NTEN

JUNE 16, 2010

I like to think that at NTEN we implement a lot of these, but I had to think long and hard about that when Charlene asked us to then conduct an openness audit and score how open we are in all of these information sharing areas. I won't tell you what I scored NTEN at. I won't tell you what I scored NTEN at.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

You, dear NTEN community, know the importance of technology in meeting your missions. Manage the organizational change that technology can produce. At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from NTEN and Microsoft. For us, technology is more than e-mail servers or software installations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 18, 2009

Flicker photo: jaredchapman In every corner of the NTC, frequently in the NTEN Affinity Groups, and at least two times a week in my in-box, you'll come across a conversation that goes a little like this: "They hired me to help them create a new data/web/email/IT strategy, but now they don't actually want to DO any of the things I recommend.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. Without them, you have no fundraising information, no campaign data, no volunteer information. Does your social media team track and report changes and updates to the data?

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

What can the nonprofit community learn from NTEN's own journey toward demonstrating its impact with data? Amy Luckey. Independent Consultant. What does your organization do?". That is a question most nonprofit folks can answer pretty easily. We have our elevator pitches ready to go. What is your organization accomplishing ?".

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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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Our upcoming webinar series, " To Infinity and Beyond : Transitioning to the Cloud", will cover those points and more as we walk you through thinking about Security and Risk, Data Migration, and Preparing for the Transition. The majority of these were around three primary factors: Control over data, unauthorized access and reliability.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. Feature: Tools for Project Collaboration Management ," from Idealware's Kyle Andrei. Special: Data-Driven Collaboration.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2012

There's a lot of buzz about the Cloud being the future of data storage and processing, and more and more Cloud-based options are available to users every day. Is nonprofit technology moving out of the data closet and into the Cloud? Are there other challenges with this topic that you'd like NTEN to address in future studies?

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

The third issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Plus: Watch NTEN's mini-documentary video on Data-Driven Nonprofits Listen to an episode of the "askDeborah" podcast series, presented by the CTK Foundation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. Moreso than donation databases, nonprofits value websites and email marketing as parts of their core organizational data infrastructure.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

NTEN's annual research on nonprofit technology spending and practices sheds light on these questions, and many more. > Since 2006, NTEN has produced the annual Nonprofit Technology (formerly "IT") Staffing and Investments survey and report for the nonprofit sector. Will that improve how our organization works on our mission?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In 2011, NTEN, with support from the Knight Foundation , convened the CTOs for Good forum and conducted follow-up interviews with the participants in order to document and share the group’s experiences and challenges. A deliberate, cautious, phased approach to migrating applications and data to the cloud.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. Case-Study from Metropolitan Chicago YMCA on using data to drive efficiency and measure impact.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Data security and compliance. Data visulization. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN. IT Alignment session was good but Fundraising Alignment and overall strategy alignment with mission type sessions would be good. . Fundraising. Sharepoint.

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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! ] My priority is to not silo or duplicate data. or has to be duplicated (are you entering the same donor data in 3 different places?). Have you ever mapped out data flow on paper like Judi?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The infographic below (you'll want to view the whole thing) connects the dots between some specific actions – like having a technology plan, evaluating the ROI of technology projects, and investing in training for staff – and overall organizational effectiveness when it come to managing technology for your mission.

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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. Indeed it has, and the latest issue could be our best ever.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For example, if a tech officer knows that an organization wants to allow members to log into the site eventually, they may choose a different kind of content management system in the short-term so they can make this feasible down the line. What Does the Data Say? 'In In god we trust; all others must bring data.' – tech parable.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The December issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Nonprofit Leaders discuss managing their organizations through change. Plus: Watch NTEN's mini-documentary video on Cloud for Nonprofits Listen to an episode of the "askDeborah" podcast series, presented by the CTK Foundation.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Too often, amateur accidental techies -- nonprofit staffers who have taught themselves technology skills -- find themselves in over their heads trying to develop databases, but forgetting to do business process modeling or change management. Every once in awhile, serendipity struck.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

However, for the most part, investments in IT staffing and other areas stayed remarkably steady, and we even saw some year-over-year growth in some areas. >

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

There's no question that information technology and the instantaneous access to data, when properly used, can become a significant tool in meeting your organization's mission -- but acceptance and alignment still seem to be incongruent. Tags: Change Management Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Part Two: 5 Steps for Mapping Data. When mapping data, be sure to keep a narrow focus based on type of stakeholder, time period, and/or type of interaction. Data is constantly changing, and creating a complete map of your entire data ecosystem can be overwhelming. Yes, you should delete data at some point!).

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

This finding is significant because our data also shows that larger organizations are more likely to be in the "Leading Organization" category -- which doubly impacts the results we see here.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

How can we change our process to use our CRM better? Is our current database meeting our data, tracking and process needs? 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? Work intentionally, with velocity.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2012

More than simply graphically displaying static data, they offer trend analysis, forecasting and drill-down capabilities that can dramatically expand your insight into program performance. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration. New York University.

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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. When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

What one mid-sized organization learned about managing a technology project -- and how it can help you. At Food & Water Watch, we just finished a big data migration, moving our online and donor databases to a new, integrated database and eCRM that, at launch, needed to be actively used by about 40 staff.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

A third nonprofit designed a system that helps local organizations pool shared data to better understand how each community member is served across the different providers. The data from our study revealed several elements common to organizations that used technology for innovation successfully.

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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. So get started!

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2011

That part is not going to change. In fact, it's going to get worse in the next decade as we also begin to deal with an onslaught of data. It's more work, and we're being asked to do it with the same (or fewer) resources.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Over the years he designed all the data collection/management systems, a statewide computer network for staff, websites, phone systems, and whatever else was needed. Roger began a career with PLUK in the fall of 1990 to work with all things technological.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

The key to making sound, big decisions is to ground them in real-world, vetted, unprejudiced, unadulterated data. While gut-based decision-making is as natural as choosing your breakfast, I'd like offer some tips on how to recognize the patterns, and ultimately change the way your organization makes strategic decisions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. We’re a nonprofit, data-driven social media PR agency with one client, the ocean, and one goal: more people talking about the ocean.

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