NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Thanksgiving isn''t just for turkeys and pumpkin pie - it''s our time to say thank you to our NTEN members. That''s all the more reason we think it''s a great time to let our members know how much they are appreciated by all of us here at NTEN. Why not spread the thanks by showing your appreciation for your fellow community members?

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2014

You''ve probably seen the posts all week on the NTEN blog as we recognize and appreciate the tremendous amount of energy, passion, and action that SO many individuals in the NTEN community contribute to help us as an organization and to ensure that this is a thriving community for all.

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2014

Interested in free wireless Internet for a year for your nonprofit? Mobile Citizen is looking for a few NTEN Members to participate in their Enabling Programs & Results case study campaign! Nonprofits selected to participate in the campaign will receive one free wireless Internet account and modem for one year.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Provide community-based access points for your programs. If your nonprofit needs to be more productive, or cost-efficient, while on the go, it’s time to make a case for mobile Internet. Philadelphia FIGHT is like many nonprofits, providing consumer education as a key component of the social services they deliver in the community.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2012

Flickr: Dinner Series If summer vacation has you feeling a bit out of the loop, this week's Member Round Up is ripe with opportunities to re-connect with the community and, if you're feeling lucky, take a gamble with your great, innovative ideas. NTEN Member Knight Foundation announced their latest Knight News Challenge: mobile.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2015

How is the Internet making it possible for your organization to meet its mission? NTEN is excited to partner with Mobile Citizen on a new research project to explore how online services and Internet access help you and your colleagues deliver services and programs, and connect you with your constituents.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Joining the NTEN Board August 7, 2007 Katrin, the Executive Director of NTEN, announced today that I’m joining the Board. (So Good move on NTEN’s part! Congrats to everybody!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Don’t take my word for, see Pew Internet’s recent Networked and Hyperconnected study ). Today’s nonprofit donors, volunteers, and fans are living a complex world, have busy lives and probably receive more messages and information than they can deal with. (Don’t How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2013

Nonprofits are making use of crowdsourcing, social media, and email lists to spread their message, mobilize volunteers, and get down to what’s important to their communities. Nonprofits' struggle to engage the public has been going on long before the Internet came around--offering its myriad distractions into the mix.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I’ll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Here’s a Thing We Love: Ash Shepherd is NTEN''s new Education Director ! We’d welcome him to the party, but he’s been rocking the NTEN party for a good long while already. Speaking of remakes, we at NTEN HQ have been recently enthralled with Puddles the Clown’s video remake of Lorde’s “Royals.” Read more posts on our blog.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Each year, NTEN recognizes a member of this community who has furthered the work of the nonprofit technology field through dedication, innovation, and leadership. In 1989, before the Internet as we know it came into existence, a group of geeks in Chapel Hill saw a need to share public information in a meaningful way.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Upcoming Events. Thursday, February 4, 2016.

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Thanks to a scholarship from NTEN, I was given the opportunity to fly to Sydney to attend the ConnectingUp! Since there are no 211-type phone/internet services in Australia (that I know of), I was lucky enough to speak about our unique service (provided in the US and Canada) with many nonprofits and charities in Australia.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2009

Under the Internet Preseration Freedom Act, Net Neutrality would be protected into the future. Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, says, The future of the Internet as we know it depends on maintaining freedom and openness online," said. You can read more over at the Save the Internet Blog. . . Check it out: . .

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

There were signs of life out there in our community nonetheless, which we've wrangled together to help you get back into the swing of things. This week Chase launched the voting period for the 2012 Chase Community Giving program which will award $5 million in grants to 196 charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

We’ll also be referring folks to resources for more formal learning and peer connections, like NTEN , the Nonprofit Technology Network and host of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference and Netsquared and TechSoup Global – and of course sharing resources from our colleagues in the nonprofit/social media field.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web'

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2014

Through thousands of community-run events around the world, the Maker Party unites educators, organizations, and enthusiastic Internet users of all ages and skill levels. It''s a great chance to improve your web know-how, participate in hands-on making experiences, and get together with others in your community.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. If you’re holding monthly events gathering the nonprofit technology community, let me know , and I’ll include you in the next community calendar. Internet Safety for Community Groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

My favorite is the annual NTEN Day of Service for the NTC which I've been doing for the past ten years! Mozilla Service Week starts on Monday, September 14! Here's an update from Mike Everett-Lane on the Social Actions blog about how the nonprofit tech community is supporting the event. Here's some ways to participate: 1.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2014

The late 1990s saw the rise of ecommerce and along with it the first few philanthropic forms to accept donations on the internet. The late 1990s saw the rise of ecommerce and along with it the first few philanthropic forms to accept donations on the internet. The online donation form is now a teenager.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OSS User communities December 12, 2006 One of the things that can make (or break) an open source tool is the community around it. It’s definitely worth a read.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Did you know that in his six years at NTEN, Brett has sent more than 6 million emails? It is with the same combined emotion of being impressed and knowing it's true that I announce today that Brett will be stepping down from his role as NTEN's Communications Director at the end of February. Brett knows.

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NTEN

JUNE 9, 2011

Email is the annoying little brother of online communities: pesky, poking, insistent. But online communities are just one of millions of destinations competing for your community members' attention. But online communities are just one of millions of destinations competing for your community members' attention.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2014

The internet might be everywhere, but where are you? Amy Sample Ward. Amy makes the case for making your website your digital home. For all this effort to create content and spark conversations, we won''t be successful if our online presence didn''t have a home. Our website is that home, and being a home is a difficult but important role.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

We know it can be hard to be the new gal or guy at a big event, but please trust us when we say that the NTEN community is the one of the friendliest and most fun out there! Community Day Community is definitely not new at the NTC; it's one of the main reasons people tell us they attend.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 3, 2013

There are so many skills, talents, and personalities in this community. Worth group , and the amazing community celebration by and for our Portland, OR community. Diane Cohen of Equal Justice Center landed a free mobile internet account from Mobile Citizen. again to all of you that make NTEN a pretty darn great community!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared community of Tech4Good meetups is growing! However, we aren't everywhere yet , so we're looking for community leaders to start new groups. As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet. This all works because the Internet is one thing above all else: OPEN. Because the Internet is open, our nonprofits can share knowledge, empower people and make our communities better places.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

We have groups in 24 countries, and last year, we held 835 events helping more than 12,000 nonprofit employees, board members, volunteers, and community leaders. Check out the [blog]([link] to get a taste of our grassroots community. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link].

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2012

To be honest, for NTEN staff, the bar for this show was pretty low. Working Internet and a hotel staff that actually like you were our biggest measures of success. More than NTEN will be able to address in the coming year. You all have them, and I was the beneficiary. than I came with.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my recent chapter “Managing Fundraising and Building Communities Online” in the book Internet Management for Nonprofits (Wiley, April 2010), I write in depth about one method to tackle the subject – what are organizations across the country doing? She also contributed a chapter to Internet Management for Nonprofits.

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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. How do you build communications between your members/constituents -- to get members comfortable using new media tools to interact with each other. "I built it. why didn't they come?"

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