Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) has begun. Many organizations are looking beyond social networks to create their own private communities of supporters, advocates, or collaborators. The time has come. Sessions have started this morning. Twitterers and bloggers are live - blogging left and right.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

At NTC this year, I interviewed Mark Horvath , creator of InvisiblePeople.tv. As Mark explains in this intro video, he understands the power of social media: the connections he's made online are what helped get InvisiblePeople.tv Many of the interviews on InvisiblePeople.tv off the ground.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

The big takeaway for me from the Creating a Culture of Storytelling session at NTC was that organizations can very easily do more to tell their stories, and this act alone could be the most important thing nonprofits do to gain donors, supporters, and relevance. Click here to continue reading. Tools Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2012

I’ll never forget the advice that my colleague, Ettore Rossetti Director, Internet Marketing from Save the Children, offered during a panel I moderated at the NTC in 2011 on free agent fundraising He said suggested going out and trying to raise money for your organization through a social network as an individual and learn how easy or hard (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14! The idea behind service is simple: Everyone should know how to use the Internet, have easy access to it, and have a great experience when they’re online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. My Three Words.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2009

I love the NTC. Here's what the NTEN folks have to say about it: In addition to the scores of breakout sessions, the networking, camaraderie, and general nptech-related good times, noted author Clay Shirky will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 NTC, coming up in San Francisco, April 26-28. is revolutionizing the social order.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

Howdy from NTC 2010 in Atlanta. The conference got started this morning, and I just got out of the Social Media Veterans affinity group, which was basically a crowd of about 100 social media-savvy folks chatting about how they effectively use Twitter, Facebook, and other social media tools at their organizations.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2010

I caught Brian Rowe 's Sharing Content, Terms of Service, and Copyright Best Practices session today at this year's NTC, which was a great primer for understanding Creative Commons licensing and included information on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and several other topics. He also talks about his Utilikilt. Tools Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2010

I have a number of colleagues who I have been seeing almost every year at the NTC for the past decade. There will also be six book signings at NTC and I've contributed a chapter or been an author of four of them! NONPROFIT tweet: 140 Bite-Sized Ideas for Nonprofit Social Media Engagement. (co-author

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

My last session at NTC, That's Not Funny: Using Humor in Online Communications , purported to be fairly lighthearted, but using humor at the wrong time or in the wrong context could be a serious issue for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC. Tags: Accessible Technology Community Tech Centers Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Event Online Activism Online Recruitment Services Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2011

Unless you are an Internet personality, an organization with a full-time community manager or a professional online content publisher, there is not enough time to succeed in the multitude of social networks AND manage your own social content. How do we invest that time as wisely as possible to have the greatist impact?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2009

You can see all the virtural exhibit booths at NTConnect.org , the conference's designated social networking site, provided by Acteva. Mysamaris : Are your internet solutions taking you where you want to go? MoonFire Corporation : Apple 3g iPhone. Mozy will be giving away 5, one-year subscriptions to MozyHome*.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

This SONI survey on internet investments hopes to help nonprofits better understand how much to invest in online marketing and fundraising and what to expect in return. > Please take a few minutes to help the nonprofit community quantify the financial value of email, online event fundraising, websites, and social networks.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Researchers, executives and pundits of all industries are realizing and analyzing the shift in the current work and media landscape after the advent of the Internet and great fragmentation of media outlets. '. Oriented with "what's in it for me?" - Half of these people have mobile internet. What motivates them in the workplace?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

But why not add another channel to the back channel happenings, for instance, at NTC ? My workflow does involve the web, for sure, but I can only keep up with so many social networking sites of varied uses (social bookmarking, social networking like Linked in, community blogs etc.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) in booth 39. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy!

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) in booth 39. Katya Andresen, Alia McKee Scott and Mark Rovner will be presenting a session during NTC based on this book, so attendees will definitely want to get their hands on a copy!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America. Speaking of maps, the Oxford Internet Institute has used Internet traffic data from Alexa to figure each country’s most popular websites. billiion of us use the Internet nowadays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. He came back an evangelist for social media. He summarized some learnings from NTC sessions he attended and the keynote by David Pogue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You be the judge, NTC! Only one team can prevail – who will it be?

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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. thedatabank Nook ereader Trinet Internet Solutions, Inc. It's also the setting for the conference's Opening Reception. Z2 Systems, Inc.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

If you build it, they will come, does not apply to social networking. Knowledge mgmt, super internet tools - strategy and tools. Don't forget to add your thoughts for the 2010 NTC Agenda in the comments. "I built it. why didn't they come?" " IT Track. Sharepoint. Data security and compliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2007

To challenge my set ways of doing internet research Web 1.0 style and tolerance for change, I decided to do a seperate action learning experiment on my own dime and reflect in real time along with doing the work: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads and connections?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0 In those days, the buzzwords were “internet connectivity,&# “networks,&# “websites,&# and “email.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

If you have an email list captured by one application, a donor list captured by another, a social network in another, and you give them all equal “weight,&# then you’re asking for trouble. at 2:36 pm This is actually a topic I’ll be discussing at the NTC this year. 10 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

Just like direct mail, email isn’t going away just because some new thing called social media came along. According to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project nearly half (46%) of U.S. While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

She is an expert in the latest trends in social networking, blogging, online video, and other online tools and strategies and advises her clients on how to cost-effectively incorporate them into their Internet plans and online campaigns. Care2 Webinars Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 2 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 18th, 2011 Day 2 of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) in Washington, DC is when things really kick into high gear.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 1 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 17th, 2011 NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ) is in Washington, DC and it’s sold out once again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2009

I have not been blogging because I've been at the NTEN NTC Conference , the premier event for nonprofit techies taking place in San Francisco. The NpTech Community has been early adopters of social media and social networks like Twitter. Internet organizes for short-term shots. The big shift - convening power.

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NTEN

MARCH 31, 2011

We had, ahem, a few problems with the wireless Internet at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. And the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of the organizations that have raised more than $100,000 on Facebook have budgets under $5 million. Read more posts on our blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

OurMedia & Internet Archive - a bit more technical, archived forever, nonprofit organization, RSS and community building tools. upload to Internet Archive and use OurMedia to generate RSS feed, etc. Social networking - use it to promote. Tags: liveblogging 09ntc ntc podcasting. . $10/month has 250 mg upload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. Hyper connectivity among employees has the potential to increase security risks due to lost hardware, software, internet transfer of files, etc. Here are the bits that resonated with me.

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