, and plenty of extracurricular events. Tech Talk at SXSW. Tendenci was developed by Schipul especially….

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. Accessibility.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 12, 2011

One of the conference sponsors had an exhibit area with 10+ puppies running around. I think that unplugging and limiting internet and tech use is an upcoming cultural trend, so I was thrilled to see that one of the sessions was Unplug, Unfriend, Unfollow, Unwind: Is That Sacrilege? Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2. with Gwen Bell.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2011

At the Nonprofit Technology Conference last month, I got the chance to sit in on the session about the 2011 Social Networking Benchmark Report. Social CRM has been in our vocabulary for a couple of years now, but like all acronyms and tech terms, it's more than a little ambiguous. What do I do with all these interactions?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Throughout the fall, they'll cover topics like branding and messaging, talent acquisition, tech infrastructure, and more. September 20, 2011 2:00 p.m. October 18, 2011 2:00 p.m. November 8, 2011 2:00 p.m. Technology - Why You Need to Evolve. December 6, 2011 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, Register.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Beyond (or perhaps more properly, before) the nuts-and-bolts business of making accessible technology and making technology accessible, comes the foundation of embracing why it needs to be prioritized. Luckily, resources abound for anyone wishing to learn more about how to develop more accessible technology. and Ottowa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. I was presenting a strategic technology workshop at one of their conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

We also offered workshops back at the conference location to handle the overflow demand. In 2007, we revamped the event so that volunteers no longer left the conference for the day and did two-hour strategy consults in the morning. See you in 2011 in Washington, DC. We always managed. There was a lot of energy in the room.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Richard Cooper of Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in the U.K. He has been in the high tech field for more than 25 years. recent security lapse will be rolled out at every seminar and conference for the next three years to warn small children, sorry, prospective users of cloud services, of the cloud’s inherent insecurity.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. About the Prize. Past Winners.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

Learning that other non-profits were working through the same issues my organization is going through, whether it be applying technology, buy-in from stakeholders, etc. As a small nonprofit we have struggled to fully engage with technology to help us fulfill our mission. This was my "aha" moment. Amazing social discourse!

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) 2011 is. I attended this terrific conference last year and blogged about a number of the sessions here on the TechSoup Blog. We'd love to welcome the TechSoup community to our conference in. coming up June 6-7 in New York, and as the content, speakers, and attendees are all. To access the.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. Mazur uses technology,a web-based monitoring system where students submit answers to questions about the reading prior to coming to class. Here’s an example from nonprofit tech day at Microsoft in Seattle last year. Techniques. Begin Connections.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

It’s been a few days since I returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. The conference was amazing! Now that I’ve had a bit to get my brain together I thought I’d share a few key takeaways (for me) from the conference. 6 Takeaways from #12NTC. 1) Email is Hot.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2011

We call you rockstars here on this blog (a lot), but each spring, at NTEN's annual conference , we like to do more than that. We like to annoint a new crop of these nonprofit tech warriors with their very own set of aNTENnae, signifying their special contributions to this special community.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2011

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. We had, ahem, a few problems with the wireless Internet at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. You should also check out the winners from the 2011 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. Read more posts on our blog.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 5, 2009

This post recaps these sessions and offers my own struggles and thrills of the conference. In both MN150 and Tech Virtual, it led to us being more dynamic and flexible in our production of exhibits. This is a question we grappled with in the Tech Virtual project. conference audiences are ready to work (and play).

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