Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

” I never get tired of hearing that phrase, and I have to say, it’s my favorite part of getting to attend nonprofit conferences like NTC. This year at NTC in (cold, windy, briefly sunny) Washington, D.C., Through online testing, we can gain insights into our audience, and make our creative work better.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

2012 NTC Feature. We want to make sure you make the most of the social and networking events at the 2012 NTC, so this week we’re filling you in on the NTC Connect Track and other opportunities to connect with the NTC Community. NTC Connect Track. >> Learn more about the NTC Connect Track! NTC Social.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

So, apparently, there are a whole host of new tools available through YouTube that can help you engage your audience. 2010 NTC preview session, " Activating Your YouTube Audience " You should join us! > Just imagine: "You see a polar bear balancing on a small iceberg.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

NTEN’s messages on an iPhone pretty much required zooming in: To make it easier to read, we applied some style information, as suggested by Cameron LeFevre of M+R Strategic Services. Of course, you should keep in mind that the NTEN audience is very tech-savvy – yes, it’s okay to pat yourself on the back! –

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In 2009, we started the NTC Ignite tradition at our annual conference. We told attendees they could have 5 minutes and 20 slides in front of the captive nonprofit technology audience. Anyone who has given an Ignite-style presentation knows that boiling down complex ideas into 5 minutes is tough, really tough.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to help support the NTEN Community Challenge , which helped to enhance NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is NTEN’s signature technology event. Every year NTEN uses a community-driven process to develop the agenda. Create Impact with Inclusive Audience Research. Many organizations understand the value of speaking directly to their audiences. Enter the service blueprint!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

Would participants learn more and have greater impact if panel designers incorporated different techniques such as visual learning and if they designed for more audience engagement? That’s the questions I asked myself as I designed my panel for the NTEN’s annual conference, the NTC. Click to see full size image.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog.] Media and Mobile — Mobile is Media, or rather mobile brings media to an untethered audience. by Michael Sola. One idea in particular remains the Mobile front. Mobile is plentiful.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

In that scenario, nonprofit workers feel like technology is something they have to deal with to do the "real work," not something that can make their work lives and their organization better at meeting its mission (which is what NTEN believes, so strongly they wrote a book about it ). to get success stories. Many non-tech people (i.e.,

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

In fact, we love it so much, the NTEN staff will send top-secret valentines to anyone who registers today. Register for the 2012 NTC >> If you can't register today, make sure you do it before Friday, when our NTC registration rates increase. Check them out and add your own video telling us why you love the NTC.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Year after year the annual NTC conference produced by NTEN has been the "go to" conference for nonprofit campaigners to get the latest best practices in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, online fundraising and social media. Here are my top five picks. Beyond English - Remove the Language Barrier to Relieve Poverty and Save Lives.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2012

The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) recently gave San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit techies a glimpse of what’s in store for this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (12NTC). NTEN, with help from TechSoup and the San Francisco 501 TechClub , held a 12NTC pre-party at TechSoup Global headquarters.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 11, 2016

This post originally appeared in NTEN's July Connect newsletter. In fact, according to the annual Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R , email fundraising revenue alone increased by a whopping 25% last year, outpacing the overall growth of other online revenue sources. Always opt-in and confirm.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2011

Social CRMs also allow you to segment your audience and call them to action. Danielle says: Tagging and organizing your social contacts is incredibly helpful when it comes to relationship management because it gives you context, tracks your history, and keeps track of different audiences. Come to our panel at the 2011 NTC !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

The breakout session “How to Be a Wizard at Tech Training Design and Delivery” at the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) originated from an earlier session designed by Andrea Berry, Beth Kanter, John Kenyon, and Cindy Leonard. We began the session by polling the audience on training experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

John didn't know he was making a promo for one of my NTC sessions! The NTC Conference is a little more than two months away and I'm really looking forward to conversations with colleagues and meeting others face-to-face for the first time. We will then create a screencast, with audience participation, in the style of a cooking show. (No,

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M+R and NTEN. During the session, I captured the presentations and audience Q & A.

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

The NTC is an event largely attended by Americans (and our gentle neighbors to the North). We did not prepare speakers to address a diverse audience, and it brings up the larger need to spend more time preparing speakers in general. This year, for the first time, we weren't at the NTC in full force. And not everyone got it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I’m in Washington, DC for the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. Each panel allotted ample time for Q/A from the audience which consisted of nonprofit techies and bloggers. The question reminded of a screencast I created back in 2007 for NTEN and Salesforce Foundation that covered Google Adwords campaigns).

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NTEN

JANUARY 7, 2011

Tim Arnold, Functional Consultant, Beaconfire Many thanks to the good people at NTEN for agreeing to let me stand up in front of a huge cheering crowd at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference to drop some serious science in my session, "Practical HTML5/CSS3 for Nonprofits (or 'How to Party Like it's 2011 When it's Really Still 1999')."

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2011

During the opening plenary at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN executive director Holly Ross demonstrated the biggest problem facing people who work in nonprofit technology. Holly responded to the problem with a simple challenge to the audience: she asked everyone at NTC to change one person in his organization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 25, 2011

That's the number of "yes" votes we got for our proposed NTC session in just a couple short weeks—apparently the most ever. [Ed Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience. By Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Founder, Social Media for Nonprofits. 379 is my new magic number. Seriously, though?

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

We believe the knowledge you gain at the at the NTC can help you prepare not just for the next disaster, but to use technology every day to make your organization more effective. > The conference fee -- currently $459 for NTEN Members -- goes up after March. > Register for the 2010 NTC today. Your YouTube Audience.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In an attempt to serve our diverse audience, the NTC follows this pattern: Washington, DC - Wildcard City - San Francisco - Wildcard City - Repeat. Share your opinion to help us decide where to head in 2015: Replace audience response hardware with Poll Everywhere. We want to know where you would like to go! 2015: Wildcard!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

It can be fun to do on your own (like at NTC 2011 ), but it can have real benefits for your organization too. Live-tweeting can stir up a great deal of attention for your organization, align your name with the causes you hold dear, and help you break through to new audiences. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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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. So we're bringing what we do best to new audiences on social networking sites. Roger Burks, Mercy Corps.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Find more ways to follow virtually from NTC-Live. Learn solutions for moving your audiences forward on a unified front towards a shared goal.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Mark calls this "reality tweeting" and writes his tweets in a style that engages his audience and leaves them wondering what will come next. This is in contrast to Mark who likes to capture the nuggets without editing and post quickly. Both Mark and Shawn tweet as they capture.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

She asked the audience, "who invented the 800 number?" Moira Gunn is enchanting storyteller and spent the first part of her session telling one story after another that demonstrated a simple idea: The dirty little secret to technology is how you use it.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

We know there's no such thing as "the public" and we don't have just one "audience". But until recently, actually communicating with people based on their interests, level of participation, or the like has been difficult at best.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

They all use principles of behavioral economics to influence their audience's decisions. The bigger the scale of what you're communicating, the smaller the impact on your audience. Our NTC session will identify more guiding principles like these and focus on takeway lessons for marketing, fundraising, and public engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2008

I thought I had posted this case study from the NTC 08 Panel called "Social Media Case Study Slam" already, but looks like I didn't. We are such a big tent organization that covers so many issues that we are looking for ways of broadening our audience. | View | Upload your own. Some great insights.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Targeting a highly technical session to an NTEN audience is kind of like cooking a gourmet meal with one entrée for 1000 randomly picked people. We've already summarized the view from the top in a quick, ignite-style presentation , available wherever fine NTC materials are found (and also on Slideshare).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Our Program Coordinator, Anna Richter, has been on the road this week -- checking out hotels for future NTC, y'all! -- which means I got the pleasure of emceeing the webinars this week in Anna's absence. And thank you for being a member of NTEN. Thank you for applying your tech and communications savvyness to good causes, Cecilia!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Next month will include NTEN's NTC. It's the first part of a speech or presentation. That's the most important part of your presentation because you need to grab the audiences' attention. The conference season is upon us. I love doing presentations, the preparation, creating the content, and the performance.

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See3

JANUARY 15, 2008

The grand prize winner will be announced at NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in New Orleans on March 21. The winner will be awarded an all-expense paid trip to the 2009 NTC to be held in San Francisco. NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within the nonprofit community.

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