NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Registration for the 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference (15NTC) is officially open - and you''re invited to help us make it the best conference yet! Just ask David Krumlauf (pictured right) with NTEN''s CEO Amy Sample Ward at 14NTC- #ntenthanks to you for being the first 15NTC registrant (for the upteenth time in a row!)

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Jill Farrow, NTEN's chief financial and operating officer, quickly learned that "operationally, we at NTEN do everything in the Cloud," and that includes financial and operations management. Cloud Infrastructure Leadership nonprofit cloud nonprofit technology nptech Organizational Culture IT Staff'

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AUGUST 14, 2013

board meetings Infrastructure Leadership Morris Animal Foundation nptech nten Tobie McPhail tools' Our board would help us with our grants review process, but we were using a pencil and paper system that was prone to errors and could result in a thousand index cards that needed to be entered into a spreadsheet.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Many executives don’t approach management and leadership in accounting or evaluation matters, for example, with the same trepidation as they do technology. And yet the same skills that make any leader effective are appropriate to managing technology. But who is?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

flickr photo: woodleywonderworks November is member appreciation month, and we set today aside specifically to thank our amazing NTEN members, and to help them celebrate each other. If you're on Twitter, just thank your favorite NTEN member(s) and include #ntenthanks in your update. NTEN is so much more than a community now.

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JUNE 7, 2013

An arts organization develops a technology plan to help meet diverse constituent needs. We really needed to think about how we should be investing in technology to align with our strategic goal to reach people statewide from our small office in tech-savvy Seattle," explained Margit Rankin, executive director. Kimberlee Roth.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2013

Many executives don’t approach management and leadership in accounting or evaluation matters, for example, with the same trepidation as they do technology. And yet the same skills that make any leader effective are appropriate to managing technology. But who is?

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2010

Technology used to be, as Jane Messeck of Microsoft Community Affairs puts it, transactional: it was about moving a document from point A to point B faster, making it easier to store and find things, making sure everyone could print. Technology was about efficiency. . Of course, technology is still about efficiency.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

Gaining buy-in early on, soliciting bids and conducting an ROI analysis helped Death With Dignity National Center prioritize its top technology projects and prepare to develop metrics for evaluation. Barber learned about the Technology Leadership Academy (TLA) and brought the opportunity to her new boss, executive director Peg Sandeen.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Teaser: The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN community. We want to find out how you , the individuals and organizations who make up this community, use technology in your work. . Key Findings.

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NTEN

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. That wall is an obstacle to success. of people, even.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2013

With NTEN’s strategic outcomes in mind, this report examines: technology staffing levels, technology budgets, overall organizational approach to technology decisions, as well as technology oversight and management practices. Key findings from this year’s survey: On average, our respondents have 3.4

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NTEN

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN community. We want to find out how you , the individuals and organizations who make up this community, use technology in your work. . Key Findings.

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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!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Million Budget In small organizations like mine, more often than not, the Executive Director or senior leadership of the organization also wears the technology leader hat, accidental or not.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2014

The Ad Council plans to share our approach at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. The Ad Council plans to share our approach at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. 2314ntc big data Data data analysis Leadership nptech nten Communications' Big data” has been a big buzzword for a while now.

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MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. I''d like to take a closer look at one aspect of our research and organizational practice: technology staffing levels. In our latest survey, we decided to ask about technology staffing levels differently.

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2010

When the presenter paused to ask attendees to name the ONE thing they'd love their organization to be able to invest in when it came to that scary "overhead" category of infrastructure and administration costs, the majority said: Technology. Then there's the challenge of communicating the need to your leadership and funders.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. She covers initial goals, leadership buy-in, staff time, and next steps.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

We're approaching the March 1st application deadline for the Technology Leadership Academy -- but there's still time for qualifying organizations to apply! The Technology Leadership Academy is a training program designed to help you manage technology and lead others to use tools to their best organizational advantage.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

You, dear NTEN community, know the importance of technology in meeting your missions. For us, technology is more than e-mail servers or software installations. We're glad you get it, because we need you to help us meet OUR mission of ensuring that every nonprofit can use technology to make the change they want to see.

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NTEN

AUGUST 19, 2013

This article highlights a technology-based program evaluation strategy, using research from Idealware’s new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation. idealware Infrastructure Kyle Henri Andrei Leadership nptech nten program evaluation Strategy Program'

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

This issue of NTEN:Change provides statistics you should probably know about your supporters and constituents, strategies that might need to incorporate mobile technology considerations, tips, stories, and insights from nonprofit professionals and technology experts. A Mobile Silent Auction ," from Josh Hirsch, The Weiss School.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Tech Club leaders not only organize and implement everything for their clubs, they ultimately help local organizations use technology skillfully and confidently to create greater social impact and meet the needs of their communities. Read NTEN’s page on starting a new club and then email us at community@nten.org.

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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.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2013

Director, Technology & Innovation. There’s no doubt that many organizations are using cloud technologies in innovative ways. But, more specifically, what links might we find between the unique aspects of cloud technology, and the conditions and success factors for innovation? Karen Graham. MAP for Nonprofits.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

> Download the 2012 NTEN Community Survey Report. In May of 2012 we circulated the link to the online survey to the NTEN Community via direct email (sent to 38,354 contacts) and announcements in our community channels, including our blog, NTEN Discuss email list, our Facebook page, and our Twitter network.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. > Register for The Future of NTEN. I look forward to seeing you there. >

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Each week during November we'll kick things off by featuring different NTEN staff members sharing about how we use technology to meet our mission here at NTEN. This week, we're talking about technology that supports operations and leadership with Brendan & Holly.

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

Flickr photo: Chris.Corwin Nothing gets done without leadership. My favorite thing about leadership is that it can come from everywhere. Right now, in our sector, we need technology leaders. When you started this work, technology was all servers, Cat5 and HTML. Here's what we need to do: Let go of commodity technology.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr: kool_skatkat Last month, NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, posted a provocative article on our blog: " Rebranding the Accidental Techie." If you're a member of NTEN, you can read the entire thread and particpate here.). fell into this field by discovering an interest or aptitude for technology while.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2014

At the same time, Communications groups are moving more into technology system decisions and driving resource and process needs. At the same time, Communications groups are moving more into technology system decisions and driving resource and process needs. 14ntc Communications it Leadership nptech nten Communications IT Staff'

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2010

We are, after all, the Nonprofit TECHNOLOGY Network. And yet, I'm reminded almost every day that technology isn't always the answer. . Yes, technology can help us gain great efficiencies and deliver our programs and services in new and more effective ways. Tags: Infrastructure Leadership NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Technology will finally enter the c-suite of not-for-profit orgs. But as open source code bases like Drupal become more popular, not-for-profits will realize that we no longer need to outsource to technology firms because building a platform is cheap and easy and keeping up with upgrades is important. More orgs will hire CTOs.

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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. Nonprofit Tech Consultants : For nonprofit technology consultants. Have an idea for a group?

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. Karl Hedstrom. IT Director.

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