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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

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Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” Get Training : NTEN is offering regular webinars on the topic of how nonprofits can effectively use data. The skills are out there.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

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” Or if you are a self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. Google offers the free MOOC called “ Google Analytics Academy.”

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally. NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.") Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. Check out NTEN's upcoming Webinar. As Lifehacker notes , seems like this is a quick and dirty way to submit issues to tech support.

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

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The Thanksgiving Season ushers in the holiday giving season and the NTEN blog offers a sound off about the state of online fundraising. Jayne Cravens has a great piece on the topic here and you find an excellent how-to article for using SKYPE with virtual volunteers here. And this year it may very well be virtual volunteering.

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How Telecommunications Is Changing Work for Nonprofits

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Examples include AOL Instant Messenger, Skype, Google Talk, and many others. This chart is from Learning from a Natural Environment: Study a Corporate Work-Time Policy Initiative. Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Systems for Measuring Results and Accountability. University of Minnesota, 2007].

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