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. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and a link to the report in a comment below. Published by NTEN. View: All NTEN Reports. Published by Blackbaud.

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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. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and a link to the report in a comment below. Published by NTEN. View: All NTEN Reports. Published by Blackbaud.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 30, 2010

Andrew Heller discussed the risks of oversharing in his NTEN blog post Social Media and Privacy: Best Practices for Managing Your Personal and Professional Identities. His basic advice: "Be Prepared. " His article and the comments provide some suggestions about how to separate the two. What about LinkedIn?

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NTEN

JANUARY 15, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . " to the NTEN community for showing how people-to-people fundraising online works.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Tag your posts and news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help me find your stories online!). Join the discussion in the post's comments! NTEN Members doing it right with Twitter: check out this NonProfit Times article about nonprofits using Twitter effectively.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

These reports are, however, some of the most valuable in terms of insight, useful and practical data, and how-to advice. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and the link to the report in a comment below. Published by NTEN. View: All NTEN Reports. Thank you. Published by Convio.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

She recently pinged me with this advice request: Beth, Hi, hope you're well, not sure if you remember me but. So, I'm blogging this and hoping my blog marketing guru friends with leave a comment with their best tip or advice. I had the pleasure of interviewing Alison Lowndes who works with children in Kenya last December.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

NTEN Member and Social Media Strategist, Lyndal Cairns , moderated the panel, and helped put together this blog post. NTEN Member, Beth Kanter, has a primer on content curation that''s a useful guide for getting started. Social media policy Pinterest board curated by NTEN Member, Debra Askanese. Community engagement.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

NTEN staff has finally recovered and we are positively overwhelmed with all the blog posts, videos, pictures, and other instances of the 14NTC celebration from the nonprofit technology community. Please let us know in the comments. The Power of Tech in Advocacy & Organizing 14NTC: We came, we tweeted, we played with Legos.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2012

On average, viral activity accounted for 32% of a fan page’s overall daily total reach – that means nearly a third of people saw an organization’s content because a friend created a story about the fan page (by sharing, commenting on, or liking the content from the page). You’ll have exclusive access to valuable findings and advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

It's great that NTEN let's anyone who is passionate about a topic set up an affinity group. Overview article from December NTEN newsletter. Amy Gahran's Advice on Using Flickr Photos As Source Material. Leave a comment with a url! Given my interest in flickr that's why I set one up last fall. Community-Powered Campaigns.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. Let’s talk about it in the comments below or in the Altru Community !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2008

Over the next six months, I will have the pleasure of working with NTEN and Holly Ross on a new community-driven funded by the Surdna Foundation. The inspiration for the process is what Michele Martin has done with her 30 days to better commenting challenges. Any advice before jumping off this cliff? What do you think?

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

The NTEN Community consistently learns and shares from each other, creating opportunities to highlight the work that we all do. Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Last week, one of NTEN's newest members, Linxter , released allAware , a free mobile app and web-based private social network for nonprofits.

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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

JULY 2, 2008

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. NTEN Tech Handbook.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2013

Once again, the NTEN community was full of recommendations for great places to check out on your NTC trip. Want more NTC advice? Share them in the comments! We previously posted your tips for navigating the NTC itself, but a fun part of the conference is also exploring the Minneapolis area. Check out our conference tips.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of April 21st).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Luckily, the NTEN Community is full of advice on places to go, things to do, dishes to eat, and how to navigate NTC like a pro. NTEN Education Director, Ash Shepherd recommends connecting with folks you may have heard of or interacted with online, but never met in person. We can''t wait to welcome you in Austin! Tips to add?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In a way, I feel like I'm on that show --but my car is NTEN's social media platforms, and my Xzibit is all of you, our awesome community of social media users and experts. While we don't work quite as fast as the electricians and mechanics on "Pimp My Ride", we're adding some bling to how we work with social media here at NTEN.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Community of Practice: Chat with Anne Kreamer NTEN / Community of Practice: Women in NPTECH / Fee: Free. Ask The Expert: Finding Funding for Technology Projects NTEN / Webinar #NTENlearn / Fee: Free / Members Only. Smart Nonprofit Marketing: Advice and Hacks for Working Faster, But Not Harder! July 23 — 2 p.m.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

Please let us know in the comments! Advice from #15NTC , Tessa Srebro, VolunteerMatch [2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference] Part 1 - How do I configure it? We ate BBQ by the pound , celebrated inspiring campaigns and community members , rode around on Segways , and did a lot of photoshopping. Did we miss anything?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

And I know there are plenty of folks out there who know the field really well at 50 ft, and can step in with the best advice. As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 5, 2008

I like getting email from Wes because he usually has great practical advice. . What's your advice to NTEN members? All commenters will receive a fun prize pack from NTEN! Flickr Photo: RXAPhoto Last week, I received a nice email from Wes Trochlil at Effective Database Management.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I did a webinar for NTEN on it – ReadyTalk worked just fine. I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2009

My colleague, Steve Heye ,and fellow chapter author for the NTEN book, Managing Your Mission To Meet Technology , created the above slidedeck for a career training workshop at the YMCA. It's about using social networking tools to support your career. Leave me a comment with pointer to your blog post or best resources or del.icio.us

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. Today, we tackle the first in a series of posts in which the CTOs offer their advice for the job by finishing the sentence "You're doing it wrong if…" 1. Tell us in the comments. Either way, communicating effectively means communicating clearly.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a feature article in the June 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. The advice is not to go online or check email until you get your three things done, but that is very hard for me – given so much of my work is online. Let us know in the comments!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

With that in mind, the AIDS.gov team compiled some advice about what it takes to use Twitter effectively to engage with our audiences. These email updates share information on new followers, blog subscribers, comments, retweets, video views, etc., Tags: how-to NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Plan ahead. Make it known.

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NTEN

JULY 21, 2009

Flickr Photo by Trainer62 One of the reasons you're part of NTEN is because we help you stay connected to your nptech colleagues. Because we try to be nimble and evolve to serve you better, we've been reading comments from the NTEN Community Survey and thinking about things you've told us at other times.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN roger burks Social Media Communications. Roger Burks, Mercy Corps.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Then, since you know some things about running, you might offer some training advice, nutrition ideas, or cool clothes to wear. We provide advice, training, support, or a tool to help. Of course I'm oversimplifying things like culture change (and so many other elements), but can read the NTEN book for those ideas.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2011

Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! The Chronicle of Philanthropy summarized the debate nicely and features advice from Beth Kanter. Share your links in the comments! Luckily, our members take the time to share their knowledge, experience, and resources with the nonprofit community. Have more news to share?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 15, 2007

He provides exactly the kind of advice that will help organizations connect with their donors. For instance, I’m reading the book, Made to Stick , and this week’s post by Jeff at Donor Power talks about taglines that organizations use – how they make internal sense, but don’t make sense to people outside.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07 It appears, from perusing the documentation, that someone in Kintera saw the light, and included PHP code.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. A: We got this same question a few times during last year’s webinar, so we offered up some advice for growing an email list through Facebook , and vice versa. Let us know in the comments below!

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