NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

With the social landscape feeling more like a tilt-a-whirl than solid ground, it's far better for a non-profit to adopt a social media philosophy than a strategy. Kevin Wolfe. Social Instigator. DonorDrive. Social media changes fast.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. September 28-29 in London, UK : The Lasa European Not-For Profit Technology Conference will be discussing the topic "Will the Cloud Save the Sector?" One of those session is a panel featuring NTEN's Annaliese. Are you going?

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Now a fundraising and communications strategist based in Vancouver, her past life was in the trenches working as a development officer for several nonprofits. Their tagline “The Storytelling Non-Profit is not just a name. NTEN CONNECT BLOG. Effective storytelling was just the way to do it.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

Non-profits are on the front lines, and we want to support them through technology. When we canvassed the environment and talked to small and medium non-profits, three themes kept on bubbling up. This means long, expensive setup cycles and feature overkill that were not meant for small/medium non-profits.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Read this first if you plan to work with an outside web developer for a smooth and successful process and outcome. "Don’t let your site become a camel" and other tips for website redesign processes. Time for a new website? Web Sites website design websites'

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Other marginalized networks, such as Black Twitter and Disability Twitter, are choosing to remain on the platform, where they’ve developed strong community networks that they can’t easily replicate. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Care2 Impact Prize | NTEN – A group of inspiring, talented people! Any member of the NTEN community is welcome to vote, but only one vote per person, per IP address will be counted." " Simple Nonprofit Donor & Volunteer CRM & Email Marketing | Wishery – "Running a non-profit is hard work.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2009

NTEN members: you're in the perfect position to make it happen. I'm the sole IT person at my non-profit organization (we are a shelter for homeless families), and we are undergoing severe budget cuts at the moment. Now NTEN is offering its members even more to boost you through this challenging period. You can find me at: .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

That was the meat, now here's the pudding: the NTEN community's remake of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Muppets style!" A study for non-profits | Think Social – "Two weeks ago, Mashable posted a how-to for non-profit organizations trying to use Google Buzz.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN. Yes, that was an actual question during my NTEN interview process. This was also my first clue into the culture of NTEN and a key indicator to me that I needed to work here. This was also my first clue into the culture of NTEN and a key indicator to me that I needed to work here.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

NTEN 501 Tech Clubs are informal, local groups that meet regularly in many cities. These meetings allow people interested in nonprofit technology to meet local colleagues, develop professional support networks, and talk shop in a relaxed setting. You may have attended your local Tech Club , as an attendee, speaker, or organizer.

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I gotta hand it to Holly Ross and the tireless NTEN team for putting on yet another fantastic event! I originally developed this content with Danielle Brigida ( @starfocus ) for the 2010 Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, and I’ve used it many times since then to help organizations get their programs off the ground.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. NTEN Tech Handbook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

Two of them (Convio and Blackbaud) are even publicly traded companies, which says a lot about the profit potential of this vertical. Both NTEN and Idealware are the best sources for information about the range of options for this toolset – that’s out of scope for this post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

She's Geeky - Kaliya Hamlin, the expert of unconfernces, is putting together this unconference for women who work in technology, both nonprofit and for-profit. John Kenyon is doing a series of Webinars for NTEN on technology leadership. (In I'm going to try to make it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

From the forthcoming NTEN book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. Sound advice on how to evaluate which tech projects need to be done the exact same way that a for-profit would and which ones can be done creatively, with a deep dive into what “creatively” means. Takeaways: 1. SWOT = Strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

Learn the most common goals from the for-profit sector, and see how it translates to nonprofit organizations. When considering the development of a native mobile app for any of the app stores, you should start by contemplating what it is you really want to get out of it. How can you utilize mobile apps to achieve maximum benefit?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. NTEN / Portland, OR / $899.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hashtags and Non-Profit Community Development. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN. Let’s Talk Video for Social Change. Mark Horvath, Invisible People TV. Devon Smith. Under the Social Good Hood. Susan Gordon, Causes and Robert Rosenthal, VolunteerMatch. Social Media Boundaries: Personal/Personnel Policy. When Social Good Goes bad.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2008

April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! and how they like them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Blackbaud just finished hosting a pretty large conference for the non-profit industry. Brian Dresher , director of business development at Mashable. After the nonprofit Ignite Panel at Blackbaud’s conference I got a few minutes to talk to Claire about her work at Twitter and how non-profits can use the information network for good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Unlike CiviCRM, which is targeted to nonprofits, SugarCRM is a system targeted toward sales in for-profit companies. It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) It has three versions: Enterprise, Professional, and Community Edition. 2 admin 04.20.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Michele Martin talks about developing a personal learning plan. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { It’s a great, thoughtful post. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. " "Great for developers but not for every-day users."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. NTEN keeps surprising me with cool stuff for nonprofit tech peeps. The competition, judged by a panel of national leaders in public interest computing, is now entering its third year. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. TechSoup utilizes the Second Life environment for meetings and has created the Non-Profit Commons area for use by all nonprofits. Sage currently helps more than 32,000 unique not-for-profit organizations in the U.S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

I want to give huge props to Holly and all of the NTEN crew for putting on a fabulous conference. And, as a member of the NTEN board, I’m really proud of what’s been accomplished. It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. There’s lots of great details on Groklaw. Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. Why do we nptechies care? More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

NTEN and TechSoup list a few. Has one of your volunteers, interns or tech-oriented employee developed a cool app? TechSoup began by offering sales demo copies of WordPerfect to non-profits. Non-profits need to get out of the business of managing infrastructure. 9) Develop a partnered IT strategy. That's a win-win.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

CLF initiated the original Regional Equity Atlas project in 2002 in response to its members’ assessment that equity and its relationship to sustainable development was not generally understood by the public and policymakers. NTEN’s Steph Routh caught up with Scotty Ellis to ask about how the region''s non-profits are using the Atlas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

NTEN is trying to get a handle on all of this, and find out what people use, and how much they like what they use. It’s such an interesting space, and there are some really intriguing things happening with software in that space. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce.

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NTEN

MAY 21, 2014

But when the developer of a nonprofit's custom-built database moves to a new town, or the local server goes on the fritz, it might be time to consider a move to the cloud. I imagine the story is a typical one across non-profits. Few organizational decisions are more nail-biting than choosing a new database solution.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". Sage currently helps more than 32,000 unique not-for-profit organizations in the U.S.

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