NTEN

MAY 20, 2011

Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! In the News A big congratulations to John Merritt for his nomination and award as a 2011 Top Tech Exec from San Diego Magazine ! Have more news to share?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2013

These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. 3) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. Published by NTEN. View: All NTEN Reports. 11) 2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The 2011 NTC saw the release of the latest " Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report ". > Download the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report More than 11,000 nonprofit professionals filled out this year's survey, sponsored by NTEN, Common Knowledge, and Blackbaud, generating a veritable cornucopia of data. >

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. 6) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 11) 2012 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. Published by NTEN. Published by mGive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The survey fundings are based on a sample nonprofit CEOs whose organizations are receiving funding from foundations giving at least $5 million annually in grants called the “Nonprofit Voice,” with 170 respondents answering the questions on this survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. 8) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. 13) 2012 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey :: Download. Published by NTEN. Published by mGive.

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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. To start with, we conducted a survey (tweet tweet!) And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011. is through mobile devices!

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. In our latest survey, we decided to ask about technology staffing levels differently. This gives us (and you) a more comparable metric.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

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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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.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. Data carry enormous potential. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." And rightly so.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

[Note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team. In fact, a more sophisticated survey package could be considerably more difficult to use.

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APRIL 23, 2011

There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population. " Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., "Yes, there will be high profile mistakes, but tell me there haven’t been virus infestations and data breaches within hundreds, if not thousands of small not-for-profits. but all over the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

NTEN – Here's a great run-down from Amy Luckey of the process to use in exploring and evaluating your organization's impact. And she uses NTEN as an example so you can see all the work we've been doing to figure this out for our strategic plan, too: "What does your organization do?

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AUGUST 8, 2011

If you are a social media data junky, then you are in luck because M&R and NTEN recently analyzed Facebook statistics for the 40 organizations surveyed in their 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. The Wildlife/Animal Welfare sector had the highest ratio of Facebook users to email subscribers at 242 per 1000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones? Certainly, these and other questions would be a good start for a survey. Also, there is secondary data to review and your web site analytics. Is mobile on your organization’s radar for 2011? Qwerty Monsters.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of Master Fundraisers – those that brought in more than $100,000 – were small organizations and a further 8% were medium-sized. Gain exclusive access to data from the Benchmark Report. Discover three year trends and changes from 2010.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. The standard nonprofit data points come from fundraising, communications, programs, and finance so consider these sources when gathering your team. After the data is collected, organize the information into similar categories (i.e.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

[This is part two of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. > Download the 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report. You can download the complete report for free here.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. For example, 13% of handhelds are smartphones, but account for 78% of data traffic and there are 180 billion text messages monthly. 3.) Data ecosystems – integrating client data into mobile phones as the “last mile&# for delivery.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2012

In the second half of 2011, when we set out to look at the “State of the Nonprofit Cloud”, we weren’t sure what to expect—and what we found after surveying US nonprofits and conducting follow-up interviews was that it’s somewhat.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

"Text [3-digit Eval Code] to 69866" were the only directions needed, at which point the system would text back with the first question in the survey and prompt the user to text back their answer. This was followed by each of the evaluation questions (pre-recorded by NTEN's own Holly Ross) and a prompt for their answers.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Helps data integrity (verify mailing address; find out interests). #3 MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, 2011 MarketingSherpa Email Marketing Benchmark Survey.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Gwen Emmons and Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services Start early. We all know we should do it.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

I was fortunate enough to be invited to be a guest speaker at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. A 2003 survey of employers found that the cost of adaptation to accommodate employees with disabilities was $500 or less. By Terry Booth, Media Director, PLUK. It all started back in March of this year. Dixon, K.A.,

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. Click & Pledge Free I-POD ClientTrack by Data-Systems International Stop by our booth for a demo of ClientTrack™Online Case Management and Reporting Software. Ask for details during your demo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2011

Spitfire’s useful SMART chart planning tool has been used by many nonprofits and was adapted for social media for nonprofits by NTEN’s WeAreMedia project several years ago. Often, there is too much data collected and not enough sense-making of it. Many organizations think more data is better.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data." " She maintains that we are only at the beginning of learning how to use data well for social purposes and philanthropy. Having project managed TechSoup Global's 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey , I can heartily agree with that.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I'm live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The survey was distributed online only. Get the full Millennial Donor Report You can get the full report, review charts and data, and more at: [link]. This session focuses on Millennial Donors, with Angela White from JGA presenting.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Speaking of data, contribute some of your own valuable thoughts to The State of Grantseeking Fall 2012 survey until October 12. The idea behind these surveys is to take the pulse of grantseeking and determine the status of philanthropy in the U.S. I don't want to spoil any surprises; read it all here. Let the tree hunt begin!

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