NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). NTEN is People! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. Members are in bold. Nice work! .

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

During my 7 year tenure at NTEN, I''ve had the pleasure of looking at a lot of data, and figuring out ways to use that data in strategic ways to drive the organization and our community forward. Specifically, members who had registered for at least one NTEN event over the course of the year were 37% more likely to renew.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” The tool will pool the data from these three sources and do analysis of online giving habits in the US, practically in real time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

NTEN and M&R also released their report, the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. We plan to follow up with additional posts that include analysis (stay tuned!), Email opens sees minimal change from previous year, but double digit decline in CTRs. Given the breadth of the data points, you may ask yourself what should I read?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Members are in bold. Thanks, Debra!

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

”" Microsites for Nonprofits: Your Questions Answered | NTEN – "What do you do when you want to give extra publicity to a specific cause or campaign? Thanks to Deanna Zandt for being so thoughtful and smart in her analysis: "Let’s break down why the meritocracy myth is both so pervasive and problematic.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2013

It might''ve been Memorial Day weekend, but baseball and barbecues are hardly the only things going on with NTEN members. There''s less than a month to register for the 10th Anniversary Games for Change Festival , New York City''s largest gaming event. The NTEN community (that''s you!) Register now to get your ticket!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

NTEN's own Amy Sample Ward co-authored a book with longtime NTEN Member Allyson Kapin. No surprise that it's about how technology can help you change the world. Yes, it's up to all of us to use technology to create more social change and not just more toys. NTEN's next CEO ? [Ed. Thank goodness for altruists, then.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2018

” If you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans, we’ll also be leading a featured session “ The Age of Automation: Bots, AI, and the Struggle for Humanity.” For example, artificial intelligence can do a facial recognition analysis of hundreds and thousands of photos in minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! I also ask for feedback on what exercises or content in the workshop helped learning and what should be changed.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

It's important not to forget that your organization is made up of people and, therefore, consideration for the effects of the technology change on these people is important to the success of the project. Technology change is not new. The effects of a technology change on people are not new either. Communication.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. An analysis of the past 36 months of online giving continues to show positive growth despite challenging economic conditions. Ongoing Research and Analysis.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. flickr.com/photos/mikebaird. In MultiChannel Donors: Real?

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

This September 3-6, NTEN will debut the Leading Change Summit. How do we measure social change? How do you think technology will change the way we make social change in 10 years? Data lcs Leadership leading change summit matt groch Strategy' Matt will show us how.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Definition: An analysis that looks at the benefits, costs, and value of a technology project over time. It may require internal culture change – proactive listening and experiments. Investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

I believe this is because it is so difficult to measure behavior change. Data Analysis. This conversation explored common pitfalls to analysis approaches and how to avoid them. The dashboard shows rough sentiment analysis, # of mentions and links. How do you analyze your social media data?

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2013

NTEN has got you covered. Check out our Communities of Practice , and don''t forget whether you''re a beginner or a journeyman, NTEN''s extensive research archives are always there to help you succeed. Change Management Leadership' Don''t worry. Been doing this for a while and need some personalized resources? That''s okay too.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. The analysis represents the largest study of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. An analysis of the past 36 months of online giving continues to show positive growth despite challenging economic conditions. Ongoing Research and Analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Wordle of Words Participants Use To Define ROI Yesterday I taught the fifth and final webinar as part of NTEN/TechSoup Global Webinar Series: Social Media and Storytelling. As you can see the words paint a picture of a traditional ROI analysis, with the emphasis on quantitative, measurable results.

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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. Socio-economic variables can be extracted from the ACS directly into a Shapefile for mapping or other forms of analysis and modeling.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis. Blackbaud's analysis of approximately 2,000 nonprofit clients found an average online gift of $152.12

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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 resulting curriculum which will live on this wiki and will also cover important organizational adoption issues, strategy, ROI analysis, as well as the tools.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Together, participants collaborate, innovate, and discover new ways to spark change with technology. Every year NTEN uses a community-driven process to develop the agenda. Conducting a comprehensive landscape analysis: undergoing a full technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics audit to understand the state of play.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2010

I don't know enough statistical analysis to tell you how many possible combinations you could work into AdWords, but I suspect it's a lot. We've got the Google Grants Team itself to guide you through the basics and cover the recent changes to the Grants process. > Tags: adwords Google google grants NPTech NTEN.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

and the leaves are starting to change color. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Seattle, Washington: Preparing for FLSA Overtime Rule Change (Tacoma).

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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. Thanks again to Allyson Kapin and the Women Who Tech team, as well as all those at NTEN who made the webinars happen!

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Each year, we at NTEN work hard to make the NTC a more environmentally sustainable event -- this year we even have carbon offsets for travelers! Our high-quality data management and analysis software enable nFocus Solutions'' clients to achieve clear, well-defined results that change the world.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Don’t be afraid to ask for what you’re worth, and decide by market analysis. Contract length can vary by length of project — put a protection “woe&# clause in case other things get out of control or change in a way that will affect the time and resources needed. Tags: Consulting NTEN.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2012

What are the skills and mindsets that nonprofits need to embrace data for social change? The result is a shift from ad hoc data analysis and simple (though detailed) record-keeping to a systematic approach to improving their programs and campaigns by using data. Beth Kanter. Beth's Blog.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. Using unstructured qualitative data alone is pretty stupid unless you bring intelligence analysis, link to a quantitative analysis, and link it back to decisions. Do only numbers matter? Make data-driven decisions only, don't trust your gut ever.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

Promise that a root cause analysis will be delivered to all interested parties after crisis resolution. Investigate and define operational changes that could prevent the crisis from reoccurring. Howe has presented at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) since 2009.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

Gaining buy-in early on, soliciting bids and conducting an ROI analysis helped Death With Dignity National Center prioritize its top technology projects and prepare to develop metrics for evaluation. Kimberlee Roth. Prior to the Academy, DWD was "keeping the lights on" as far as technology adoption and reactive in its approach. "We

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

It's Malcolm Gladwell 's over-discussed article, " Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted " Why are we spending so much time talking about this? And now, dear readers, NTEN will respond. There's a place for historical analysis. flickr: Brit. No, it's not the newspaper. Yes, I'm doing it to.

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