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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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NetWits

APRIL 12, 2013

NTEN and M&R also released their report, the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. A benchmark study is a tool, and like any tool, it depends on how it’s used. We plan to follow up with additional posts that include analysis (stay tuned!), Given the breadth of the data points, you may ask yourself what should I read?

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Benchmark Report Online NTC 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

To see Mailana live map Marshall Kirkpatrick wrote a piece called " The Inner Circles of 10 Geek Heros " using a tool developer Pete Warden's service Mailana. The tool is quite fascinating because it combines a light weight social network analysis (see this page. What's your takeaway from this tool? jasonfalls.

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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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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years. Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Data Analysis. This conversation explored common pitfalls to analysis approaches and how to avoid them. blog posts from Geoff Livingston and Valeria Maltoni about one popular influence measuring tool. KD Paine’s checklist, step 2, is to select a listening/monitoring tool, an important step in the measuremet process.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. The information in our 2009 research comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of our online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. This represented 77% of the organizations in the sample analysis.

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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. Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. Using monitoring tools.

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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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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. These are just a handful of nonprofit-focused data sharing sites to get you started: National Center for Charitable Statistics: NCCS provides data, as well as analysis tools and reports, on Nonprofits around the US.

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Site Share Data Journal 76

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! To do this analysis, you need to ask for both positive and constructive criticism. The technique is called Plus/Delta.

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Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Every year NTEN uses a community-driven process to develop the agenda. You’ll walk away from this session with a new perspective on conducting research and the right tools to ensure the inclusivity of your research practice moving forward. was a huge part of knowing what digital tools and platforms mattered.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. The information in our 2009 research comes from approximately 2,300 nonprofit organizations using a combination of our online fundraising, email marketing, and integrated CRM tools. This represented 77% of the organizations in the sample analysis.

Haiti 68

Haiti Trend Online Giving 68

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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Social Media NTEN Project Module 56

NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2012

No matter what anyone tells you, it's almost impossible to measure the success of your social media campaigns by using only one measurement tool: accurate reporting relies on a suite of analytics tools (most of which are available for free) and a fair share of thoughtful analysis.

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Social Media Measure Policy Media 95

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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2014

John Kenyon and I wrote guest posts on the NTEN blog that will give you a flavor of what the session is about. From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques from Trainers. The books comes with a CD-ROM of all these great tools in electronic format that you can easily modify to your needs. by Sharon Bowman.

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Training Train Technology Instructional Design 114

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. " They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools.

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Online Fundraising Offline Blackbaud 90

NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Our analysis [ from the 2010 Online Giving Study ] showed the following: Fundraising is still about relationships. Analysis of cumulative online giving (i.e.,

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Relationship Studies Network Online 89

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. Use pre-scheduling tools to help you keep engagement up over the weekend, say, or to post when you'll be away or unavailable for a period of time. By Beth Kanter, Beth's Blog.

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Facebook Technology Journal Tips 98

Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

" Facebook gets into texting game with Facebook Messenger — Tech News and Analysis – "Facebook has already started to supplant traditional email providers as a dominant way that people communicate online. And it doesn't have to cost a ton: this video is made with basic tools that are free to use.

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Web Wikipedia Bookmarking Facebook 108

Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

In partnership with NTEN, we brought together 50 volunteers to attend the 17NTC conference for dedicated workshops that will prepare them to be nonprofit technology champions. Office 365 — how nonprofits can take leverage Microsoft's donated suite of tools to modernize their organizations and embrace the cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Her selection criteria.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud.

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

Don't let the phrase "geographic gap analysis" turn you off: it's just another tool in your search for new donors. The release of the 2010 census data means the time is ripe for just such an analysis. By forming a geographic profile of your current supporters, you can find regions under-represented in your constituency.

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Open Analysis Fundraising Demographics 57

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Naples, Florida, is hosting a meetup on tools for effective email fundraising ; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is hosting a series of Giving Tuesday brainstorming sessions ; and Chicago, Illinois, will explore how your CRM can save end-of-year fundraising plans. NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. Feeling overwhelmed?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

What data to collect and how to use to make decisions to improve the effectiveness of your implementation? In other words, how do you measurement as a diagnostic tool ? For example, on Facebook, using the Insights analytics programs to measure both fan growth and interaction is important. A Cool Free Tool for Monitoring.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 101

NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Real time analysis is not useful because it is drive-by analysis. I shared this on Twitter and the conversation brought out some interesting points that I curated in “Storify,” a story telling tool. (I I'm noodling – and it gave me an excuse to play with storify as a sense-making tool. Do only numbers matter?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Naples, Florida: Tools for Effective Email Communication. Portland, Oregon: NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Creating Dashboards : An organization's dashboard is one of its most important internal communications tools, giving you a birds-eye view of your organizations overall progress. When: Thursday, July 29th, 10:00 am Pacific Time / 1:00 Eastern Time Cost : $50 for NTEN Members, $100 for non-members 3.6 Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions. 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. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

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. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Birmingham, United Kingdom: November Meetup: Open-Source Tools.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

To address these demands, we need better measurement tools to determine which approaches work and which do not. From goal creation to making a plan to implement the process, we hope that the worksheets in this free resource will be helpful tools in your on-going work: > Get the Workbook: Getting Started With Data-Driven Decision Making.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Naples, Florida: Collaboration Tools for Board and Remote Workers. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. " Five Tools to Make Social Media Magic. Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study. In the preliminary analysis we are seeing some useful trends and some areas that will require more examination. But bench learning can be richer than simply collecting numbers.

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