NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Check out the latest articles, news, and events from NTEN Members! Tickets are on sale now for Create Good , a half-day conference to inspire nonprofit communicators to try new ideas, complete current projects, and find like-minded awesome professionals. Let us know and we may include it in a future NTEN Member Roundup.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

However, this is where we often find ourselves as mission-driven employees — called to perform tasks that stretch our skills and plunge us headlong into new areas of professional development. People with liberal arts degrees can inadvertently find themselves in tech support and/or management roles in an organization.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. A nonprofit fundraiser since childhood, Beth has over 30 years as a professional fundraiser and consultant. NTEN CONNECT BLOG. BETH’S BLOG.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 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

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We're less than 2 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals – like you! Nearly 1,700 nonprofit professionals will gather in San Francisco at the beginning of April. Charlotta "Lottie" Beavers, ICT Consultant.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2011

Let's Talk about Tech, Baby As simple as it may seem, making the commitment to talk about technology in your organization is a good start. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) Many non-tech people (i.e., We live inside the tech jargon bubble, so it's easy to forget that not everyone does.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

They should then immediately follow that question with: “Should they be a qualified professional?” What we were really bemoaning is that there are few roles in the sector whose responsibility, and professional expertise, is bridging mission and technology. Serendipity is also a poor sector-wide technology staffing strategy.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2015

As NTEN's Web Developer, Dan will be diving straight into the deep end during our website redesign process; he will also be focused on the planning, development, configuration, integration, and testing of new and existing web-based systems. How did you first become involved with the NTEN Community? Describe yourself in three words.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Everyone brings something unique to the table, whether it's content, tech skills or social media know-how. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

My biggest #ntenthanks was getting to kick off the MAM celebrations by hosting the 2014 NTEN Year in Review: Community Impact webinar. I have to say, my eyes got misty when I listened to several NTEN Members on the webinar share how their experiences with various NTEN programs have made a difference in their work. Sign up now.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

This year we used language that was a little more inclusive, so that respondents would consider: "How many staff, excluding consultants, are responsible for supporting or maintaining technology-related tasks in your organization, in Full Time Equivalency (FTE)?" more tech staff!). now you have 0.25

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference. 11NTCSocialCRM).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

The first one is one that I’ve been using recently for my consulting business – SugarCRM. It has three versions: Enterprise, Professional, and Community Edition. It also gets kudos from NTEN’s satisfaction survey (it came in third, after CiviCRM and Salesforce.) That’s the one I’ve been using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Note from Beth: I’ve learned a lot about how to cultivate your professional network so it returns value by reading Porter Gale’s Your Network is Your Networth over the summer. Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. This is a really interesting professional development activity, I think. I think, actually, all technology consultants, whether they do what I do, or hack code, should do this exercise. They certainly are consistent with each other, but they are distinct.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

We wanted to give nonprofits a chance to propel their world changing ideas, especially as they are often overlooked in the tech community,” said Emily. “We The goal was to surface ideas to create real, world-changing impact that make people’s lives better. “We

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. at 7:33 pm Michelle – thanks so much.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

This post originally appeared on NTEN's blog. How, then, should a nonprofit professional learn about — and selectively embrace — new technologies, when it's hard to keep basic systems running? As a frugal, belt-watching nonprofit professional, it's not too hard to be skeptical of the latest ads and buzzwords.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2009

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. Tags: Tech Planning Consultants Training Running Your Organization Services. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

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NTEN

MARCH 8, 2012

Set up your Day of Service or Curbside Consulting appointments. This year, as part of the Day of Service, nonprofit tech consultants are donating their time to help you out with your questions and challenges. Want a professional opinion on your tech problem? > View Curbside Consultants and make an appointment!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Use a hashtag that’s popular and meaningful to your interests – like #nptech, which stands for nonprofit tech – and you’ll tap a powerful vein of conversation and learning. npcons – nonprofit consultants. nptech – nonprofit tech. fundraising. grantwriting. nonprofits. philanthropy. socialgood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2010

On Thursday, April 9th at 8:00 am, we kicked off the tenth Annual Day of Service at NTEN's NTC which was a resounding success! I remember a hot consulting topic was how to get your database off those 3x5 cards into an excel spreadsheet or how to mail merge in Outlook to send out an e-newsletter. .

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

He used to read gadget manuals instead of novels, knew when his tech magazines were due each month and rushed to the mailbox to collect them and read them cover to cover. That's a problem for the accidental marketing professionals and the accidental career coaches.) We don't give complex solutions to simple questions.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

People kept seeking you out because, instead of acting like the stereotypical IT guy, speaking only in tech-ese, you answered their questions and helped them feel a bit less intimidated by tech tools. One day you woke up to the fact that tech-related work had taken over much of your job -- and you liked it. How do others do it?

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

No more excuses are allowed about your New Year's resolution to power up your nonprofit tech skills — it's time to join a meetup and find your tribe! Just search at NetSquared.org and start leveraging tech to do more good. Toronto, Canada: Professional Blogging: Finding Your Niche in a Digital World. Storymakers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Quasi-social, quasi-professional. It is a tool which is used predominantly in the open source world, for developers and users of open source projects to talk to one another, and get support. I use IRC every day. like right now, on the Linuxchix IRC channel, we are discussing elections, HFS+ filesystems and terabyte switches.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

I’d also love to see things like “how do you ensure that your staff are continuing to develop professionally and have up-to-date skills?&# I’d love to see that as part of the criteria for evaluating a vendor–what is their process for evaluating themselves.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Professional stuff: I am Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition , a colorectal cancer patient advocacy organization I helped start in 2005. I loved that idea. once which was a trip.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

At the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference I attended a group discussion breakfast about personal vs. professional branding. Professional stuff: I am Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition , a colorectal cancer patient advocacy organization I helped start in 2005. I loved that idea. once which was a trip.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

Like Holly wrote, blogs and RSS readers (I use Google Reader) are immensely helpful, and I’m trying to get into the habit of going through all of my tech blog feeds on a daily basis. I echo Holly and Jack’s reliance on blogs/RSS readers, also twitter, friendfeed and professional groups and connections on Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

Allan Benamer who writes the Non-Profit Tech Blog blogged about his announcement on the NY 501C Tech Club List to create a closed forum for frank discussion of vendors and to share experiences about their experience with IT vendors. You see, nonprofit tech workers have a bit of a problem. Some consultants.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Recent trends in hacker activity, however, indicate that small businesses are actually starting to becom specificall targeted by hackers because the businesses themselves aren't as tech-savvy, so aren't as well protected. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy. Privacy matters for your organization!

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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. is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community. Michele Martin writes about career development and professional development for nonprofit professionals. Holly Ross. Rachel Weidinger.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. BONUS: If your NTEN Spark garners the most views, we will give away a fully functional spark to the charity of your choice.

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