NTEN

MARCH 24, 2011

Chris Bernard, Senior Editor, Idealware (Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the feature article "Boosting Board Collaboration " , which appeared in the first issue of NTEN's new publication: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. Read the entire article and the complete issue by subscribing online.)

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Embarking on a new tech project is like building a house. As we know, your return-on-investment is calculated as (Savings – Costs) / Costs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

Here are some of the highlights: If you aren't articulating how IT relates to your mission, expect leadership to cut deep. You need to articulate how IT relates to mission, over and over again. This prompted @jasonricci (CIO at the Energy Foundation ) to reply: IT shouldn't have to "articulate" anything.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I realize that I haven’t talked about this in a while, and I’m not sure I’ve actually ever articulated this completely on this blog. So here goes. I got involved in Linux a long time ago. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 30, 2007

I figured it was a good time to think about and articulate mine. There are a few pieces to that challenge I might take up, on occasion. One of them, I’ll do now. A few days ago, Michele posted her blog’s mission statement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 29, 2007

And communities that could make use of, expand, extend, and take ownership of these tools, don’t have access to them, for a wide variety of reasons that at some point I should articulate, but have little to do with money directly. This feels like a different part of the digital divide.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Articulating your business goals will make it easier to keep your "eye on the prize" when times get rough. By articulating how diversity will help you achieve your business goals, you will ensure that everyone in the organization understands the rationale for your new hiring decisions and outreach activities. Too Few Women in Tech?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

OOo Calc integrates really nicely with databases and stuff (I know that wasn’t too articulate, but I know what I know and not what I don’t. . * Macros are much more intuitive in whatever language Excel uses than in whatever it is that OOo Calc uses. Feel free to make a technologically accurate version of that sentence.)

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many nonprofits seeking to build a technological platform such as a website or learning portal do not have in-house tech expertise. Nonprofits often partner with digital vendors to implement their tech vision. Are they able to articulate this in straightforward language? Is the proposal easy to understand?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The best social media practitioners express their personalities with a dash of attitude and a bit of flair, and are comfortable articulating their opinions online. A good social media manager has passion for his cause(s) and enjoys participating in social media.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2017

Last week I had the privilege of networking with over 2000 nonprofit experts and professionals at NTEN ‘s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC). ” The importance of being able to articulate the need for tech to achieve their mission. – Amy Sample Ward , CEO, NTEN. – Amy Sample Ward , CEO, NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I sent out a query nonprofit tech colleagues who are social media mavens and ask that age old question, “ What’s in your social media measurement tool box ?” Holly Ross , NTEN, also loves spreadsheets. “I Measurement should not, ideally, be driven by a tool. And, the prices is right: free.”.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

As I move out of doing implementation, and into more evaluation, planning and facilitation of technology change within organizations, I wanted to spend some time articulating what I have tried my best to practice when I’ve been in a place of providing technology support. All technology providers have to deal at some level with support.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

1 trackback } Wild Apricot Blog : Tech Support for Free and Open-Source Software 08.20.08 Thank you for helping me articulate it. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost. at 12:12 pm { 8 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Robert Fischer 07.14.08 6 Charles 08.22.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

Enrique Allen , the teaching assistant for the PoST class, Social entrepreneur and Stanford Persuasive Tech Lab Researcher (and one smart dude who generously shares what he knows), created a drawing on the whiteboard that mapped out the my campaign in the context of a behavior change model. NTEN's Holly Ross's Birthday Blog Post.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In Farra Trompeter’s recent Big Duck blog post, Facebook for nonprofits: Moving your marketing beyond the likes , she recaps insight shared by Kaiya Waddell and Amy Bryant at a recent 501 Tech NYC event. On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

My friend Katrin over at NTEN told me about it first, then it kept popping up all over. He lays out some interesting concepts, things I’d been aware of, but not really studied enough to articulate. Stay tuned for Chapter 3. { It’s available at that link in a multitude of forms.

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