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NTC 2011 is Upon Us!

NetWits

2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#11ntc) is ramping up by kicking off the community voting website for over 400 nonprofit focused sessions! I’m mostly looking forward to the communications and fundraising tracks so I spend a bit of time looking over those entries and found a handful or so that look interesting to me.

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Why WordPress is the Best Choice for your Website CMS

Byte Technology

Today nearly 75 million sites are constructed and managed on the WordPress platform—which first debuted in 2011—and there are some very good reasons why. But as the old saying goes, buyer beware: many CMSs are long on promises but short on delivery. Not so with the behemoth of the Internet, WordPress.

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3 Tips for Running Your Next Event

Achieve

I have had the great pleasure of working on MCON since its founding in 2011 and have learned A LOT over the years about event planning. From the experience design to logistics to technology to coordinating with speakers, sponsors, partners, media … so many details are involved, which can make an event a huge time suck if you let it.

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Thank You To the Max: Minnesota Give to Max Day Raised $13.4 Million in 24 Hours

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4 Average time on site was over 9 minutes. Here is the breakdown of where our unique visits came from: We earned 202 new likes on our Facebook page on November 16, 2011 and increased our fans by 1,263 since Give to the Max Day 2010. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M

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Last Week for the 11NTC Scholarship Auction - New and Improved Software!

NTEN

We have several in the arts category, including: Colors Over Capital: Donated by Fertile Photography. Savor your memories of the 2011 NTEN conference in Washington D.C. Your winning bid covers my knitting time only. You'll never want to put your feet in something bought in a store again. Thousands of patterns to choose from!

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Game On: How Gamification is Changing the Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

In some cases, fundraisers become casino nights or raffles drive donors to purchase family vacations for two to three times more than their standard price, all just to support a charity. While growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio he learned to his passion was within the arts and photography.

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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On November 16, 2011, Minnesotans will take part in the 3 rd annual Give to the Max Day. We’ve had a great time brainstorming new promotional ideas, creating new tools and new ways to market ourselves. Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. Jeff Achen gives us the inside view.

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