NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society launched a new campaign (with the help of NTEN rockstars at BigDuck ) to raise.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

Edward Harran is a blogger and nonprofit technologist I have connected with through NetSquared, this blog, and of course Twitter. He and I have had terrific idea swaps and brainstorms and I can only imagine the conversations he will spark in person at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. When is the NTEN Conference?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Of course, life is rarely that simple. In 2008, NTEN began asking the community to tell us what they thought of the tools they use. Tags: CMS CRM Data E-mail Integration & APIs Open Source Web Sites IT Staff. The reality is that most nonprofits use a variety of software to meet their many needs.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Of course, we want everyone to get a piece of the #10NTC action, so we're back with an all new NTC Scholarship Campaign! I convinced the entire NTEN staff to join me in a remake of the Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody ! Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. How will we top Putting a Ring on It ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2009

For the past eight years, I've attended NTC , NTEN's premiere conference for nonprofit techies.* That shows the community considers NTEN of great value. Tags: 09ntc. During the holidays, I was talking to Holly Ross on Twitter wondering if the bad economy would be a damper on conference attendance.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

That’s social media for social good, and that’s exactly what NTEN and NetSquared want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi. Tags: case studies socialchange storytelling beth kanter netsquared nten social change social media sxswi. Submit your Social Media for Social Good story today!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

That means we're giving out a complimentary 2010 Membership to one current member, as part of our NTEN Appreciation Month festivities. Don't forget to renew your own NTEN membership for 2010. Doing so before December 1st means you're entered into the drawing for that NTEN Grand Prize.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2010

Of course, technology is still about efficiency. That's what we're asking you to do, fearless NTEN members: get technology out of the back room and introduce it to your mission. Tags: Leadership Leadership microsoft NPTech. Technology was about efficiency. . As nonprofits, we're really good at efficiency.

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NTEN

JUNE 5, 2009

There's been a lot of sharing of tips, examples, and resources among NTEN members in our online community lately, so I want to highlight those today. There was a question on the DC 501 Tech Club and NTEN Discuss lists about Facebook vs Twitter. There were more considerations and tips shared via the discussion lists, of course.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2009

That means it's time to get ready to renew your NTEN membership for 2010. It seems we here at NTEN both fear and are fascinated by zombies and robots, and use them as metaphors pretty much whenever we talk about scary things or events we don't want to happen. . And, of course, the conference. Do we even need to mention the NTC

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. This post takes a quick look at the the Voters project as a tagging project to glean some learnings. The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

tags: nten 09ntc ). You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. There is always a full menu of networking sessions, affinity group meetings, conference panels, activities, and of course, The Day of Service. Tags: 09ntc. And, I've been doing it every year ever since.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

" Make a sound investment in Idealware's Email Fundraising Course and you might just reach your goals! This intensive course will take a deep dive into the ins and outs of Email Fundraising. Idealware is offering a 15% discount to the NTEN Community. Tags: idealware NPTech NTEN Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Of course, referring to the newish book by Seth Godin called Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync? NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.") The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. asks Rich Reeder.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

It’s a wonderful opportunity for our community to share our collective wisdom with inspiring stories and practical tools that help women professionally and personally and of course, change the world. FreePress , Democracy In Action , Rad Campaign , Convio , Care2 , NTEN , Massey Media and Network Solutions. Questions, comments?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

And, of course, Facebook is a taste of what is coming in November. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. NTEN blog reviews the Google Presentation tool and is sticking with powerpoint.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2009

I was disappointed when it was announced that the NTEN NTC would be in San Francisco this year. And then my friends at Convio got together with the good folks at NTEN and did something wonderful. Of course, I put in my application the second I heard about it. Tags: Nonprofit. I loved it last year in New Orleans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." Check out NTEN's upcoming Webinar.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Just in case you hadn't heard, it's NTEN Member Appreciation Month , also known as November! We spend all month doing our best to thank folks who provide the financial support that makes all those NTEN reports , discussion groups , webinars and more available to the entire nonprofit community. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2010

Of course you are! That's why you're part of the NTEN community! Ruby Sinreich, longtime NTEN member and all-around fabulous gal, gave me a heads up that the 2010 Digital media and Learning Competition opens up on Friday. Tags: games hastac macarthur Program. You're an innovative thinker, right?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

We struggle with that ourselves here at NTEN. You'll then have the opportunity to apply the information to your own organization through worksheets, discussions with peers and experts, and "homework" assignments (in the best possible sense, of course). Tags: idealware Social Media Communications.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

(An event, I might add, that might be seen as one of those “nice to haves&# in your budget meetings but is, of course, completely important to anyone working in nonprofit technology! But like Holly mentioned on the NTEN blog , we’re going to need your help to do it and have a few ways you might be able to lend a helping hand: 1.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

CiviCRM got great scores in NTEN's Data Ecosystem Report. Of course, mainstream as it is, working with open source software is different than working with proprietary software. Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast. Tags: 10NTC civicactions CMS CRM foss gregory heller NPTech NTEN Open Source IT Staff.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2010

Pop quiz: What do Amnesty International , Monty Python , the White House , and NTEN have in common? Drupal has been out of the tech hobby shed for awhile now, of course. Series Cost: $100 for NTEN Members / $200 for non-members. Tags: drupal NPTech NTEN. Web sites powered by Drupal. All right, all right.

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NTEN

JUNE 15, 2009

Tags: NPTech volunteer volunteermatch. I can't quite believe they couldn't even put out a survey to get a feel for what our challenges are when it comes to advertising volunteer opportunities and recruiting quality volunteers. . What do you think? .

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2010

Incidentally, the correct answer is, of course, c). Given the lack of drive-thrus in South America, the polar bear would devour you before you reached the South Pole -- and no way could a polar bear land a triple lutz, Tags: NPTech NTEN youtube. Cost: FREE! Presenter : Ramya Raghavan, YouTube.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

You, dear NTEN community, know the importance of technology in meeting your missions. You must apply for acceptance to the Academy , and there are, of course, some application requirements. At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion from NTEN and Microsoft. But oh, will it be worth your time.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Three Dimensions of Social Media ROI | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network - Holly Ross has an excellent post and commentary about measuring ROI: "return on investment is really hard to determine. Tags: roundup bookmarks. Here's an interview with Danielle on NWF's use of Twitter. " - it's true!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I'm thankful for NTEN members every day of the year, of course, so it's fun for me to be able to spend each day in November expressing that gratitude with prizes and free stuff for you all. And today, I'm very thankful for NTEN Member: Roger Hagedorn , from DARTS. We're sending you some NTEN Gear.

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NTEN

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. There's more, of course, but you can make it easier to use with a little filtering. Tags: Data E-mail how-to Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

And maybe Mitch Ashley will agree with me now, because he's our daily NTEN Member Appreciation Winner for Today! Mitch Ashley , from the Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC) , is going to receive a free webinar voucher for an NTEN webinar, just for being the lucky, randomly-selected NTEN member to receive our thanks!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

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? Of course, another way to do this is to set up your own shop on cafepress. (Oh, Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !)

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2009

The presentation includes lots of tech stuff, of course. Tags: cloud data itstaff NPTech NTEN presentations remote. Flickr Photo: kohtzy Last weekend, I was lucky enough to speak at The Arc of the USA 's executive leadership conference. So there you have it. My two cents on the topic. What about yours? What would you include?

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2009

> Join NTEN for a discussion on the Broadband Access, Net Neutrality and the future of the Internet! . . In honor of the new bill, there is, of course, a YouTube mash-up calling for 2 Million for Internet Freedom. Tags: broadband access internet net nuetrality NPTech NTEN. Check it out: . .

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

We're excited to be partnering with GreatNonprofits and Guidestar on their 2010 GreatNonprofits Science & Technology Campaign -- and not just so we can pick up a few reviews for NTEN. And, of course, help us spread the word to your constituents, as well. Tags: greatnonprofits guidestar NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2010

At NTEN, we think the line between public and private is fascinating: witness our upcoming event, The Evolution of Privacy and the Social Web. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we've always offered, if they wish. Tags: facebook NPTech NTEN privacy Communications. What do you think?

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