Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. In 2020, tech nonprofit NTEN announced that they were pulling their advertising from Facebook due to its data-collection and content-moderation policies.

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Social Media Media Strategy Social 94

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

In this 2-part series, I'm going to focus on the rapidly changing world of interactive tools for data visualization, or dataviz. Recently, many exciting HTML/CSS/Javascript-based data visualization tools have emerged.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

We have a lot of data coming at us from a lot of sources. It makes sense to pay attention to the numbers that can help demonstrate the impact that we're having, but we also need to make sure that we're reporting the right kind of data. Data Leadership' Amy Sample Ward.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 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.) . Rock on open data and mapping! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2011

and if you're an NTEN member, you'll also be able to see the raw survey data, as well. Editor's note: If you're interested in participating in the next NTEN Tech Leadership Academy (free for eligible nonprofit organizations), please apply by this Friday ! You can see the full results of our annual survey here (it's free!)

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ROI Survey Attention Tech 65

Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

If you attend, be ready to pay attention and take good notes. Cost: 2024 ticket prices have not yet been released, but NTEN members receive discounted ticket prices for NTC. & Virtual Website: www.goodtechfest.com/ Who Should Attend: Data science, product management, fundraising, philanthropic, and technology professionals.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

By Andy Krackov, Assistant Vice President, Programs & Partnerships, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health At the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, we publish data on children's health and well being in California through our own www.kidsdata.org website. The same surely applies to most nonprofits.

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Case Study Google Data Doc 82

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

For four weeks this summer, we got a crash course in data transparency. Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Everyone on the team -- and at Forum One -- is committed to data transparency. Enhances your mission.

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Data API Mashup Contest 82

NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2013

As screens and attention spans shrink, so too must our content. Data infographic Nicole Lampe nptech nten Communications Fundraising' Data infographic Nicole Lampe nptech nten Communications Fundraising' In the past couple years, blog posts have given way to Facebook updates, Tumblrs, and tweets.

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Story Effective NTEN Nptech 84

Whole Whale

JANUARY 1, 2023

At the 2022 ANA Nonprofit Federation Winter Conference, presented by Data Axle, you’ll hear case studies and success stories from experts and industry leaders that offer you actionable solutions to the issues and challenges you face in 2022’s challenging and dynamic environment. Audience size : around 2000.

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

Flickr: qthomasbower You may have noticed the recent articles on our blog about data. It's this month's topic here at NTEN (and you should subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive the compiled "best of" version of these articles later this week). Your data is the past, present, and future of your work.

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Data People Museum Story 57

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. A few of the ideas that caught my attention are below. Make sure you can get your data back out of the cloud. Many thanks to NTEN and Google for such a great event! Defining the Cloud. unfortunate connotations.

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NTEN Synchronous Doc Internet 52

NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Nonprofits need to find a way to capture this information, to build a bridge from its commercial social network to something it owns to ensure against data loss. Without them, you have no fundraising information, no campaign data, no volunteer information. Does your social media team track and report changes and updates to the data?

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Data Time Social Media Database 56

NTEN

MARCH 31, 2015

This launch has been a long-time coming — read through the process in previous case study posts: June 23: Case Study: NTEN''s Website Relaunch August 14: Case study update: NTEN''s site relaunch August 28: NTEN''s Website Redesign: Survey results from the community November 13: NTEN''s New Homepage: Share Your First Impressions!

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Websites Case Study NTEN Portland 36

NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! If you're seeing some really major differences it could signal something important, and that's an area we recommend you start paying more attention to. Just remember: What matters most is YOUR data! Steve Peretz, M+R Strategic Services.

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Benchmark Studies Free Stats 70

NTEN

JANUARY 26, 2010

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay Fabulous NTEN board member Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention released some very interesting research today. 2009 was the first year we were able to include data about how list segmentation affects open rates, click-throughs, and completions. This isn't news. This isn't news.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population. " Conversation is the New Attention – "This article is adapted from their SXSW 2011 talk, Toss the Projector: Redefining the Speaker/Audience Dynamic.

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Web Map Bookmarking Conversation 114

NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

It’s what get’s their attention. Pay attention to this trend and start reviewing your email content with an eye for length. Second , use the tool correctly so you can both capture the metrics you need and use the data to make educated decisions about what to do next. I was actually quite surprised by what I saw. Weak Subject.

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email Profit Registration Review 212

NTEN

JULY 16, 2014

Whether it's making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or designing the architecture of a new website, attention to detail is critical, and clarity is king. Chad Cappellman. Digital Strategist. Taoti Creative. As it turns out, there''s a whole lot of detail you need to include in preparing something as simple as PB&J.

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Taxonomy Drupal Chad Websites 74

NTEN

JANUARY 23, 2012

And with so many other organizations and email lists competing for his attention, we may not get that opportunity back.

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Analysis Question Data Attention 72

NTEN

APRIL 20, 2011

But what if I used the term "legistlative district" or "eclected official lookup" -- you'd pay attention, right? Well, thanks to Azavea and TechSoup Global (both NTEN members), this GIS analysis technology is going to be more accessible and affordable for your nonprofit. You're listening, now, right? You can find out more here.

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API United States Advocacy Map 60

NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] My priority is to not silo or duplicate data. or has to be duplicated (are you entering the same donor data in 3 different places?). Put your limited resources and attention where it matters: up front.

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Org Leadership Technology Organization 77

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

But the latest online giving data shows continued growth. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving was launched this year and measures online giving data from more than 1,700 organizations. Another aspect of the Index data that is interesting is the growing percentage of total fundraising that comes from online channels.

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Trend Online Fundraising Offline 86

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

And there really hasn't been a lot of data. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. Secondly, four years is not a lot of data. Lastly, all the data in the report reinforces another idea we've been championing in the sector: multi-channel solicitations. The report has a small subset of organizational data.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

NTEN

JULY 13, 2011

The 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study is a joint project of M+R Strategic Services and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). took a look at data from 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed trends in fundraising, advocacy, email list size, text messaging and social media. The 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study (available at www.e-benchmarksstudy.com

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Benchmark Rate Studies Consultant 59

NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

I’m grateful that my supervisors were paying attention. I spent hours thinking about our organization’s big picture, where the gaps and opportunities were, and analyzing data on what our visitors were looking for and what they were looking at. The post An Unlikely Story of Digital Success in 2020 appeared first on NTEN.

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Story Digital Content Virtual 107

NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

50 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics , Douglas Gould Company Must-Know Insights from #15NTC , Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation via Getting Attention 15NTC: Tech Tools & Austin Tips , Roshani Kothari, Ginkgo Street Labs NTEN 2015 Wrap Up , Paul St. This much fun , Deborah Elizabeth Finn #15NTC = Amazing , Liza J.

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Nptech Austin NTC Netsquared 36

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Some things I recommend watching for: Don’t only pay attention to what people are doing on your site, but watch where traffic is coming from!

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Tools Tech Map RSS 162

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

I gave a lightening talk at the Gates Foundation convening of the Markets for Good community on “ Between the Keyboard and the Chair “ Facilitation and Train the Trainers: I was honored to co-facilitate a leadership track at the first ever Leading Change Summit hosted by NTEN which was an amazing learning experience.

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Instructional Design Facilitation San Antonio North Carolina 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 1, 2007

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality. Not always, but often.)

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Open Source Technorati Comment RSS 100

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo: bredgar If you're a frequent reader of this blog, you know that if I could do it all over again, I would have paid more attention in math class. Though my high school calculus class actually made me break out in hives -- it was the most stressful experience of my life -- I adore data. That's data, not intelligence. .

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Business Gartner Data NTEN 54

NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Crisis data = people . In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. Using new media allowed Eliott and others to get people food, water, and critical medical attention after the earthquake.

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Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance. They set up a c ommunity champions campaign on Razoo and asked their champions to commit to raising $500 each and that the money would be matched by the NTEN board. Thank you not the last touch.

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Community Giving Fundraising Contest 109

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2014

I think I speak for many of us when I say I’d prefer to get something meaningful done at my next conference, in real time, while I had the attention of a cross section of other nonprofit technology leaders. But it looks like there are a few slots left for those who are interested—hope to see you there!

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Change San Francisco PowerPoint Remix 37

Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Nonprofits need to pay special attention to this stat. Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more?

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Benchmark Advocacy Studies Metrics 76

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. I’ll keep you posted. {

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Track Open Source Open RSS 100

NTEN

JUNE 24, 2011

Once I knew where people talk about NTEN, I could start paying attention to what they were saying. When you have to pull together data for your dashboard, it’s ok to walk away from Twitter; just make sure you stop by and check things out later. Spend 10 minutes each morning and sort through your day.

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