NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr photo by leighblackall By the end of 2011, NTEN will have produced over 100 educational webinars and 3 in-person local events, with many more in 2012. The NTC is just 146 days away. NTEN Programs are growing and so is the Program Team to support it. The position is full-time with benefits.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

While the barrier to video production and distribution tools has lowered greatly in recent years, many organizations miss the opportunity to present their stories, lacking the skills to use the tools effectively. Read all about the challenge, see the full schedule of events, and check out all the terrific prizes! Image: dancetechtv.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2006

Photo from my flickr stream taken during the June 30th in-world meeting. The official announcement for the TechSoup Event is out and Deborah Finn has posted the details here. This might help you enjoy the event more and get more out of the presentations if you're new to Second Life. How To Conduct An Interview In SL.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Needless to say, without good SEO, you’ve got a very slim chance of being found by people searching for things you offer (events, fundraising opportunities, volunteer opportunities, programs, etc). Do you run fundraising events? View more presentations from frank barry. So what do you want to be known for on the web?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. Full disclosure: I’m on the planning committee for this event.) You can also learn more about crowdfunding from a variety of presenters at SXSW—check out the speakers from Crowdfunder , TechShop , and a group of four speakers including those from Citizinvestor and CivicSponsor, Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2011

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote about SoSomeThing.Org as an example of a nonprofit with a “data-driven culture.&# What initially caught my eye was the above presentation from George Weiner. prezi I presented in August. Here is a rough narrative to accompany my ‘What does the data say?’ Flow = how quickly you tell it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Flickr Photo by Yandel. And, now, we are excited to present the new and improved editorial calendar for 2012. Our 2012 editorial calendar is presented as a Google spreadsheet. Over the course of the past year we have continued to test this format with our clients and refine it. Earned Media is Dead. Tailor the Tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Flickr Photo by PCSO900. For the past 24 years, they organize an annual grassroots, volunteer event called " International Coast Cleanup " where hundreds of thousands of volunteers hit spend a few hours removing trash and debris from coastlines, keeping track of every piece of trash they find.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

If you did not attend the conference, visit the SlideShare event to review presentations. And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! Session Materials If you attended the conference, visit myNTC for individual session pages, links, notes, and more.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

flickr: Eva the Weaver. This month, they held an ignite-style event, and who knows what they'll be up to next. Chicago : Our Chicago group has been back up and running since February of this year, meeting monthly to network and learn from varied presenters. RSVP for the event here , and join the online group here.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I think this is a hard concept for many to agree with because of the process by which the social media tools are most often adopted in organizations: for example, Jane really likes taking pictures and usually posts them to Flickr (an online photo sharing website) as a way to store them, sort them, and share them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2012

Flickr Photo - Of Small Things. Note from Beth: I missed out on the Olympics in London this year while I was traveling in Cambodia. While the world acclaimed sports event was taking place in London, the Gay Chorus Olympics was taking place in Denver. The critical path quickly became clear.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo: TimPearce_ LosGatos If you've been following the NTEN blog this November, you've definitely caught on that it is Member Appreciation Month. The technology that makes NTEN webinars tick: netForum Avectra: Our core database that allows us to handle event registrations and event reminders. We hiring. –

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Flickr Photo by Kevlar. At last month’s Social Media Week Washington, DC 2013 , the SM4GH leadership team presented Benchmarking: Stop Comparing Apples to Potatoes. This event when over initial findings and had detailed discussions around emerging themes to see if these were consistent with what was discovered in the survey results.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

undefined: Flickr: Cambodia4kidsorg The term "geospacial information system" may cause many of us to zone out and assume "the following information will not be applicable to me because I'm not an engineer or cartographer or astronaut or whatever that term applies to." police districts, school districts, and watersheds.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

flickr: Mindful One As the fall chill closes in, most nonprofits are beginning preparations for year-end fundrasing campaigns. Debra also presented an NTEN webinar this month, "The Social Website: Integrating Social Media into Website Design and Function". Check out the recording here.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

described how status updates and Flickr photos were used to spread awareness of Yahoo!'s Committing time to be "present" and creating value to draw people there is key to establishing and fostering an online community. Overall, it was a very inspiring event on how social media can further social causes.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2012

Flickr: reid. The call for talks and presentations is now live and the deadline is February 17th! The festival is the leading global event that facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Lastly, ever been to a really bad presentation?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The options for get-togethers can be anything from events to photo-ops, so long as it gives people a reason to show up and do something together. Smaller groups within the larger community that are bonded by common interests also present another opportunity for people to connect offline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

It's been over a month since my trip to Australia where I presented and facilitated workshops at the ConnectingUp Conference. child, partner, scene, place, event??? I, of course, loved the flickr competition idea and suggested that she consider a modest outcome and learning experiment. Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Tomorrow, October 18th, Eric Leland of Leland Design , and I will be presenting about, "Internet Strategy on the Cheap" at the San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths. This is by no means a comprehensive list, so please add your suggestions in the comments!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Flickr Photo by Geoff Livingston. Note From Beth: Frank Barry from BlackBaud kindly agreed to write a guest post showcasing some of the best presentations caught on video at the BlackBaud’s Conference last week. It really was an incredible event and a great chance to catch up face-to-face with friends from all over.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg In this article about Twitter and story-telling, NTEN members Beth Kanter and Thomas Negron are mentioned. Norman Reiss writes up some notes on two nptech events that happened in November: the NTEN 501 Tech NYC event (as already mentioned) and some highlights from the Convio.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

Sandy Rees of Get Fully Funded Blog posted 12 ideas to get you thinking about blog content including: r eport back from events , invite guest bloggers to post, and ask your readers questions. Flickr photo credit: Juicy! Nonprofit 2.0 Nonprofit 2.0 by sunshinecity.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

I’m gathering my thoughts to start putting together my slides and presentation and wanted to stop for reflection and sharing. Communities share, pass on, and constantly expand a collective wisdom and knowledge from experiences, events, movements and legacy. Photo credit: Flickr Rhys’s Piece Is ).

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2011

We want to make sure our programs, events, and content are the best they can be for our members. A few years ago, he was a blogging novice; now, he now uses Flickr, Delicious, Facebook, and Google alerts to strengthen his museum's community. Check out the slides and recording of his well-received presentation !

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

flickr: Beach650 Most days, we're hiding from the rain in our Portland, OR office. But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. " Unfortunately, no one from NTEN will be in-person at the event, but Holly will be Skype -ing in for a session. Are you going?

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2012

Poetry Slam is in the Beacon Lounge on Monday, March 12, 11 am - 12 pm You must read your own work or have a nominated reader if you cannot be present Anyone in the Lounge can vote! Photo credit (Flickr: [link] ). Remember: You can enter more than one poem! We can't wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

We're going to use an Interactive Presentation where we will walk folks through what, what, how, tools, and tricks. I've created a wikitation site (presentation as wiki) to house the presentation materials and for some basic primers/factsheets I hope to write. 3 Flickr for Nonprofits Affinity Group Meeting.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Flickr: Sarah_Ackerman What a year, NTEN members! The event attracts women from a broad spectrum of technological specialties, professions, industries, levels of expertise, and generations, for networking, “un”-conference style. Bryen Breckenridge recently presented the three most strategic uses of LinkedIn for nonprofits.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 25, 2012

Stacey has been collaborating with local artists to produce a series of content-rich events that invite visitors to participate in a range of hands-on activities. The events are informal, personal, and fun, but our feedback mechanism--onsite and post-event surveys--not so much. We got intriguing feedback.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2010

Flickr: Cambodia4Kids (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Keith Berner and the folks behind Crisis Commons have invited all you techies-for-good to an event in DC ( and elsewhere ) tomorrow. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2010

Flickr: levork) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharingtheir nptech awesome. Then tell us what your organization's equivalent to Wonder Woman's invisible plane is. ;) NPower is announcing their Technology Innovation Awards (TIA) , presented by Accenture. What's Your Nonprofit's Superpower? " Read it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

SlideShare is a site to host and share presentations. You can upload all your slide decks, and find download interesting presentations. At last month's NetTuesday , Jonathan Boutelle, Co-founder and CTO of SlideShare gave a presentation on how Nonprofits can use SlideShare. Flickr and Libraries. Bottom-Up Tagging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

Flickr Photo by Veesees Elise Bauer , a food blogger who writes Simple Recipes. Plan and participate in events. Know the basics of search engines optimization (see the page in her presentation, there are some great tips). She does this talk because she gets a lot of traffic. She has 1,000,000 feed readers. Be generous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2006

How can those notes best be aggregated in one place to be shared with all participants and perhaps with those who didn't attend the event? Conference or Event Blog: A group blog is set up for the specific event or conference. Wikis can also be used in the pre-planning or organizing some of the social events. or furl.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2007

ve selected with the presentation. And you should also allow the presentation to be downloaded. For the recent presentation, several colleagues shared their slides with me. For attribution for flickr photos, I include the url either on the photo itself or at the end. How do you handle attribution?

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