NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Session proposals for the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference are due Friday, August 12. The submission process is open through August 12th, The first step is to: > Review the session submission guidelines. The 2012 NTC will take place in San Francisco, April 3-5. b) Tap into the expertise you've gained on the job.

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NTEN

MARCH 2, 2012

If you didn't have enough reasons to attend the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , here's one more: the first ever Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals. ThinkShout is facilitating an NTC Drupal Day on April 3rd, 2012, the first day of the NTC.

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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

In another 2013 study conducted by Blackbaud found that “response and click through rates in nonprofit email campaigns declined by 16% and 18.7%, from 2012.” How can your nonprofit’s next email campaign avoid the trash bin, and improve its open and click-through rates? But what are donors looking for? Entity type.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Sometimes, the generosity of spirit in the NTEN community simply floors me. We've raised $11,457 to convene more local gatherings in 2012. > Please make a gift to support nonprofit technology in 2012. But it's you, the NTEN community, that really tells us – and each other – what's important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. It’s for this reason that Accuracy in Media made my 2012 Favorite Nonprofits list. WWF Mobile. WWF Desktop. It will make a strong impression.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2011

We were excited to have our first 2012 NTC Community Call last Tuesday! This year, we’re going to include a mix of educational and community programming to Day 1, starting off with a Welcome Reception. It will be open to all attendees, but it will include member recognition and the Member Awards.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. Everything's Local: Using Online Tools to Transform Communities.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the 2012 NTC is a wrap. As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. NTCwinning 1: The Community Photo by Trav Williams You. The community showed up for the 2012 NTC. 1772 to be exact.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

but the passion of the community was unbridled and big. John Kenyon , Michael Stein , Deborah Elizabeth Finn , Robert Weiner , Jane Meseck , Michael Gilbert , and Beth Kanter are just a few of amazing the community members who have been with NTEN as long as I have. But the real reason for our success is you - the community.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. Everything's Local: Using Online Tools to Transform Communities.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There were signs of life out there in our community nonetheless, which we've wrangled together to help you get back into the swing of things. This week Chase launched the voting period for the 2012 Chase Community Giving program which will award $5 million in grants to 196 charities.

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NTEN

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off on Tuesday and the event to attend is the Science Fair! The Science Fair opens at 3 pm in the Grand Ballroom, check out the full exhibitor list on myNTC. In celebration of our 40th birthday on April 1, 2012, CDS Global is bringing the party to NTC 2012! CDS Global.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Many of you participated in the NTEN Community Survey earlier this year. As part of that survey, we told participants they could enter their emails to win free registration to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Well, now that registration for the conference is open – and Early Bird spots are going fast ! –

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

But a shifting communications environment and changing donor demographics could render those best practices ineffective at best, and obsolete at worst, as early as 2012. Raising money in 2012 will require creativity and foresight. Get accustomed to using social media to communicate with all of your potential donors.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. From the Open Government section of the site, there are links to access other government data sites for specific US states, cities, countries, and agencies, as well as 35 international open data sites.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Flickr: Alexdecalvelo SXSW Interactive is offering 5 scholarships to attend the 2012 conference. The scholarships are open to anyone using new media channels to tackle community problems –including nonprofit leaders, grassroots organizers, individual citizens and civic-minded entrepreneurs.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

In 2012, Yannis hopped over the fence at the Roger’s Centre in Toronto during a Blue Jays baseball game and started running across the field. We have gone beyond having organizational pages, and many staff members have created individual profiles to provide an additional channel in which they can communicate with youth who are in our program.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

As a result, the dataset is only complete through 2012. The fact that the $78 million awarded for technology funding in 2011 declined to $61 million in 2012 and $58 million in 2013 does not necessarily indicate a trend. Only Six Foundations Provide the Majority of NPTech Grants. Time for Other Heavy Hitters to Step Up.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

2012 NTC Feature. It’s already February, and the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is only two months away ! We want to make sure you make the most of the social and networking events at the 2012 NTC, so this week we’re filling you in on the NTC Connect Track and other opportunities to connect with the NTC Community.

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Care2

JANUARY 2, 2012

Next year, the Internet is opening up to allow for thousands of new Internet extensions. The one that is most important to the nonprofit community is the.ngo domain, short for non-governmental organization. And it would be beneficial to the nonpr ofit community if this nonprofit managed the.ngo domain rather then a corporate entity.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Flickr photo by leighblackall By the end of 2011, NTEN will have produced over 100 educational webinars and 3 in-person local events, with many more in 2012. So, I'm thrilled to announce a job opening for NTEN’s Educational Program Manager. The NTC is just 146 days away.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

And if you need a little inspiration, then look no further than your fellow NTEN community members, some of whom have recently received recognition for their work. In 2012, our friends at Idealist.org surveyed over 1,000 U.S.-based

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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

APRIL 27, 2012

Flickr: NTEN: Nonprofit Technology We're still catching our breath from the NTC earlier this month, but the nonprofit technology community is as active as ever this week! If you attended the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , our amazing photographer may have snapped your photo. Have more news to share?

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 Debra Askanase is the Principal and Online Engagement Strategist at Community Organizer 2.0 , a digital strategy and engagement consulting firm.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2012

To honor these heroes, Care2 is today announcing the start of open voting to select the winner of our second annual "Care2 Impact Prize," which recognizes individuals in the nonprofit sector who have made an outstanding impact on the field of online advocacy, online fundraising or both.

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NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. This year, we hope you'll join the nonprofit technology community in San Francisco, April 3-5.

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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.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

An additional gift of up $3,500 (US) worth of Cisco products to help each winning org harness the power of human and technology networks to multiply their impact on the people and communities they serve. That's encouraging, but 2012 is a new year and the contest organizers want to make sure as many amazing nonprofits enter as possible.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Online community is pretty amazing stuff. Meetings range from happy hours, to speaker presentations, to open discussions, and other formats and covering a range of relevant subjects. ConnectVA partnered with NTEN in 2012 in launch a local club in Central VA. 501 Tech Club community Community local events nptech nten Program'

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Q: Does this include offline giving too?

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Q: Does this include offline giving too?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. ” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. The big news is that the new draft taxonomy is now live and online and open to public comment. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source."

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NTEN

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Whatever your passion – from mapping urban trees to advising nonprofits or building apps to make information more accessible – tune in to your ever-active nonprofit technology community to be inspired and stay connected! You can download your free copy of The State of Grantseeking Spring 2012 here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. They're looking for newer videos created no earlier than January 1, 2012. Nonprofits Using Google+ Communities.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2012

Community TechKnowedge just featured a great piece on David and his work on their blog. Blogs and social media are critical communication tools for nonprofits. Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) announced the 2012 Producers Institute for New Media Technologies and call for entries. Feel the love at the Nonprofit 2.0

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