Robert Weiner

JANUARY 23, 2010

The winner will be announced this April at NTEN's 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta. The prize will award $10,000 to an open-source software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed. Nominations will be accepted through February 1, 2010. From the announcement: read more.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Jana Byington-Smith did a great job of capturing the discussion for the conference’s live blog. You can read all of the conference blogs at [link]. I’m reposting her summary below. So You Want to Be a Consultant?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 30, 2010

I like the advice passed along by the Red Cross's Wendy Harman at the recent NTEN conference: "If I wouldn’t go out for a beer with you and pay for a round, then I probably won’t friend you in Facebook." ." His article and the comments provide some suggestions about how to separate the two. " Tags: Social Media.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 16, 2009

This post lists books, reports, Web sites, blogs, and conferences that nonprofit techies — and not just those newbies — should know about. Heather Carpenter’s Nonprofit Leadership 601 blog posted a list of resources for people who are new to the field of nonprofit technolology.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

I’m organizing two workshops for NTEN’s upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference on the topic So You Want To Be A Consultant? ( The workshops are described here and here.) Holly Ross, NTEN’s Executive Director interviewed me via Skype a few weeks ago and posted the video at www.ntconnect.org/content.php?&cid=159&uid=13.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 2, 2009

I attended three conferences in April and asked a variety of independent consultants and employees of consulting firms about how the economy is affecting them. Is this a trend? The responses were consistent: January and February were dead, but inquiries picked up significantly in March and April.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

If you technology decisions at your organization are driven by some of the following, we’d love to see you at NTEN''s Nonprofit Technology Conference (aka the NTC): We chose the system because we have a volunteer who knows it. Or “Our VISTA/New Sector volunteer is really smart. She’ll figure this out!”. Let’s get this tool.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

networking at conferences and workshops. being a conference sponsor or exhibitor. Options include. writing articles. publishing a newsletter. public speaking. business cards. participation in online discussion groups. volunteer work. networking with people (and firms) who can refer their clients or subcontract with you.

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I spent the last 3 days at the CASE District VII conference, for schools in AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, and UT.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Skype — Free VOIP calls, conference calls, and video calls: [link]. Process Explorer — A Windows task manager & monitoring tool, much richer than the Windows Task Manager: [link]. ScreenHunter Free — Screen capture program: [link]. SpyBot Search & Destroy — Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

Subject: Executive Team (also 2012-10-21-New York Conference - Registration). Text: If you can't read this message please click this link. Sender: Willie Crawford [Willie@Acumlator.co.us] (also Lazy Cash System [LazyCashSystem@65.com]).

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Last week, Holly Ross, NTEN’s Executive Director, posted a video appeal for her attempt to raise $10,000 for scholarships to the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference. Twice in the past week I’ve come across online fundraising campaigns in which the fundraiser promises to do something embarrassing when the goal is met.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I was trying to figure out the dates of an upcoming conference, but the only way to do that is to look at every day individually. The trick is to swipe only halfway across the gesture area, starting from or stopping at the Center "button."

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Attend conferences. It’s easy and cheap, accessible from anywhere, and will help you define your work. (3) 3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. Build this into your time and budget plans.

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