NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo: TimPearce_ LosGatos If you've been following the NTEN blog this November, you've definitely caught on that it is Member Appreciation Month. The NTEN Program Team – Mimi, Brendan, and Anna plus you? On a yearly basis, we host over 100 webinars – including 13 this November, many of them free for NTEN Members!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Working with the folks over at NTEN , we decided the nonprofit community itself should be empowered to recognize the people of their choice to win none other than a membership to the best nonprofit technology organization around, The Nonprofit Technology Network! Tags: 09ntc nten.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

From futuristic challenges to free, online resources, there are plenty of reasons to put down those grill tongs and cast aside that cheesy beach read. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile. Share your links in the comments! Consider a world in which the internet is 250 times faster.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. does not get you a free pass from criticism of your methodology.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In no particular order, here is a compilation of some of the NTEN community's favorite fundraising resources that surfaced throughout September. On Wednesday, September 28th, NTEN members ASI are hosting a webinar touring their donor management software, iMIS. You can find the description and register here.

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APRIL 30, 2012

A few months back, the NTEN Membership Team started running weekly Office Hours. Open to the whole community, the online chats are a way for anyone in the community to ask questions about NTEN, NTEN Membership, resources, research, or anything else related to nonprofit technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source tool #14: SugarCRM March 27, 2008 Since I’ve been covering CRMs for the webinar today, I figured I’d switch categories on my free and open source software list.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Here at NTEN we sure are! NTEN members have a lot to share this week so be sure to bookmark these posts for reading from your lawn chair! Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! What are NTEN members reading this week? Share your links in the comments! Are you ready for summer? Register today.

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MAY 20, 2011

Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Each year, NTEN conducts a Community Survey to compile and share a report on the state of the nonprofit technology sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2012

I’m one of the bloggers and I will be covering a session called “Leveraging Peer Influence” with Paull Young, Charity Water and Holly Ross, NTEN. For your chance to win a free pass, leave a comment that answers the question: Why is it important to engage Millennials inside and outside your organization.

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NTEN

JULY 6, 2011

flickr: Horia Varlan Like all organizations, the staff at NTEN does our best to stay in tune with our awesome community; but every once in a while we find ourselves in a bubble or at least not fully understanding what new decisions will look like from the outside. Do you have to be an NTEN member to participate in a CoP?

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2012

While NTEN can't offer a crystal ball (or insider knowledge, for that matter) about the specifics of the decisions or details about products, we CAN provide a safe, un-biased platform to explore questions, concerns, and possibilities surrounding the transition and the possible impact on the wider nonprofit technology landscape.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 23, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free as in “Free Kittens&# April 23, 2007 Deborah Finn pointed out this good post in a blog I have never read: ALA Tech Source. at 10:00 am Free. brilliant. 2 Clint Young 05.11.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird January 3, 2008 Before the holidays, I promised that I’d do 100 posts this year on free and open source tools. at 8:39 pm Wow, Thunderbird gets the #1 post!

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NetWits

MARCH 22, 2011

I gotta hand it to Holly Ross and the tireless NTEN team for putting on yet another fantastic event! The good news is that it’s fairly easy to create a social media listening dashboard using the free tools already out there! Feel free to download it and start listening today! Let me know how in the comments.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone) launched a new website this week. their nptech awesome. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone) launched a new website this week. their nptech awesome. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2011

Flickr: gareth1953 As you know, this Spring has seen some new faces at NTEN – including mine! There's so much going on this week, you may need to settle in with a cup of tea to check out everything NTEN members up to! Some NTEN members deploy technology, others build it! Will you comment? NTEN's own Holly Ross is, too!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Here is yet another amazing free and open source tool getting a lot of good attention.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #2: Limesurvey January 4, 2008 I am in the process of writing a survey for NOSI, which you will hear all about next week. Limesurvey is actually quite powerful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #7: Firefox January 31, 2008 This almost feels like cheating, talking about Firefox. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Shawn Towey 01.31.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #9 : Pidgin February 5, 2008 While I’m on the subject of chat, I figured I could talk about Pidgin. Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM (Instant Messenger) client.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock March 9, 2008 I’m running behind, so I need to catch up in the next week or so. at 9:01 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 03.16.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. They made the change after my blog comments and I assume some others commented also.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and Open Source Tool #11: Azureus February 15, 2008 Azureus (now called Azureus Vuze) is the best bittorrent client I have ever used. It’s quite amazing. It’s got a lot under the hood.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Andreas Gohr 01.21.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Send queries to nonprofit tech lists for experiences and information, like nosi-discussion , nten-discuss , riders-tech , and others. These are almost always free to download and try out – this is easier for some projects than others. Google it – you might find articles and reviews that might be helpful Try it out.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2016

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people who want to use technology for good. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tools #1 – #100 January 17, 2008 I just though I’d take a brief pause to explain my criteria for these 100 tools that I’ll be covering this year.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2011

Flickr: magnuscanis This week, NTEN members are busy sharing ideas and experience on a range of topics. Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Sign up today for free! Speaking of free, Network for Good just released The Online Fundraiser's Checklist 2.0. Share your links in the comments!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

In the short term, you've only got a few more days to submit articles -- or cool links -- for the next issue of NTEN Connect. As you may have heard , November is Member Appreciation Month at NTEN, a time to celebrate the best thing about us: you. Feel free to leave those in comments, below.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For another, Big Tech social media platforms often celebrate so-called “free speech” and a “marketplace of ideas” while developing content moderation policies and algorithms that monetize hate speech, amplify misinformation, and endanger BIPOC and LGBTQ+ users. Are they resourced and protected during cases of harassment?

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

In a new white paper, " How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ", long-time NTEN Member Geoff Livingston takes a look at the next level: coordinated integration. At NTEN, we always say it's our community that has the knowledge, not us. Learn, learn, learn.

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