Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NPTECH Punk June 19, 2008 Beth, of course, suggested this , and I’m jumping on her bandwagon. I realized, in being introduced to Edupunk , that I have been doing it for, oh, almost 20 years now.

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MARCH 4, 2014

It is with excitement that I announce these new additions to the NTEN family. First, a new face on the NTEN staff, with Bethany Lister, our new Community Program Coordinator. If you have ideas about how NTEN could better deliver programs to help you and your staff, Bethany and the whole team would love to hear from you.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Joining the NTEN Board August 7, 2007 Katrin, the Executive Director of NTEN, announced today that I’m joining the Board. (So Good move on NTEN’s part! Congrats to everybody!

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JULY 9, 2010

HaitiAidMap from InterAction (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Members are in bold. project Haitiaidmap.org.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. That means all the knowledge behind NTEN resources – the how-tos, best practices, strategy tips, recommendations, etc. how do your train staff to use it?

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

We''re kicking off Monday with a shout out to NTEN’s Community of Practice (COP) leaders. Some are veterans in the #nptech space who''ve been organizing with us for years; others have just started their groups after being inspired at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Is there a COP that you wish existed?

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo: Caro Wallis (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). You should submit your session ideas! Nice example!

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

NTEN is People! Flickr: kalabird) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . > NTEN Facebook Page.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

Flickr: Dinner Series If summer vacation has you feeling a bit out of the loop, this week's Member Round Up is ripe with opportunities to re-connect with the community and, if you're feeling lucky, take a gamble with your great, innovative ideas. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

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. One of those session is a panel featuring NTEN's Annaliese. Here's a list of where we'll be and where we want to be.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . the idea behind the drive and how you can participate. Members are in bold.

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I just got back from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference , where listening was top of mind: Listening to the amazing speakers, listening to the #nptech community , and listening to all the great ideas floating around the halls of the Washington Hilton.

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JUNE 3, 2013

But the question stuck with me, and I have an idea that I want to share, appropriately, with the NTEN community. But the question stuck with me, and I have an idea that I want to share, appropriately, with the NTEN community. I didn''t have an immediate answer.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 22, 2013

There are other ways to measure success, and it depends on changing the idea that revenue generation is the only form of success. kimbia Leadership measurement Miriam Kagan nptech nten Fundraising'

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Director, Idea Lab. blackbaud charitable giving nptech nten steve maclaughlin Fundraising' For several years now we’ve been reading about the impact of the recession on giving in the United States.

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NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2014

Director, Idea Lab. nptech nten online fundraising Fundraising' Steve MacLaughlin. Wouldn’t it be great if someone looked at the end-to-end donor experience of over 150 charities and analyzed the results?

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2009

Here are highlights from the web of NTEN members doing their, you know, NTEN-type awesomeness: NARAL-Pro Choice America launched a contest on Twitter last week: submit hashtag (#) ideas for aggregating the discussion around "the Supreme Court battle that's just around the corner." See more here.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2014

Why do we see general negativity around the idea that social media helps to raise money? 14ntc artez interactive Claire Kerr Mobile nptech nten Social Media Strategy Fundraising' The answer lies in how most of us are tracking social donations.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Flickr Photo by Trainer62 You may have noticed there's a lot going on at the NTEN court as of late -- new nten.org (just look around), release of the NTEN Data Ecosystem Report , NTC Scholarship Campaign , the NTC , and a great line-up of webinars ! nonprofit technology twist on King Arthur's great idea. Consultants RoundTable.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Thanks to a scholarship from NTEN, I was given the opportunity to fly to Sydney to attend the ConnectingUp! The whole idea of ConnectingUp! Thank you once again to NTEN for providing me with this incredible professional development opportunity. And to the folks at ConnectingUp!, Lawrence College.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 16, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology So where is open source in the nptech ecosystem? My feeling from watching the conversations within the NTEN community is that people DO understand the acquisition costs of FOSS software.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Building that community and providing that professional development training is the idea behind NTEN, and the mission we pursue. Here are some community resources you can benefit from: NTEN Groups (connect 24-7!). NTEN Speaker Directory (find your hero). NTEN Office Hours (chat live with a hero).

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2010

After over a year of talking about an overhaul to the NTEN Member Directory , a couple of months ago, we finally took the first step: making it a priority. . After you're done reading, be sure to check out the new NTEN Member Directory !). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Incidentally, this is the launch. Haven't done it yet?

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2014

Director, Idea Lab. 14ntc Change Management Community Fundraising Mobile nptech nten online fundraising Strategy Fundraising' Steve MacLaughlin. The online donation form is now a teenager. The late 1990s saw the rise of ecommerce and along with it the first few philanthropic forms to accept donations on the internet.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2012

A few months back, the NTEN Membership Team started running weekly Office Hours. Open to the whole community, the online chats are a way for anyone in the community to ask questions about NTEN, NTEN Membership, resources, research, or anything else related to nonprofit technology.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

flickr: Horia Varlan Like all organizations, the staff at NTEN does our best to stay in tune with our awesome community; but every once in a while we find ourselves in a bubble or at least not fully understanding what new decisions will look like from the outside. Do you have to be an NTEN member to participate in a CoP?

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

Over the past couple of months weve been introducing you to the incredible cast of characters who are helping to shape NTENs inaugural Leading Change Summit. Its about time we celebrate the dynamic duo behind the Idea Accelerator : Emily Lonigro Boylan and Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad of LimeRed Studio.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! This week, we're seeing members do both: garnering headlines for awards and news and putting the spotlight on their ideas. Have more news to share? Janet Fouts has your back!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Members are in bold.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

Think about them as free professional development opportunities — spaces to have smart, organic, and timely conversations and presentations with your nptech peers. They''re free to join and open to everyone regardless of NTEN Membership. Have an idea for a group? So join one or a few and connect, learn, and change! Let me know!

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Flickr: ePublicist A recent discussion thread on NTEN's main community email list really hit something home for me. NTEN member Sean Watson brought up his concern about the lack of staffing around, and interest in, "business processes" in most nonprofit organizations. Connect with your peers about what's working and what's not.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Then, how about submitting an idea or four ? > > Submit your 11NTC Session Proposal Ideas. The NTEN Community is full of impressive speakers, thinkers, and doers who will come together for 3 days of sharing and collaboration. b) so excited about the 11NTC, you've had notes on your session ideas for months. .

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2013

While most of us are familiar with the term user adoption, few of us have a flexibly toolkit of helpful strategies and ideas to turn the success of our technology project launch into a long-term success. Change Management implementation success Leadership Missy Longshore nptech nten Organizational Culture IT Staff'

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NTEN

OCTOBER 21, 2014

There''s a lot happening at NTEN, and we want you to get involved! In this weekly roundup, you''ll find the full list of NTEN events, opportunities, and deadlines for participation. Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month? How do you listen to your community and generate content from it?

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

They are free for everyone, regardless of NTEN member status, and a great way to learn from other members of the community. If your Affinity Group has questions about how to transition, or if you just have a great idea for a community that you'd like to connect with, please feel free to email me at sarah@nten.org to get the process started.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2014

There''s a lot happening at NTEN, and we want you to get involved! In this weekly roundup, you''ll find the full list of NTEN events, opportunities, and deadlines for participation. Also, are you attending an NPTech-related event this month? How do you listen to your community and generate content from it?

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