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. Where do you think your organization is particularly strong (a leader) when it comes to using technology effectively?

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

This issue of NTEN:Change provides statistics you should probably know about your supporters and constituents, strategies that might need to incorporate mobile technology considerations, tips, stories, and insights from nonprofit professionals and technology experts. A Mobile Silent Auction ," from Josh Hirsch, The Weiss School.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth. and on and on.

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exctiting and powerful. That's why we spent 2010 developing a strategic plan : we're ready to take the best of NTEN and make it better.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

[This is part one of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. In our latest Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey, we asked respondents about their technology staffing levels.

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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 use technology really well in a measured and strategic way. What are the driving factors or needs in your organization when it comes to technology?

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NTEN

JANUARY 2, 2015

Community TechKnowledge, Inc. Choosing a new technology for your organization should be a comprehensive solution, not a deferred headache. So, you’ve decided to move to a technology-based solution that enables your staff and volunteers to reach the next level of excellence in nonprofit service delivery and management.

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2013

An arts organization develops a technology plan to help meet diverse constituent needs. Based in Seattle, Artist Trust supports and encourages artists working in all disciplines in order to enrich community life throughout the state of Washington. Kimberlee Roth. Out-Word, LLC.

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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

APRIL 2, 2014

change management Change Management Digital Strategy intensive it Leadership Leadership nonprofit tech academy NTA social media Staffing Strategy IT Staff' Participants will be selected based on the guidelines and their commitment to full participation. To be considered, apply by Tuesday, April 8.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Teaser: These are heady times for those of us that work in nonprofit technology. From virtualization and cloud computing to geolocation services to Twitter and Facebook, the changes are exciting and powerful. That's why we spent 2010 developing a strategic plan : we're ready to take the best of NTEN and make it better.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2013

Imagine you''re a leader (with a great background in all of those things that the mysterious "they" tell you you need to be sucessful as a nonprofit leader) and someone starts talking about IT and technology, and how you need to have a strategic technology plan in addition to your organizational plan. NTEN has got you covered.

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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. We understand that executive directors may not have the time to attend webinars or conferences about technology.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. leadership makes technology decisions based on efficiencies, with little-to-no input from staff/consultant.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We told attendees they could have 5 minutes and 20 slides in front of the captive nonprofit technology audience. NTEN's newest publication, NTEN:Change , is designed for non-technical leaders of small to mid-sized nonprofits, features a regular section called "DIY Nonprofit Technology".

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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. Iron Chef Communications (not just website). Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

We''re excited to announce our & plenary speaker line up for our 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference , March 13-15. This year''s general sessions are a diverse line up that we at NTEN hope will help you continue to change the world through technology. Thank you to everyone who sent in their ideas!

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NTEN

APRIL 10, 2012

Staff time and budgets are limited, and improving the different ways they use technology seems out of reach. But technology can offer straightforward, inexpensive means of providing higher quality services and create numerous opportunities to do more with less—even in our current economic climate.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2013

NTC session panelists share lessons learned during our session, which was supposed to focus on our organizations’ and others’ nonprofit technology failures. 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

JULY 14, 2010

You, dear NTEN community, know the importance of technology in meeting your missions. For us, technology is more than e-mail servers or software installations. We're glad you get it, because we need you to help us meet OUR mission of ensuring that every nonprofit can use technology to make the change they want to see.

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2013

One running theme that echoes behind any new technology tool introduced to the public, or new trend identified for nonprofit operations, or new idea brought up by your staff is the concept of “risk and reward.” What kind of risks would your organization be taking if you adopt that new social network into your communications?

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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. What Holly said in a recent tweet!)

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2014

for the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference ? Hear Our CEO Speak on Technology and Big Ideas for Change. What does it mean that every organization, large and small, is now expected to have some fluency with technology? Why is change management so daunting, in the nonprofit sector and in others? 10 -- 11am.

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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

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. Technology lives in every department.

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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

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.". 41% are tracking external data about their issue area.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question. So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. We're all for a change in the way that effectiveness is accounted for.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Here at NTEN, we're keenly interested in this question. So many organizations view technology as an administrative, or overhead, expense -- we can argue that point later -- which means that they routinely under-invest to keep that ratio as low as possible. We're all for a change in the way that effectiveness is accounted for.

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NTEN

JUNE 11, 2010

Right now, in our sector, we need technology leaders. We are standing right on top of a critical inflection point, and we owe it to our causes to make sure that we navigate the change as best as we possibly can. When you started this work, technology was all servers, Cat5 and HTML. Invest in technology instead of spending.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

If you register for NTEN’s first-ever Leading Change Summit this September (#14LCS), you’ll be asked to choose one of three tracks— Digital Strategy , The Future of Technology , or Impact Leadership —and you’ll spend quite a bit of time with your track-mates at the Summit. You can follow Tanya on Twitter at @nerdette.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

CTOs for Good is a small group of chief technology officers (CTOs) at innovative nonprofits focused on scale and engagement. 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.

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NTEN

JUNE 1, 2011

What do Guerrilla Video, Facebook for Volunteer Management, and #GettingSlizzard have in common? NTEN's newest publication is free and hot off the press. There are also articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

But unlike an office building, websites and online communities are living entities that require frequent iterations. In today's environment, it's impossible to deny the importance of technology. A technology officer should be brought in at the senior leadership level. They demand an in-house tech team. During his 4.5

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