Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Finally, the webinar closes with a brief exploration of Flickr , Tumblr , and Instagram and discusses how your nonprofit can make your digital photo storytelling mobile. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Fall Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Finally, the webinar closes with a brief exploration of Flickr , Tumblr , and Instagram and discusses how your nonprofit can make your digital photo storytelling mobile. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Summer Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 5, 2012

Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012. Finally, the webinar closes with an exploration of Flickr , Tumblr , and Instagram and discusses how your nonprofit can make your digital photo storytelling mobile. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Summer Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012. Even though a large percentage of NGOs in Asia Pacific now regularly use social media in their online fundraising and communications campaigns, few social media practitioners in the NGO sector have been properly trained on how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

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MARCH 20, 2012

flickr: nonprofity Each year, the Nonprofit Technology Conference brings to its host city the largest and geekiest family reunion around, and this year is no exception. We try to provide many built in opportunities for attendees to connect, like the evening receptions, discussion tables at lunch, and the Science Fair.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Finally, the webinar closes with a brief exploration of Flickr , Tumblr , and Instagram and discusses how your nonprofit can make your digital photo storytelling mobile. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Summer Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Flickr: vernhart Thanks to the amazing efforts of the NTEN community, it's been a great Member Appreciation Month! As MAM festivities wind down, it's impossible to say thanks enough to the generous members who've made this special month possible by sharing their knowledge and time with all of us. A huge #NTENThanks for all your support!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Flickr Photo - NYPL Photo Booth. The photos from both are then immediately uploaded to a Flickr , where anyone can scroll through shots of the library’s enthusiastic patronage. Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: kharied The first week of Member Appreciation Month has come and gone and festivities are in full swing, all made possible by the terrific people who have given their time, knowledge, and support to the NTEN community.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Flickr: woodley wonderworks The second week of Member Appreciation Month is drawing to a close, but our appreciation for you, our Members, continues. Our work is your work and we share a goal in common: that you succeed in your mission of making the world a better place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 15, 2011

September 8: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use YouTube and Flickr (1.5 However, if I was to do it again, it would not be until April 2012. The cost is $50US for one webinar, or $95US for two webinars, or all three for $140US for individuals, or $119US per webinar for group viewing (presented to multiple individuals in one location).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

During the one-month challenge TechSoup will host a series of interactive trainings designed to help nonprofits produce a one-minute video or five-picture Flickr slideshow. provides training, resources, and inspiration to create and tell a compelling story. Don't Miss Our First Two Learning Sessions! Tuesday, January 31, 11:00 a.m.

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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. Wrap your head around the Cloud.

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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. Notice something strange about those tasks? The economy may be hopping four years from now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. There was a lot of buzz about crowdfunding in 2012: a video game called Star Citizen raised more than $7 million, Kickstarter banned nonprofits from using its platform (see #3 on that page), and a Tumblr popped up that takes aim at suspicious crowdfunding projects.

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JULY 30, 2012

SF Goodwill's CEO, Debbie Alvarez-Rodriguez Source: Flickr, Goodwill SF. Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012. regarding social media #SM4NP @ dalvarez1 of @ sfgoodwill — Jennifer Bullock (@JennyBullock) July 26, 2012. Karen Brown (@KarenRedRover) July 26, 2012. Beth Kanter (@kanter) July 26, 2012.

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APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

Flickr photo: Anne Helmond The Rob Stuart Memorial Award honors the spirit of the man who was so pivotal in creating our community. Past winner: 2012: The Story of Stuff , produced by Annie Leonard and Free Range Studios. Rob was a builder - of communities, of ideas, and of movements. 13ntc Community nten awards'

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Flickr: vernhart Like many folks in our community, I do not come from a tech background. So, when I first came to NTEN in the summer of 2012, I was a little overly conscious of my underdeveloped technology muscles.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

flickr: askdebra Chances are, if you've attended an NTC since 2008, you've met David Krumlauf. Officially the first 2012 NTC registrant, David kicked off his fundraising page , shared his NTEN story and sent out too many #NTENThanks tweets to count during the first week of Member Appreciation Month.

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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. Check out the campaign’s use of Flickr and Tumblr !

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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. The NTC is just 146 days away. NTEN Programs are growing and so is the Program Team to support it.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr. Winners, chosen by a panel of expert judges and the community, will receive products from award donor partners Cisco, Adobe, Flickr Citrix, Sliderocket, Blazon, SurveyMonkey, and more. WHEN: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Pacific time.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Flickr: Alexdecalvelo SXSW Interactive is offering 5 scholarships to attend the 2012 conference. Each of the five recipients will receive a complimentary SXSW Interactive badge for the 2012 SXSW Interactive Festival. Applications are due August 26th, at 11:59 PM PST.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

Check out the full playlist of videos on YouTube and gallery of photo sets on Flickr. Winners, chosen by a panel of expert judges and the community, will receive products from our award donor partners Cisco, Adobe, Flickr Citrix, Sliderocket, Blazon, SurveyMonkey, and more. RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Zen. The GEO 2012 conference is off to a great start. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey. A five-picture Flickr slideshow.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2012

Flickr: ATOMIC Hot Links Ahhh, Labor Day weekend: the barbeques and parades, the hot rod drag race finals, and the wistful goodbye to summer, white shoes, and seersucker suits. If you're in the Washington, DC area, the early bird registration rate for the AgileDC 2012 conference expires September 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Flickr Photo By PetroleumJelliffe. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas [.] Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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MARCH 18, 2012

Flickr photo by DoroQuez. GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Flickr: JenWaller If you think it's too hot outside to be crunching numbers or analyzing information, pour yourself a fresh glass of lemonade because this week's Member Round Up revolves around data – from a free tool for visualizing data to a hot-off-the press report about the state of hiring in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Flickr Photo by Salendron. I’ve been teaching content curation workshops this year and will teach it in the Middle East at the E-Mediat conference in March, 2012 (more about that in a later post). Does your nonprofit do content curation as part of its content strategy? It is a great technique to keep up with your field.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Flickr: Scott Beale Biking to work last week was like riding through that town in the Andromeda Strain: t here were no other commuters, no car exhaust to cough on while waiting at lights. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. It is great to see the results of a lot of hard work by everyone involved and looking forward to 2012 which will be an intensive year of designing, delivering, and reflecting on capacity building in networked approaches and social media skills outside of the US.

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MAY 17, 2013

Flickr: jasonshim By Jason Shim and Shubhagata Sengupta At Pathways to Education, we offer cross-cultural conflict resolution training called YOUCAN, and one of the first topics we cover with the students is that the analogy of an iceberg can be useful in understanding people.

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