Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S. Learn More.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Voting is now open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference session proposals! > Rate each session from 1 (low) to 5 stars. Voting will be open through September 30th. Tags: 11ntc NPTech NTEN. > Vote Now. I'm not gonna lie: this is not a quick & easy task. There are 25 proposals on each page. Fundraising.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

14 of the 15 messages with the mobile template performed better, by an average of 2 percentage points of open rate. (So, So, if the regular template achieved a 20% open rate, the mobile version got 22%). But I think it’s pretty safe to add this to my list of ways you can improve your email open rate.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

NTEN and M&R also released their report, the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. Well, we’d hope all of them. , but the key findings presented at the Nonprofit Technology Conference include: Despite double digit decline in website traffic and minimal change in website conversion rates, email files grew 12.45%. Blackbaud Resources.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent. Gary makes a good point about email open rates.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Highlights.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The four hour event is open to everyone and is sponsored by NTEN and a new nonprofit green IT project that is forming called the Green IT Consortium (in which TechSoup is involved). The cost to participate is $60 for NTEN Members and $120 for non-members. The cost to participate is $60 for NTEN Members and $120 for non-members.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results. The first being: unsub rate > list growth rate = nobody to message.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

. We're pleased to announce that Early Bird registration for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- taking place March 17-19 in Washington, DC -- is now open. Be sure to register before December 7th to get the Early Bird rate: just $359 for NTEN Members. Tags: 11ntc NPTech NTEN. Learn more about the 2011 NTC.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Simply put, it’s what get’s people to open your message. Tell them what they are about to get/read – don’t trick people or just make the subject catchy so someone will open your message. People won’t continue opening long term if you treat them like that. Based on my review here’s 5 reasons why email messages fail.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Email Donor Lists Growing, Open Rates DroppingOpen rates for email campaigns and fundraising messages have declined for the past three years, but those who have provided an email address are starting to churn out at a slower rate.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. We also feature content from the experts at The Sunlight Foundation, Network for Good, the NTEN community, a podcast from the CTK Foundation , and.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2013

Although we ask for feedback about NTEN''s programs and services each year in the Community Survey, this survey focused generally on online platforms and community engagement so everyone could share specific comments and suggestions based on the tools or online networks they use. We asked and you answered!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Registration for the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open! Once those are gone, be that tomorrow or December 17, the regular conference rate – $599 for Members, $799 for non-members – will apply through February 17. >Only 750 Early Bird tickets available. Register for the 2012 NTC today!

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2009

If there's one thing I've learned in my 6+ years at NTEN, it's that people love to hate their web sites. Perhaps that's why there are so many choices when it comes to CMS (oodles of which are rated in our CMS satisfaction survey ). Tags: OSS NPTech NTEN laura quinn websites foss content management CMS 09NTC.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

This year''s general sessions are a diverse line up that we at NTEN hope will help you continue to change the world through technology. It''s with this thinking that our opening plenary on Day 1 (Thursday, March 13) will feature 5-7 community members presenting an Ignite presentation about nonprofit technology on the main stage.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. With open source (specifically, in this case, Drupal ), all of the functionality is available already (except for the jet-packs and sinks -- those are still in beta). Oh, and jet-packs.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

From the crowds of nptechies and the pre-conference party to the keynotes and breakout sessions, Michael’s npEngage post highlights the top 10 Reasons to be at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (#14NTC) March13th – 15th. Ever struggle with How to Get Your Emails Opened and Read By the Right Person ?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Thanks to everyone who joined this quarter''s NTEN Town Hall! I''m so excited to have these regular opportunities to report out from NTEN, share udpates about our work, and hear directly from all of you. NTEN Update NTEN staff met in Portland for our winter staff meetings earlier in January. We call it the "rain drops".)

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! Rate each session from 1 (low) to 5 stars. Voting will be open through September 30th. Tags: events 11ntc conference event nten proposals sessions voting. Vote today! There are 25 proposals on each page. Fundraising.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

You can do the same for message opens, but clicks will be a better indicator of engagement. (We Click-through by Open. Awhile back, I wrote about "Unweighted Open Rates" ; "Click-through by Open" is that metric's compatriot: a measure of how effective your copy is at generating an action. And you really should.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. You can download the complete report from NonprofitMarketingGuide.com.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

In fact, we love it so much, the NTEN staff will send top-secret valentines to anyone who registers today. Register for the 2012 NTC >> If you can't register today, make sure you do it before Friday, when our NTC registration rates increase. All you have to do is register before midnight tonight, and we'll take care of the rest.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2011

Last week’s NTEN webinar on Google Analytics reached capacity FAST. Great for NTEN (they really know what the hot topics are huh) but a bummer for the people who didn’t get to register. Ad Words: Now includes new tracking features like bounce rates. Now you can have multiple navigation menus open at once.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2012

Now that we can all agree that it's 2012, we want to introduce you to the newest concept floating around the NTEN office: "amping up the awesome". Each year, the NTEN community raises $10,000, which is generously matched by Convio , to send 50 staff members, representing 50 different small nonprofits, to the NTC. Volunteer at the NTC.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Yet, critics seem unduly preoccupied with tools and/or the use of metrics like open and click rates and contrast that with proven skills of movement building and civil disobedience.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Do you know the average click-through and open rates on action alerts and fundraising appeals across the nonprofit sector? Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2014

Between now and July 31st, we''re offering the lowest rates to you, our amazing community members! Join NTEN as we launch this Summit on September 3-6 in San Francisco. The LCS experience is all about the movement from start to finish, from the opening plenary until the Idea Accelerator. Learn more about the LCS experience.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

In 2009, we learned that while respondents tended to rate individual systems as generally successful for managing specific parts of their organizational work (in the B to A range for most criteria), they graded their ecosystems as unsuccessful (generally C's and lower). > Find out more and get the report (free for NTEN Members!).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# This blog is rated 8.2 This news is so old it’s embarrassing – NPR opened up their content API. at 2:27 pm My blog has also been rated an 8.2 I suspect it’s their default rating. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! Way to go, NPR!

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2011

The 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study is a joint project of M+R Strategic Services and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). MESSAGE VOLUME AND FUNDRAISING RESPONSE RATE. But do organizations that send out more fundraising email get slapped on the wrist with lower response rates? UNSUBSCRIBE RATE AND FUNDRAISING RESPONSE RATE.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Only when you're ready to calculate a metric like response rate or conversion rate should you move from numbers to percentages. Let's say you want to track your email fundraising open rate. Imagine that those emails were opened by 13 people, 5 people and 8 people respectively. How's that work? Not too shabby.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Sixty-two percent of email is opened on a mobile device , so first and foremost your email campaigns (e-newsletters, fundraising appeals, event invites, welcome emails, thank you emails, etc.) Personalize your email campaigns and write short subject lines to maximize open rates. Embrace a mobile-first design strategy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Earlier this week, I wrote a post on about the NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. The whole point of the post was to crow about how positive the open source results were. NTEN did a great job of beginning to approach this topic, and it was great data. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools. million of them.)

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2014

Without this form, we won''t have the information necessary to grant you and your panelists options to get registered at the discount speaker rate, put your session information online to help promote your content, or get your session information in our program guide. Have questions or lost your code? Not a speaker this year?

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

Brett Meyer, NTEN. In the screen above, "comm_mem_act" refers to Communications staff who are Members of NTEN and active in our community. For example: Active IT Staffers who are Members of NTEN were clearly the most interested in this content -- not just by sheer visits, but by their Pages per Visit and Average Time on Site.

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