NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

In the NTEN community, the concept of "IT Staff" has been more fluid and inclusive, but we also know that many nonprofit professionals who have information technology responsibilities are either not given formal "information technology" titles, or don''t self-identify as "IT Staff" -- and often both cases are true for an individual.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

For several years, NTEN has led the field in calling for nonprofits to minimize time sent on mundane tasks like server maintenance, instead focusing resources on technology that will actually serve their missions. One of the greatest tools at our disposal to accomplish this is the Cloud.

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2011

We're excited to announce the updated Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems , written by Idealware in partnership with NTEN. Comparison Matrix of the Top 10 Systems. What is "low cost", you ask? The systems reviewed cost no more than $4000 for the first year of use. Recommendations for systems based on particular needs.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We have a great line-up of presenters, including cloud experts – and NTEN Members – Ami Dar (ED at Idealist.org), Matthew Eshleman (Director of Professional Network Services atCommunity IT Innovators), and Donny Shimamoto (Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies). > Learn more and RSVP for free today.

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NTEN

AUGUST 23, 2011

Earlier this summer, Idealware and NTEN released the updated Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management , which provides reviews and comparisons of 29 donor management systems under $4000. Andrea will be joined by Robert Weiner, another familiar voice in the NTEN community on the topic of donor management.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It includes a summary comparison matrix for a quick reference, detailed product reviews, plus a directory of consultants that can help nonprofits select and/or implement solutions. Looking at the comparison matrix at the front of the report (p. -- so you can be assured that it is not light on the details.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study A visual version of the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

This report from NTEN by Annaliese Hoehling, shares the findings of a staffing survey that received nearly a thousand responses from nonprofit professionals. The guide includes a comparison of 29 different systems and offers detailed reviews of 10 of the most popular. Organizations have an average 3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I’m doing a panel at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in March called “ Learn You Will ” with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard. Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory. I often incorporate sticky notes and often have to rearrange the furniture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

We're going to kick out this week's NTEN We Are Media Toolbox fun with blogging tools. It presents a side-by-side comparison of features for 7 lower-end blogging tools commonly used by nonprofits. Photo by Dave Melbourne. One of the best resources on blogging for nonprofits comes from Idealware, the blogging tools report.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2009

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you're looking for a new mass e-mail platform, you should check out Groundwire's precisely named " E-mail Service Provider Comparison Report 2010 " Wired recently declared that the Web is dead. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. We're not sure we could bring ourselves to eat these, they're so fantastic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

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." Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. In researching the ROI Chapter of the NTEN book, I intervewed some staff members from Legal Services community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

We've written quite a bit on the benefits of crowdfunding campaigns here on TechSoup, including a platform comparison and a webinar called The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding). Over on NTEN's blog , Neff writes that the Bill of Rights will generate trust and transparency between nonprofits and their donors. Neff of Lights.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Beth also lists some great ED's who really get social media including Holly Ross of NTEN and Scott Harrison of Charity:Water. One of the best examples Fritz sites is a comparison of the average donation made during the 2004 Tsunami ($208) and the recent Haiti earthquake ($109). Check out the rest of the article here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2011

It's chock-full of tool comparisons, strategies and case studies – and since it serves as the basis of our " Social Media Decision-Maker's Toolkit ", you know you'll be getting the latest information from this hands-on training. > Idealware just released an updated " Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide ".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2007

I'm pleased to announce that I have completed the screencast, sponsored by NTEN , on Google Analytics! For all my blog readers and participants on the NTEN Nonprofit Webmasters Affinity group who left comments, made suggestions, pointed me to resources, and shared screen captures of their stats. High bandwidth version available here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Using Red Hat, as I often do sometimes, feels like doing battle in comparison. Ubuntu seems to be becoming the linux distro of choice for a lot of people, and so far, it’s my favorite. Ubuntu took the best that Debian had to offer, and left the weaknesses behind, I think. Anyway, I think it’s worth checking out.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it. Now the security issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

I recently submitted a proposal for NTEN’s 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference with colleagues Cindy Leonard, John Kenyon and Jeanne Allen called “ Supercharge Your Technology Training ,” so please take a minute to vote for it. . Chuck Hillman from University of Illinois Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

Here at NTEN, we find it valuable to keep track of both numbers. Because the comparisons will never be exact, the most important thing to watch is your True Open Rate over time. It's generally much higher because it doesn't take into account total messages sent, just the open rate of each message: the 12.6% to 65 and dividing by 2.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Brett Meyer, NTEN. of nonprofit leaders," when the appropriate comparison would be to the overall budgets of those organizations, not to their makeup (and there are more ) -- Sears makes some good points, particularly the idea that data and cultural perspective must be considered in addressing digital inequality.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Consider this in comparison to their own website, where U.S. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. A recent Advertising Age article notes that Coke has one of the largest brand pages on Facebook with 10.7 million fans (placing them in second, after Starbucks' 12.7 million fans).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

emphasis mine) &# ooooooh… During the NTEN call on Connect, they had mentioned that they were only going to publish sample code in C# and Java. The Kintera API looks, quite honestly, seriously wimpy in comparison to either Convio or Salesforce. Both companies are making strides, but people want to look under the hood, fast!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Once you answer some of the questions above, you can use simple resources like CNET or even just Google to explore comparisons of different hosting sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, Kaltura, DoGooder.TV, etc. Tags: jaime-alexis fowler Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

By comparison, social media marketing is based on relinquishing control, two-way communication, building community, and breaking out of campaign-thinking to build trust over time. Tags: NPTech marketing NTEN Newsletter maddie grant lindy dreyer web2.0 But let's put the philosophical differences aside for a moment. social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And it doesn’t change any equations about whether or not to choose open source solutions – they are still open, free, useful, but can’t really compete yet in terms of usability and functionality in comparison to many of the commercial solutions, and that will remain so for as long as nonprofits choose to spend money on commercial (..)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

And it doesn’t change any equations about whether or not to choose open source solutions – they are still open, free, useful, but can’t really compete yet in terms of usability and functionality in comparison to many of the commercial solutions, and that will remain so for as long as nonprofits choose to spend money on commercial (..)

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Look for opinions from people that have similar organizations, values, missions and tech skills to get the best comparison. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff. of the solution?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Look for opinions from people that have similar organizations, values, missions and tech skills to get the best comparison. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN rob jordan IT Staff. of the solution?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” In comparison, 10 years ago, these managers spent “only” 60 to 65 per cent of their time engaged in those activities. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. Laura Quinn is the founder of Idealware, which offers a consumer reports like analysis and comparison of nonprofit software. Holly Ross. Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts. Jordan Viator. Deborah Finn.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

My point is that companies like Microsoft have almost nothing to do with providing good software — the marginal gain from selling better software is miniscule in comparison with the potential income from spreading some FUD and reaping the benefits as everyone re-evaluates their risk positions. 2 Michelle Murrain 06.03.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Almost a year ago, NTEN hosted a field wide discussion about the need for nonprofit tech vendors, particularly CRM systems for online fundraising, to offer open APIs. (A Judi Sohn has a comparison of the two approaches. With an API, you can write new software code that hooks one application into another.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

I hate to be so blunt, but it is true, at least in comparison to the ones on the Mac. I used to have this great system where I used the Mac Addressbook, which would nicely sync with my cell phone. It also integrated well with Mail.app and iChat. It was great. First problem: Linux address books … suck. There are basically three options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Robin Good has a nice roundup of affordable Web Conferencing Tools and a useful comparison chart in a google spreadsheet. GoogleEarth launches Nonprofit Outreach Program via the NTEN blog and NetSquared community blog. Britt Bravo covers it here. Looking for a primer? Check this slideshow.

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