NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

If you use Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Salesforce, or Yahoo mail, you’re in the cloud. How can a nonprofit protect the data it holds in the cloud? The vast majority of nonprofits employ cloud computing in some way, but they may not know or think about it.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2012

Fortunately, the NTEN community is making it easy this year. Check out all the awesome resources, opportunities, and summer learning programs on the docket for this summer: Superstar member Heidi Massey created this handy Google Doc full of free/low cost tech resources for nonprofits. The best part about it?

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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. Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2010

Photo: johncabrerea@att.net I've been crafting the "official" NTEN Social Media Strategy. It has its own Google Doc.) 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.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

It's relatively easy for nonprofits to create these charts: Just upload your own data into Google Docs – the data can be on any topic of interest to your organization – build your animation, then grab the code to put on your site/blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Encourage brainstorming. Develop shared language.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

The most popular is Facebook – https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/. QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent. Many people like using them. GARY: Ditto.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!): While my workshop on Day 1 focused a lot on internal processes and best practices, the next question that we anticipated from attendees was, "What tools can I use to help create this compelling content?"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. Appreciating you!

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2012

That may sound like a big deal but organizations and individuals with Google accounts could do that already using Google Docs. On April 24, Google announced the much anticipated Google Drive service , a cloud-based "disk drive" where individuals and organizations can store there documents, spreadsheets and a host of other electronic files.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2009

The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. A 2007 NTEN post provided suggestions and resources for creating strong passwords and establishing a password policy.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

This fantastic doc from MIT will walk you through your office to help you pinpoint places where you can do more to help Mother Earth. We just finished spring cleaning the NTEN offices and took a laptop, four boxes of toner, some thumb drives, a broken keyboard, and some old power supplies to Free Geek last night. Print green.

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NTEN

JUNE 20, 2011

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. Epic Change used four planning tools, but much of the work was really in just two: a private Facebook group and Google Docs. Epic Change is no different. Information for bloggers.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2011

Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc. Money is transferred to your Square account, and then deposited directly to your bank account at the end of the day. In the end, we have a couple of suggestions for improvements.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

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NTEN

APRIL 21, 2012

NTEN has grown a lot in the last couple of years, and for the first time, we had different departments working on different aspects of the conference. Anna did a great job trying to cut across those silos, holding weekly project meetings, pulling staff together for smaller consultations, using collaborative docs and projects plans, etc.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Use Google docs to share information and materials. Tags: NPTech NTEN Fundraising. Here are some ideas to engage your Board and create a relationship that works: What is their communication preference? In person, email, fax, mail, Twitter? Do you have an intranet site for Board members to access information?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. I have a few comments. Allan is right – the Kintera API is more comprehensive, and provides for more flexibility than the Convio API.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2012

Tools covered include: Box.net, Cloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Docs, Office 365, and iBackup. Learn about some of the most popular cloud-based tools that support programs and operations, including Document Management, Online Storage/Backup, Constituent Management and more.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. Allan, in his inimitable way, points out how bad the API is. So is it good news, when companies open APIs that don’t make it easy to really use?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). Tags: Infrastructure Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Most payments are handled by subscription, by taking a piece of financial transactions and/or charging based on usage.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This enables free services (Google Docs) and cloud vendors can offer product donations as part of their corporate citizenship programs (NetSuite.org). Tags: Infrastructure Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Most payments are handled by subscription, by taking a piece of financial transactions and/or charging based on usage.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

For success is this evolving marketplace, I want attendees to realize that the implications range from mission and strategy, to the nuts and bolts of setting up a Google doc, and everywhere in between. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why? My husband calls me “Froggy”. I’m still not sure why.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2010

LogMeIn allows me to log into my computer back at the office and control it, opening apps, printing docs, running searches in our database. There are a few things that iPad isn't so great at, including printing stuff (though that's getting better) and accessing any site (like Quickbooks Online) that uses.NET. Keynote/Pages/Numbers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

I think this model may become more prevalent, as organizations are not going to comfortable letting vendors store their data, but will want to take advantage of RIAs like Gliffy or Google Docs. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 28, 2010

LogMeIn allows me to log into my computer back at the office and control it -- opening apps, printing docs, running searches in our database, haunting office-mates. There are a few things iPad isn't so great at (yet), including printing stuff (though that's getting better) and accessing any site (like Quickbooks Online) that uses.NET.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

NTEN isn''t an organization, we''re a community – a community with a shared set of values , including authenticity, sharing, and of course, laughter. who embodies those values and enhances the NTEN community. In short, they embody NTEN''s Values. So thank you for being a vital part of the NTEN community.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Dropbox sits nicely between formal, full featured project communications tools such as Basecamp (which we also use), Central Desktop , or Google Apps and Docs. For technical documentation and general specifications, I am in one or another Google Doc every day, may use Writeboard , or a real wiki, and these days maybe Salesforce Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.") Via NTEN blog Google moves one step closer to making desktop applications obsolete with the release of the Google Chart API. ") Okay, now we're onto fondling APIs, google's to be exact.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Even simple tools like Google Docs means your organization can report real time data, online, anytime. Tags: NPTech APIs data NTEN transparency Obama social media recovery.gov. You can do it, too! But some of us really want to dive down into the data and see what we can make of it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. Given the widespread problem with phishing schemes, it’s disturbing that web apps are training users that it’s OK to give a new site your email username/password.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

With video conferencing, broadband, and Second Life, well, we can all safely stay ensconced in our own virtual-reality-sensory-deprivation-tanks and just digitally dance the salsa at the next NTEN gathering.??? Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

Enter NTEN''s 501 Tech Clubs. Tech Clubs are driven by local leaders who step up to organize and plan group events with the support of NTEN. They created a Google doc with information regarding event promotion, logisitcs, and planning as a resource for speakers. PDX organizers.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). Can’t wait!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Heidi’s post triggered an interesting conversation in the comments on capture tools and transparency mentioned in the guest post below, but more importantly Julia Smith from NTEN volunteered to write up this guest post about the conference. Report back from the first-ever Do Good Data Conference by Julia Smith.

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