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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use connection technologies to advance sustainable development in advance of the June USRIO2.o Bridging Social Technologies and Sustainable Development: Social Squared – Guest Post by Kriss Deliglmeier. conference (Rio+2.0:

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MARCH 8, 2016

Here’s two programs that use technology to support women and girls and are an inspiration. Early last year my colleague Noel Dickover and his co-workers at PeaceTech Lab organized a workshop in Mumbai, India to help activists use technology and media to prevent gender based violence. The Tech Girls of Dharavi.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Over the past two decades of teaching workshops to nonprofits on the use of technology for mission-driven work and more recently on the use of online networks and data, people come workshops with different degrees of organizational readiness to embrace change that is needed to be successful.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Note from Beth: Innovation was the buzzword at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less, Guest Post by Laura Quinn and Chris Bernard. Flickr Photo by Nielio.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

back then) and being the one of the visionaries behind the Netsquared project. So, when Marnie starts talking about the next big disruptive technology for the nonprofit sector, I listen. We still have significant externalities that impact organizations’ ability to take advantage of technology. And the cloud helps that.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Nonprofit Technology #FAILS: How to “Fail Informatively”. A Unified Voice for the Nonprofit Technology Community: Possibility or Herding Cats? How Technology is Recontextualizing Service in the 21st Century.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Taking an Internet or technology break is important, especially if you live a constantly connected lifestyle. (It It isn’t easy at first) Above all it helps you examine your relationship with technology and find balance. We’re all struggling with balance of technology and a purposeful life.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Their strategy focuses on technology and partnerships that can accelerate systemic on the ground social change and economic issues. “ Unleashing Technology. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. View more presentations from Akhtarbad.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I've been a proud member of the Nonprofit Technology community since, yikes, 1993 and a part of NTEN/NTC community since the early days. This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference will be my 11th one. . This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference will be my 11th one. Well, that alone was enough for me.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

If there is one thing that is unverisal around the world - it's that Technology Conferences have schwag. Well off to the opening session followed by the Social Innovation Honors which recognizes innovation in the use of information technology that brings about positive and sustainable social change.

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APRIL 19, 2010

I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992. I was Jill of all trades, assisting with a wide range of technology needs, from training to installing local area networks. (Yes, Photo by Eurleif. Yes, I used to crawl under desks and plug in wires.). (Yes, Yes, I used to crawl under desks and plug in wires.).

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APRIL 6, 2010

This year the Nonprofit Technology Conference turns 10! At 3:30, I'll be presenting with Kivi Leroux Miller " Designing Technology Trainings That People Love " and since it is the last session of the conference, we've incorporated a wine tasting! I've been going for the past nine years and every year it is like a family reunion.

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APRIL 19, 2012

Daniel Ben-Horin from TechSoup Global wrote a thought provoking post over at the SSIR about generational differences in nonprofits when it comes to trying to scale social change strategies using social technologies. Here are some excerpts: The tension between generations on scaling social change ideas with technology.

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JANUARY 20, 2009

Kaliya Hamlin, who is the founder of She's Geeky , a women and technology conference taking place in Mountain View, CA on January 30-31st was also on the list. Fast Company responded with " The Most Influential Women in Technology." is the queen of nonprofit technology in the UK. The post sparked heated debate. Holly Ross.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

NTEN and Jossey-Bass/Wiley is hosting the " Online NTC ," a 2-day online conference based on the book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. It is a learning event to help you better understand how to manage technology. What You Get: Knowledge and skills from top experts and leaders in nonprofit technology.

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JUNE 17, 2008

AppAfrica is series of international technology conferences and forums for software developers, entrepreneurs, ngo???s s and others interested in discussing how web technologies can benefit developing nations. The first event will be held July 31 at Makerere University.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

NTEN is hosting the Online Nonprofit Technology Conference - a two-day virtual conference taking place on September 16 and 17th. The conference speakers are a veritable list of who is who in the nonprofit tech world and you get a free copy of " Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission." You can register here.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Technology for Communities project. The Technology for Communities project was started off by Nancy, John, and Etienne. On The Digital Habits: Stewarding Technology Communities blog , Nancy, John, and Etienne have compiled a Action Notebook with detailed worksheets to help you make decisions about selecting tools in the context.

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

The session was called "Funding Technology Projects" and was moderated by Jeff Forster. Here's the first segment about how to keep up with learning about technology. Some key points that resonated: Mackie spoke about the issue of nonprofits keeping up to speed in technology and how difficult it was. You need a network.

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JULY 9, 2009

Submitted by Paul Lamb, Principal of Man On A Mission Consulting As an avid promoter of technology for social change, and as an active participant in a community of faith, I have often wondered why the two worlds remain so segregated? It's a missed opportunity IMHO. Fortunately there are some murmurings.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

The technology is moving fast, but we are slowing down to have a conversation to get you started using the generative AI tools for productivity and creativity. Join me for a LinkedIn Live for a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies to learn how your nonprofit can get AI ready in 2024.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

In the past six years since we started researching AI and nonprofits, we’ve seen the technology evolve and the price come down In the last few months, this new generation of “creator tools” such as GPTChat (text/writing) and Dalle-E for images have been available more broadly for public review and testing.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2008

NTEN has just announced its forthcoming book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders. It was written by NTEN members for nonprofit leaders who want to harness the power of technology to support their work. . The book will be published in March 2009.

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JANUARY 30, 2008

When this is published, I'm be flying down to Austin, Texas for the Legal Services TIG conference to do a session on ROI and Nonprofit Technology and a workshop on Social Media. | View | Upload your own. The ROI presentation is not focused on Social Media but will most definitely inform the panel at NTC. Notes for the ROI session are here.

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MARCH 1, 2007

Instead, I dip into the NpTech Tag Stream and notice this post from NTEN about a new book about nonprofits and technology. Authors will be at NTC) It strikes me that the circuit rider is somewhat similar to what Nancy White talks about in terms of technology stewards. As one organization providing such services defines the group: ???Circuit

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JANUARY 9, 2008

NTEN is offering a series of webinars on Technology Leadership with John Kenyon. These webinars will allow you to get more done with the same resources by giving you the information and skills you need to understand many aspects of technology. Measure Twice and Cut Once: Technology Planning, Budgeting and Implementation (1/31/2008).

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Devi shared some inspiring examples of how the technology can serve missions and stakeholders, including disaster response organizations leveraging AI to predict and respond to crises more efficiently, and educational nonprofits using AI for tailored learning experiences.

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DECEMBER 21, 2006

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. There may be some successful applications of a technology, but there are typically more failures.

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AUGUST 24, 2007

She's Geeky - Kaliya Hamlin, the expert of unconfernces, is putting together this unconference for women who work in technology, both nonprofit and for-profit. John Kenyon is doing a series of Webinars for NTEN on technology leadership. (In I'm going to try to make it. In this session, we???ll

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DECEMBER 15, 2006

via Nancy White Nancy White, John Smith , and Etienne Wenger are working a report about use of technology tools for Communities of Practice. There is a section in the report that describes the role of the Community Technology Steward and Nancy was reflecting that last week. " Who is the technology steward in your organization?

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work. The article highlights some of the themes in our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World , coming out in March, 2022.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations should recognize that AI, like other technology, could exacerbate the blurring of work/life boundaries by pushing workers to remain constantly ‘on’. We must not accept any technology as the default solution for our problems. A few insights about the need to focus on humanizing AI. everything is a computational challenge.

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AUGUST 2, 2007

The Nonprofit Technology Sector. Research for and about technology/people. or maybe you just care about the issues facing women as they work in or around technology development??? Women who are passionate about building technology that???s This is an unconference so it will have an agenda created by the people who attend.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

I'm going to continue to play and reflect and learn about technology tools and how they can be used to support nonprofits and to create instructional material. To be a better story teller as it relates to use of technology with nonprofits - less focus on the tools. Keep things in draft a little longer.

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MAY 24, 2006

His other article is titled " Questions As Technology ," and while it was written in 2002, it still resonates: Because the new information landscape is streaming by at supersonic speeds, we find ourselves working overtime to ??? What I like most is the Unanswerable Questions.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Unlike other types of technology, generative AI is easy to use, as simple as typing in a question or what is called a prompt.Until people put their hands on the technology, they may have a misconception that they have to be technically savvy or know how to code to become skilled in copiloting.

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JANUARY 20, 2008

I'm working on workshop curriculum and a presentation about ROI and Nonprofit Technology for Legal Services Conference. The full report is here ) I wonder if all or some of these are relevant for nonprofit technology? Photo by Sean Drellinger. I'm focusing on Part 4: Effective Ways to Make Your Case. Numbers alone won't do it.

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