NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

Read the complete article in the current issue of NTEN's new quarterly e-journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] The questions that follow, and the additional reactions to my answers, have revealed five common – and costly – myths that many executive directors have about nonprofit communications.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2013

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2013

Senior Online Communications Manager. Change Management Community Leadership learning from failure nonprofit management nonprofit technology leadership nptech Organizational Culture Strategy technology failure stories' Shari Ilsen. VolunteerMatch.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2013

I had decided in early 2011 that moving our small company from a physical office space to the cloud would be good for our business in a variety of ways: allow us to employ and contract with top-of-the-line workers and take advantage of cutting edge technologies for both internal and external communications and operations.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

When DWD hired Melissa Barber full-time as electronic communications specialist in 2010, the plan was to launch a full-fledged electronic communications department to oversee several technology projects. We were fairly proactive in the content of our messaging but less so in the technologies to deliver them," said Sandeen.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2013

Editorial and Communications Director. Change Management Cloud cloud technology Leadership nonprofit technology nptech organizational culture Organizational Culture Strategy IT Staff' Chris Bernard.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2013

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

On our Facebook page , our community is reflecting on their technology accomplishments. Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. As a bonus, most of these subscribers are new to NTEN.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I had decided in early 2011 that moving our small company from a physical office space to the cloud would be good for our business in a variety of ways: allow us to employ and contract with top-of-the-line workers and take advantage of cutting edge technologies for both internal and external communications and operations.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth. for " Ctrl.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The NonprofitMarketingGuide.com is conducting its third annual survey of what nonprofit communicators predict for the coming year: > Take the survey here. There are some new questions this year about communications goals, how you think you'll actually spend your time, and which social media sites you are likely to add or try in 2013. >

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop. The people in these organizations know how to communicate and collaborate, and much of this interaction is conducted face-to-face. FYI: it doesn't work over 3G.)

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. We need technology that allows us to be organized and effective in our communications, and in all aspects of fulfilling our mission.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

Has it been a year already since we launched NTEN's quarterly digital journal for nonprofit leaders? NTEN's publication (which was recently honored with a Publishing Trendsetter Award ) is free and hot off the press. NTEN's publication (which was recently honored with a Publishing Trendsetter Award ) is free and hot off the press.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. Building community within the brain tumour community in Canada - providing places for them to connect with one another and to learn about brain tumours.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

What kind of risks would your organization be taking if you adopt that new social network into your communications? What is the risk of not adapting to a changing technology culture? We're All in This Boat Together (Your Social Media Policy and Steam Power Have More in Common Than You Think) ," from Lisa Colton, See3 Communications.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

I'll try to synthesize all the great discussion on the topics and themes we'll be looking to include in each of our 5 conference tracks: Leadership, Fundraising, Communications, IT Staff and Consultants and Program. Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Communications. Leadership.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When : Starts Thursday, September 27, 11:00 am Pacific Time / 2:00 pm Eastern Time Series sessions include: Session 1: Security & Risk - September 27 In NTEN's State of the Cloud report, a number of respondents and interviewees mentioned security concerns as weighing into their decision-making process about cloud-based solutions.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

Mapping Your Communications Mix," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, with tips and examples for mapping the right mix of content for your channels--and organizational goals. As well as content from the experts at Creative Commons , the NTEN community, a podcast from the CTK Foundation , and.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Communication. You can never communicate enough about the change. It's important to communicate -- and even over communicate. Creating a communications plan can help the process. and whom will be involved in those communications and disseminate that information to all stakeholders. 1 Grady, V.,

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

From NTEN's perspective, organizations would likely want to be somewhere between the 25th and 75th percentile range in staffing levels, meaning that you're in a "normal range" compared to other organizations in your budget size category. incidentally, the mode was also 1.0 -- the most frequently reported number).

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for fre e! ] Decide your goals for communicating in social media. [Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Draw a red line where information/communication is in a silo (if this spreadsheet was lost or destroyed, could you get the same information easily elsewhere?) Take a high enough view to see the entire picture.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

As DoSomething.org's CTO, George manages all online and mobile communication systems for DoSomething.org. He is a frequent speaker on nonprofit tech issues at forums, including the Google Grants Conference, NTEN, U.N. The value of tech is only fully realized when it is applied to the whole organization, not just the back office.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

But how often do you step back to ask questions like: How can use our website to communicate differently? How can we change our process to use our CRM better? Special thanks to Holly Ross at NTEN and John Merritt at the YMCA of San Diego County for adding their insight to this article. Do we have the right tools to fundraise?

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Read the rest of article, and the complete issue on "Content Curation" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In this issue of NTEN: Change, we take a holistic approach to looking at some of these internal processes, including trust building to demonstrate impact, making decisions with data, and prioritizing activities through evaluation. Determining the ‘Right’ Project , by Laura Dallas Burford, MA, PMP. So get started!

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

One small organization, for example, is using text messages to communicate with teens who participate in a mentoring program. Through their responses, and detailed follow-up interviews with 13 nonprofits, we discovered some remarkable and unexpected stories of innovation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Your database doesn't track the date of your organization's last communication with a donor, and many of them aren't donating because they never hear from you. By Sean Watson, Nonprofit Technology Consultant, TechEffect. Meanwhile half of your donors are unsubscribing from mailing lists because they hear from you too often.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

Technology is now an integral part of communications, human resources, fundraising, even program delivery, all on top of the immense role it plays in administration. Fortunately, over the last five years, technology has rocketed out of the back room and exploded into every part of your organization. You know that.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

But whatever method we came up with to track, monitor, and evaluate projects would have to be easy for them to use and communicate back to headquarters—in a timely enough manner that the data were still meaningful.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Katie Delahaye Paine. KD Paine & Partners. Using data to help your organization succeed in its mission involves achieving consensus on what success looks like, getting good data that helps drive decisions making, and performing good analysis so you understand what is and is not working.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

The communications team at your nonprofit is probably looking at this and saying: "Yes, we get this, and we can do this.". This has obvious applications for us as we create donation or advocacy campaigns, whether it's with email, video, mobile phones, or social networks. But this should also be applied to our overall work and strategies.

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