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Reflecting on NTEN Publications Accomplishments in 2011: We Launched a Digital Journal for Nonprofit Leaders!

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Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. We also wanted to make the journal interactive: like all of NTEN programming and resources, we wanted it to be a launching pad to connect you with peers, colleagues, and other resources in the community.

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The Questions Every Nonprofit Should Ask About Sensitive Data

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The lack of greater public outcry regarding the volume of data breaches is perplexing when you consider recent poll data from Gallup and Unisys. According to an October 2009 Gallup poll , 66% of all U.S. The issue of identity theft ranks higher among poll participants than the issues of terrorism, burglary, sexual assault and murder.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

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On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Having an agreement with another organization in an alternate location to provide services from there.

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It’s my social graph, darn it!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There has been quite the dustup, started by Facebook kicking Richard Scoble off, because he’d violated the Facebook terms of service. There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph. January 4, 2008 Some interesting things are happening in Web2.0

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

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You’ve likely encountered it when you call a customer service number and are prompted with instructions to press numbers for different issues or service departments.) . At Radio Maria, Sullivan and the group used the IVR very simply, almost as a “glorified voicemail service.” You can have a voicemail service.” .

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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

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Here's our list of ten cool companies or services that make use of real-time web in what they do: 10. YourVersion and LazyFeed are two real-time discovery services that unearth blog posts, web pages and other resources about topics of interest to users. These services are fun and useful. Real-Time Discovery.

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Transparency and Fundraising: Is There a Connection?

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Little effort was traditionally expended, however, to ascertain whether, in fact, those services (and the resources expended) had made any appreciable difference whatsoever upon the underlying issues whose symptoms they were meant to address.1 Ken Berger is President and CEO of Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading charity rating service.