NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

For the 5th year in a row, the annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest , presented by YouTube and See3 Communications , is open for submission during the weeks leading up to the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Starting March 7th, voting is open to the public, so be sure to share the word (Email, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon).

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Haven''t renewed your 2013 NTEN membership or thinking of joining? The next Knight News Challenge: Health opened August 19, with an "inspiration phase" where anyone can submit inspirations, ideas, or challenges related to the topic. Apply here or check out past award recipients for a dose of inspiration. Get the full report here.

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NTEN

APRIL 1, 2010

This year, See3, NTEN and YouTube received over 750 submissions for the contest - a record! Head over to YouTube and: The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , plus custom designed Flip Video cameras to all finalists.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Visit the contest site today and cast your vote! Public voting is open through March 10th, 2014. We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages. Voting is easy; you simply select your choice in each category. Individuals can vote once per day.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is back and calling for your best 2011 nonprofit videos! The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. The 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Contest is taking submissions starting February 1st. Are you a nonprofit?

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Care2

MARCH 21, 2012

Voting for the 6 th annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards is now open to the public. In addition to the prizes, the four winners will be featured on YouTube’s homepage and receive free registrations to NTEN’s, Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

I was an early adopter of this approach back in 2006 and over the years I have had the opportunity to raise over $250,000 for a charity that supports Cambodian children using these techniques as part of online giving contests like the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge. Enter online fundraising contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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NTEN

MARCH 10, 2011

How to Vote Public voting is open until Monday, March 14th at [link]. Visit the contest website here. For full contest details, visit: [link]. Along with the other partners, See3 Communications and YouTube hope you can vote now and vote often to help select the winners! Log into your YouTube account.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Everyone nominated will be entered to win one of 50 free NTEN memberships , compliments of Convio ! Submissions will be open through the end of day next Tuesday, December 22, and like it says on the page, it’s as easy as 1 – 2 – 3 to get involved: Nominate your hero. So what are you waiting for?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. The events don't always have a set topic, but are open discussions for questions, sharing, and learning from your peers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster. That high-profile celebrity 35% or influential leader endorsement?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 15, 2009

In particular, we are interested in the role of social network sites and receiving information about job openings." " DoGooderTV Contest 2009 - Vote for your favorite Nonprofit videos - DoGooderTV's 2nd Nonprofit Video Awards have seen almost 400 submissions from 175 organizations and causes!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Working with the folks over at NTEN , we decided the nonprofit community itself should be empowered to recognize the people of their choice to win none other than a membership to the best nonprofit technology organization around, The Nonprofit Technology Network! Tweet this. Post on Facebook. So what are you waiting for?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest - Please support me! I also work closely with our innovator community, those who have submitted Projects on our platform and participated in open innovation Challenges. An journey like this opens doors to new partnerships, relationships, and networks in a unique way.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. We didn’t realize quite the risk we took booking the Extra Action Marching Band to open the NTC, though. The opening was.well, I lack words. We don’t mean to brag.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2015

The DoGooder National Video Awards contest opens today! The contest is presented in partnership with YouTube and See3 Communications. See contest rules here. If your organization is not already a member, just sign up before you enter the contest. Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. I attended "In Code We Trust: Open Government Awesomeness" at SXSWi on Friday. Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. Participatory.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Kintera opens a Developers Challenge. Developers who code solutions that integrate with Kintera using their open API platform, Connect , can win $15,000 or $5,000 (not the $25 K their big logo seems to suggest – that’s just the total they will award.) When will people learn that to be open, you need to really be open ?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" " Duh: the NTEN community! > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The NTEN community is made up of thousands of inspiring individuals who are working hard every day to make some change in the world. It's why NTEN is here, and it's why we're fans of The CTK Foundation's "Heroes with a Heart" grant awards. This award is open to registered nonprofits or charities of all types and sizes, worldwide.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. At NTEN, we are all practical dreamers, we're open and authentic with one another, and we hold each other accountable. NTEN Member John Merritt, from the YMCA of San Diego County , embodies all of these ideals.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

Ask open-ended, rather than yes/no questions, to get the most thoughtful, personal responses and open up the room for others. Each week we run a photo and ask an open-ended question about it, revealing the “official” answer the following week. Include a question or encourage readers to share their thoughts in every post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Note: I've had this blog post in a draft for about a week and was reminded about it when I saw this post over at the NTEN blog asking Is Facebook A Bust or Is Obama's Model the Future ? But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

15 groups held live events which helped drive video submissions to the contest and allowed TechSoup to reach more NGOs with educational opportunities. We have scheduled our next theme month, on open data , for February and will gather the U.S. We have made a big dent in our 10-month plan with lots more amazing things to come.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Sixty-two percent of email is opened on a mobile device , so first and foremost your email campaigns (e-newsletters, fundraising appeals, event invites, welcome emails, thank you emails, etc.) Personalize your email campaigns and write short subject lines to maximize open rates. Embrace a mobile-first design strategy. Emojipedia.org.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

In this medium, openness, responsiveness, and inquisitiveness serve your cause well. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Experiment with online contests, both creating them and participating in them. Another approach to the online contest phenomenon is to run your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. According to the NTEN Blog , Blackbaud , a provider of services designed for nonprofits, has launched Blackbaud Labs , a sandbox for projects in the pipeline.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. It's also the setting for the conference's Opening Reception. Just slide open the 3” widescreen to show your videos instantly to friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. NTEN's " What Inspires You " on Blip.TV Congrats to Avaaz.org for the winning video in the NTC Video Contest. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. The good folks at Care2 (Heather Holdridge, Justin Perkins, and James O'Malley) have a detailed case study on the NTEN blog about the top Facebook winner of the recent Case Foundation America's Giving Challenge. You can find all the presentations from that conference here.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest. St Louis Volunteen won, two Millennials are the ones that developed it - geolocation app to find volunteering opportunities, find contests, find things tied to schools, and sharing on social media. SMS/Text Most every device can send a text message.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, of course, designers need software that just don’t have high enough quality open source alternatives yet. 8 Pete 06.25.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. Freecharity.org.uk

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