NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

You already know that technology can help you and your organization create the change you want to see in the world. NTEN's mission is to help you do that. Today at the 11NTC , NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, announced the launch of the journal during the morning plenary.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2013

How do you adjust your IT and communications strategies in this brave new world? There is no such thing as the FAIL organization -- at least as far as we know -- and NTEN does not propose the actions described above. Let us know in the comments! Editor''s Note: The above blog post is not real. We''d like to thank H.G.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exciting and powerful. Over the last decade, NTEN has been part of this transformation of technology from back-room efficiency builder to disruptor of every department in your organization. > Register for The Future of NTEN.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2013

Change Management Community Leadership learning from failure nonprofit management nonprofit technology leadership nptech Organizational Culture Strategy technology failure stories' In the end, however, we all found that the failures were not of technology, but of leadership – and so were the lessons.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Creating online community for members - security and privacy, moderation. Fundraising. Innovative program delivery.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

On our Facebook page , our community is reflecting on their technology accomplishments. Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. As a bonus, most of these subscribers are new to NTEN.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2013

13ntc Change Management Community illustrated notes nptech Organizational Culture Policy Staffing Strategy' Dan Pallotta''s keynote certainly had folks talking – and for a sketchnoter, inspired plenty of visual imagery. Click the image or Check out the full version to expand the notes (PNG, 242.7

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2013

Based in Seattle, Artist Trust supports and encourages artists working in all disciplines in order to enrich community life throughout the state of Washington. Change Management Community Leadership nonprofit leadership academy nonprofit technology planning nptech Organizational Culture Strategy Communications'

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

13ntc Change Management Community nptech Organizational Culture session notes Strategy' Sketchnotes: Mindful or mind-full Since a big part of this session was on visual note-taking as a way of focusing attention, here are my notes (1.5

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

You, dear NTEN community, know the importance of technology in meeting your missions. At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from NTEN and Microsoft. So, yes, the Academy will require commitment, but, knowing our community, we don't expect that will be a problem for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

NTEN and Jossey-Bass/Wiley is hosting the " Online NTC ," a 2-day online conference based on the book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission. It is a learning event to help you better understand how to manage technology. They Just Won't Listen to Reason (Chapter on Change Management with Dahna Goldstein.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. All of our changes have allowed us to better interact with our supporters and allies. We’ll share what they told us in this series of blog posts.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Well, NTEN has a similar opportunity for you nonprofit technology experts out there – one that doesn't involve microphones or travel expenses: > Contribute a "DIY Nonprofit Technology" article for NTEN's online journal for nonprofit leaders.

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NTEN

AUGUST 19, 2010

years I've been at NTEN. Over a game of Foosball, which George Weiner, the organization's CTO, was kind enough to let me think I might have a chance at winning, we talked about running tech at an organization of 20 staff and a community of nearly 2 million teenagers. To me, that makes Ed a hero. .

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2011

[Editor's note: Ontario 211 and NTEN asked Ontario nonprofits about how they were using technology – and how they’d like to be using technology – for their work. We have adopted Facebook and Twitter and examine new tools before taking them to assess their usefulness in reaching our community. Website: [link].

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. Feature: Tools for Project Collaboration Management ," from Idealware's Kyle Andrei. Three Lessons for Avoiding a House of Cards, from NTEN's Holly Ross.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Yes, Labor Day is now long past (or so it already feels), but the three-day weekend never slowed down the nptech community! They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Data member news Member Round Up nptech'

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2012

What can the nonprofit community learn from NTEN's own journey toward demonstrating its impact with data? Amy Luckey. Independent Consultant. What does your organization do?". That is a question most nonprofit folks can answer pretty easily. We have our elevator pitches ready to go. What is your organization accomplishing ?".

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

This issue of NTEN:Change presents variations on that theme: tips and quizzes, inspiration and cautionary tales, examples and humor, all from peers and experts in the nonprofit and technology communities. Leadership Cheat Sheet: A technology risk-readiness quiz from the experts at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011.

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

Together, the NTEN community is going to make those proverbial thousand flowers bloom. Tags: Change Management Leadership microsoft NPTech Planning. Everyone at every nonprofit, from the smallest to the largest, is much more aware of technology than they ever have been. We'll always need servers and email.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

As well as content from the experts at Creative Commons , the NTEN community, a podcast from the CTK Foundation , and. If you’re still unsure of what the term encompasses and why it’s relevant to nonprofit work, see our “What’s Hot: Content Curation” article in the new issue for a quick introduction.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

In April 2012 NTEN worked with Idealware to conduct a survey of nonprofits about their relationships with data, and what we found was a large dichotomy—either they were doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. Download the complete report, "The State of the Nonprofit Data.".

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

This was important to us because, especially at smaller organizations, we understand that responsibilities such as web sites, social media, online community management, etc., We phrased it this way so that staff without traditional "IT" titles would be included in respondents' estimations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 Debra Askanase is the Principal and Online Engagement Strategist at Community Organizer 2.0 , a digital strategy and engagement consulting firm.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

In 2011, NTEN, with support from the Knight Foundation , convened the CTOs for Good forum and conducted follow-up interviews with the participants in order to document and share the group’s experiences and challenges. CTOs for Good is a small group of chief technology officers (CTOs) at innovative nonprofits focused on scale and engagement.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

We note here, as in our report, that respondents to this survey don’t reflect the wider nonprofit sector but rather organizations who already have shown interest in improving their technology effectiveness by being part of the NTEN community or The NonProfit Times subscribers who opted to take this survey.)

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

But unlike an office building, websites and online communities are living entities that require frequent iterations. He is a frequent speaker on nonprofit tech issues at forums, including the Google Grants Conference, NTEN, U.N. They demand an in-house tech team. During his 4.5

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

The changing demographics of the U.S. Different communities have different tastes, dreams, challenges, goals and desires! Because we are in California, we have to find ways to connect with the Hispanic community or none of our initiatives will succeed. So What and Who Cares? Here's why.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In this issue of NTEN: Change, we take a holistic approach to looking at some of these internal processes, including trust building to demonstrate impact, making decisions with data, and prioritizing activities through evaluation. So get started!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

> Read our findings in our research article: Nonprofit Culture in the Cloud: Key Findings from a Study > Read the individual case studies: Family Reach Foundation Montana Legal Services Community Partners American Jewish World Service Danbury Youth Services FivePaths Great Books Foundation Headway Emotional Health Services Park Pride.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

There also needs to be accountability, which I believe is a role the nonprofit community in partnership with the grant-makers need to play. An important component listed above is the feedback loop in any measurement process -- we need to create a culture that is open to failure for the sake of identifying where we can do better.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. Fast forward to Jan.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In the past, fundraising owned the largest list but with Facebook's average nonprofit community size growing at an amazing 161 percent over the past year, that may not continue for long. What kind of "likers"/fans are these and what is your call to action for this community? Does it need to be? Christina G.

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

A third nonprofit designed a system that helps local organizations pool shared data to better understand how each community member is served across the different providers. The innovation transformed the relationship from a time-consuming hassle to a real partnership. Can your organization replicate these kinds of results?

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