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. Here’s the first post, there might be more to come.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" Download the 2009 Data Ecosystem Survey Report | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network – NTEN just released a report on the data ecosystem in nonprofit organizations – it's free for members, but $50 for non-NTEN members. "The "You've got data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

On a related note, see Allison Fine's Social Citizen's Report commissioned by the Case Foundation. Two items grabbed from the NTEN Blog. Two items grabbed from the NTEN Blog. Lauren-Glenn Davitian's " Be the Media -- Free Speech Unfurled " guest post on NTEN blog. Go do a search on Tweetscan and find out. (I

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. It's nice to see NTEN members playing well together! It's been info overload around here, but that's a good thing!

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MARCH 16, 2010

That's one of the reasons you soak up all NTEN has to offer about technology and engagement. " The report of my death was an exaggeration." While direct mail remains viable the impact over the long-term will diminish, particularly without integration with other communications, marketing and fundraising channels.

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MARCH 16, 2009

Fellow NTEN members Green America (formerly Coop America) helped guide Peter to a wind-powered provider. Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer host a weekly NTEN Office Hour they call "NTEN Water Cooler Chat", every Thursday at 3pm ET. Read the report for tips on doing it right.

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APRIL 10, 2009

After Idealware 's latest report reviewing Open Source CMS tools , there were, as might be expected, a few dust-ups in the open source developers and users communities, which includes NTEN members like David Geilhufe. NTEN board member Michelle Murrain , one of the authors of the report, responded to some of the criticism. .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

That was the meat, now here's the pudding: the NTEN community's remake of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Muppets style!" He says charities have been relatively slow to start using the internet to communicate with their supporters, but he believes they will catch up quickly."

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APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers. >

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MARCH 6, 2009

Mia Hamm GoldMail Example Despite declining email open rates and our general fatigue with bursting inboxes, I think most of us agree that email is still an important component of communicating with our supporters and driving their actions. Tags: NPTech aim high goldmail email. You can see a demo online. ). Leave a comment!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. JournalMarketing's advice to communicators and execs: Doing new media is more important than learning new media.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Brett Meyer, NTEN. In the screen above, "comm_mem_act" refers to Communications staff who are Members of NTEN and active in our community. On this screen, I've filtered for any campaign tagged "drupal" -- from a message about a series we ran on the Drupal CMS: . note: Actually, they have.].

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Flickr Photo by Trainer62 You may have noticed there's a lot going on at the NTEN court as of late -- new nten.org (just look around), release of the NTEN Data Ecosystem Report , NTC Scholarship Campaign , the NTC , and a great line-up of webinars ! Communications RoundTable. Consultants RoundTable. February 11.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. You have to be an NTEN member to participate and you have to be the first one to email Gavin.) Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions. Digital Storytelling, Media, and Communications. NTC is just days away!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Knowing that should make you think long and hard about the subject line in all of your outbound email communication. We briefly touched how Email Communication is Changing back in January of this year and by now that fact has been solidified. It’s what captures their imagination. Simply put, it’s what get’s people to open your message.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? The Summit runs until Saturday and the correspondent reports and notes are being filed. Privaterra blog showed up in the tag stream. nonprofit technology.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Flickr Photo by Happysmurfday Over the past couple of years, we've released reports on Donor Management Software , Content Management Systems , and CRMs. If you're like our communications manager, you'd compare a healthy environment to Hobbiton , an unhealthy one to Mordor. Tags: CMS CRM data ecosystem dms NPTech NTEN.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Flickr Photo: Luc Legay Fabulous NTEN board member Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention released some very interesting research today. For the last several years, we have participated in the E-benchmarks Report with M + R Strategic Services. Apparently, 8 of 10 nonprofits think their messaging fails to hit home. This isn't news.

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JULY 22, 2010

Photo: johncabrerea@att.net I've been crafting the "official" NTEN Social Media Strategy. Even though it turns out that NTEN's strategy isn't much different from our instincts, it's still important for us to have clear objectives and tactics for reaching our objectives. What makes it official? It has its own Google Doc.)

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AUGUST 31, 2010

You want to go to the "Top Content" report: As you can see, in June, 2009, NTEN.org had an overall bounce rate of 61.29% -- from 5,280 viewed pages. You can use the quick filter at the bottom of the content report to get rid of the blog pages quickly. Let's dive in. Happy filtering!

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

As someone interested in online communities, I’ve been following the work of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) for some years. " TAG is an active community of around 300 foundation techies who: Discuss foundation technology on the TAG listserv and blog. Hold a yearly conference. Attend webinars.

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JULY 1, 2010

All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late fall. So many nonprofit communicators were excited about last year’s awards, and had questions for us, that we developed a mini-site for this year’s program. Everything you wanted to know about the 2010 Nonprofit Tagline Awards.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Register now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Ruby Sinreich gives a report about Hillary Clinton's Second Life Campaign Headquarters.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! If you do, check out Nutshell Mail for reports on your various social media presences. Here are a few questions that were asked during the session and answered via chat: Was mGive included in the mobile report from M+R?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

They managed to pump out reports and research, organize webinars and conferences, and even play around with the definition of volunteering. Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Register now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As part of that work we get to connect with and learn from organizations using new media in the field -- and this summer we hit the road, attending the International AIDS Conference , CDC's Health Communication, Marketing, and Marketing Conference , the Ryan White All Grantee meeting , and the U.S. Conference on AIDS. Make it known.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Flickr: lumaxart The NTEN community sure has changed over the years. So has NTEN. When we started, NTEN focused on circuit riders, accidental techies (aka "Program Assistants") and IT Directors who were helping nonprofits get constituent and donor data off of index cards and into databases -- or at least spreadsheets!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

tags: nonprofits roi ). Last year at this time, I was writing the chapter on ROI in the soon to be published book from NTEN called " Managing Your Mission." Communicating the results. Secondary research reports. It is important to communicate your results and be an internal evangelist for your project. Feedburner.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Always respond and always communicate, to give an answer or to say I’ll get back to you. Tags: Consulting NTEN. Jana Byington-Smith did a great job of capturing the discussion for the conference’s live blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp. Head right over to the Social Media Press Release Template from Shift Communications and reviewed by the Getting Attention Blog. Full report here )

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

They appreciate the reporting. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN roger burks Social Media Communications. More anecdotally, in reading the comments we've received through social networking sites, we've realized that our fans and followers are coming to us for updates on Haiti. Social media, indeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Your organization's social media strategy should be not implemented by one lonely intern sitting in the corner of your communications and marketing department. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members. This is a good example of a "Blended profile.".

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APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Security IT Staff.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. We have a small communications department and data about our constituents that we want to use! As another touch, you can mention the event again when you communicate with them next. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter.

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