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Confusing Emails: A Quick Story of Failure (and Learning From It) From the Team at NTEN

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The links were tracked so that if you clicked the sad link, you’d be automatically removed from NTEN emails, and if you clicked the happy one, you’d stay in (and if you clicked both we kept you unless you specified otherwise). We just like ‘em, and lots of NTEN members seem to like them too. Let us know in the comments!

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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

Amy Sample Ward

This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. Wherever you are, and whatever the kind of community you are wrangling, there are some general lessons that I recommend. I hope you’ll share your lessons, too! You don’t [really] know your community members.

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Interview with NTEN's Community Program Coordinator

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NTEN''s newest team member, Bethany, is focused on our community programs, including the Communities of Practice and Tech Clubs. How did you first become involved with the NTEN community? I discovered NTEN and the nptech community about four years ago. What are some of the lessons you''ve learned as a 501 Tech Club organizer?

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Some lessons from the “enterprise”

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Some lessons from the “enterprise&# October 11, 2007 One of the areas of technology I watch is the world of “enterprise&# IT. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes.

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: Looking at the Big Picture!

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Drop us a line or include your links in the comments! Ami Dar , founder of Idealist.org , reflects on the lessons he learned over the last 15 years in the foreword for the new book Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals. The Future of Nonprofits is now availble from NTEN members Randal C.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: First in 2010!

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(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . " to the NTEN community for showing how people-to-people fundraising online works.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: August 16

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Flickr Photo: Caro Wallis (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. Members are in bold.

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