NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study covers just about everything we think you should be tracking to fully understand your online program's effectiveness. Are my results different? Steve Peretz, M+R Strategic Services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2010

Some have even declared it to be the “ Twitter of 2010 “ I am not so sure about that, but it is fun. It is Different. I’ll be doing a couple more blog posts on FourSquare over the next month and the site will likely add a lot of new features in 2010 (I’m excited!), Cities should be spelled out.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

That said, there are real policy issues being debated today that could have a tremendous impact on how you get your work done. In this edition of our 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference podcast, I chat with Laura Efurd from Zero Divide. Tags: 10NTC Laura Efurd Leadership Policy zerodivide. Her session, " Got Gov?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. Released: March 3, 2010. Updated: February 5, 2010. Updated: February 11, 2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2010

Seemingly every time I login to Facebook these days, something is different. Not unless you have 10,000 fans or the Page admin works with their ads account manager. For example, see the “Make a Difference&# and “Get Informed&# boxes on the left of EcoViva’s Facebook Page. Tags: Facebook. Not anymore.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) Kerri Karvetski points to this article about the important differences between Facebook and Twitter, and reminds nonprofit communicators to understand what this means for their advocacy efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It's a compilation of ideas from 70 big thinkers about what to think about in 2010. It's a quick read. How has connectedness changed the way you're working? How do you manage the balance between the two modes of working? Tags: Information Coping Skills.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2010

I’m getting my bags packed to fly to Atlanta for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference and discovered that I have 4 copies of Social by Social left – and I’m going to give them away! This work is still pretty new and there isn’t a simple model to follow. What you are working on. About Social by Social.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. Those unsubscribe numbers don’t indicate that you should stop or change that message, but that you should work to more closely segment your list and target your messages.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

You may have noticed that we're celebrating NTEN Member Appreciation Month -- a way of saying thank you to the NTEN members who support each other and the work of this community throughout the year. Tags: community buzz member appreciation nten members. L og in here to retrieve your discount code.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily. Text communications are new for the organization and I have been thrilled to be part of the team working on the project. It helped people connect and experience Advocacy Day 2010 from their homes. Tags: The Book.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

Getting construction work done on your house will make life difficult sometimes. I’ve been thinking a lot about different kinds of electronic communications, and what their advantages and disadvantages are. It makes sense that can make a difference in how people respond to appeals.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Clicking on 2010 Presentations , for example, now let’s you browse through individual posts for every presentation and speaking engagement from 2010 (so far). NOTE: I’ve only been able to archive 2010 and 20009 so far, but all presentations will be in this format very soon. That’s how I found Matt!

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

As Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Non-Profits approaches this October 21-22, 2010 in Washington, DC, I’m working with colleagues to put the finishing touches on my sessions, and one in particular — one of my favorite topics — is simply too much fun to not share here: Targeted Content*. What is Targeted Content?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation, I’ll be heading to the Independent Sector ’s Annual Conference “ Forging a Stronger Future Together ” in Atlanta October 20-22 with over 500 leaders from from across the nonprofit and philanthropic community. Darell Hammond, co-founder and CEO of KaBOOM!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2010

We are sharing our research in the early stages to help identify other case studies we should profile and to get feedback on our working hypothesis. on November 5, 2010. For nonprofits and causes, having the right corporate partner can leverage the impact of the social change work. Tags: Housekeeping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

The 3rd annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit will take place on September 15, 2010 from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT , with over 800 women from across the US and abroad in the non-profit, political and business world and featuring an incredible lineup of thought provoking panels featuring technology change makers. Tags: Conferences womenwhotech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We know that video can connect people to the work you do every day in a ways simple text just can’t match. So how can we put the interest in video to work for our organizations, specifically your year-end fundraising? In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. That shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 5, 2009

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference held each Spring is always THE place to be for nonprofit techies: whether you work in a nonprofit organization or with one, are totally technical or fell into your techie job, like social media or like wiring an office. The 10NTC will be April 8-10, 2010, in Atlanta, GA - mark your calendars now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Two different green campaigns were launched this week with different objectives and strategies. What's different about the tone of this campaign is that it using happiness, love, and optimism as the core drivers. Two different green campaigns were launched this week with.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. There is a constant need to reach out to more supporters who exist on different (evolving) social platforms, and cultivate a personal relationship with them. It says that 22.7%

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base. Having tools in place to help you monitor, measure, and evaluate your work in real time will help you be more successful with your campaign, better engage with the community, and make more lasting change in the long run. View more presentations from womenwhotech.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

When we started Zoetica, as its founders – Beth Kanter , Geoff Livingston , and Kami Huyse – we wanted it to be a different kind of company. When considering a launch party for Zoetica at SxSW interactive, we wanted it to be different from the party atmosphere that pervades the culture of the conference. Tags: zoetica.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

It was the hottest “buzz word&# of the last decade — And if you ask ten people to describe it, you could get ten very different answers. This can only happen if we work together. " Deadline: January 31, 2010. It's a must-read! "Collaboration. "Collaboration. Which ones need improvement?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. I do wish they had a tag cloud add on for blogs, too. to Ma.gnolia. Sometimes, but not generally.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. It's worth taking the time to set up a different page for each traffic source. How's that work? Steve Peretz, M+R Strategic Services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It also means fewer options. And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Consolidation among vendors means that some customers will be dealing with different (and larger, potentially less friendly) entities. Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 It also means fewer options. And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

I had originally planned to talk about RSS/XML after tagging, but I decided instead to hold off on that as a start on the posts about the inner guts of Web 2.0. I have pretty much always understood the difference between blogs and websites – but I recently got a better feeling as I was redoing my own website. Such is life.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

Meyer Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Oregon, USA, that has a pioneering spirit and is always up to something new, different, and meaningful – plus it is quite near to my heart. Ideas can be submitted and commented on until July 13, 2010. Oregon’s issues go far beyond what nonprofits do,” he said. “We

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. Technorati Tags: media , opensource , economics , peer2peer { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 John Powers 11.16.06 The middle way isn’t splitting the difference. Or given up?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. It’s deeper than engagement, and longer than campaigns. org before?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

I am working on several projects, both collective and personal. And, of course, not everyone I work with is choosing the same to do list or project manager. And even if they were, they might not integrate well (For example, I use three different Basecamp accounts – which don’t integrate with each other.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

Understandably, it has come to be somewhat different than I designed it back then, but it still feels good that something that I worked hard on is still serving people. I sat for hours (or days) at a time in front of my screen without contact with the folks I was doing the work for.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I guess that’s where it gets interesting when you work with a CMS, right? It’s the same, really, with Drupal, only different. Technorati Tags: cms , drupal , joomla { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Photopoppy 04.17.07 And we use plone for a lot of things in the organization I work for now.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

All of these strategies take time and resources, but of different kinds. Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09 We worked with Ianncomm for the Drupal development and Frazny for the Salesforce work. 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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