Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

They are holding digital storytelling events all month! Storymakers Events. Using Small Wins to Grow Social Media Revenue. We’ve rounded up almost thirty other community nonprofit technology events being held this September, so you’re sure to find something new. More Upcoming Events. No local group?

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NetWits

JULY 12, 2011

Bottom line – nonprofits are having some success in connecting with new constituents and generating action, but the social network works best when requiring a low level of commitment. Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. Facebook Increases Event Turnout.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

The next day, several area bloggers wrote about the event. There are clearly a lot of benefits for local organizations in using social media. Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. They gave tours of their warehouse, played music, and held raffles. What have you found? .

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Every work day in November leading up to Thanksgiving Day, I'll give away an NTEN or NPTech prize to one of our fabulous NTEN members -- randomly selected, of course! Right now, however, I'd love to give a book to an NTEN Member: Zilch, by Nancy Lublin. As for your fellow NTEN members -- no worries! Wednesday, Nov 3.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As we do every year after the Nonprofit Technology Conference , we reviewed evaluations, debriefed the entire conference as a team, and brought ideas to our various committees to help us plan an even better event the next time. This year, we are excited to have expanded Community Conversations, live art, and music events at the NTC.

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NTEN

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tens of thousands of people participated in over 670 events in 40 states. Many engaged in those events have continued to be involved in the issue, if not the organization, and some have taken up leadership roles locally or even nationally. Social contacts are more ethereal, less tangible -- almost hypothetical.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

After all, associations have been in the "social networking" business long before Facebook and Twitter became household names, Lehman says. Social networking can particularly enhance member engagement, especially for associations that anchor their member activities in conferences or trade shows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

NTEN is People! Flickr: kalabird) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . > NTEN Facebook Page. Members are in bold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content. re doing offline.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). If you're in London, you can go to the event in-person ; if not, they're nice enough to have a web-cast , too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2007

There is a very thoughtful post on the NTEN Blog called " Social Networking and Social Change " from Dan McQuillan, Amnesty It's hardly a surprise that large NGO's are starting to experiment with social networks, given the sheer numbers of people using them and their high media profile.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

All of these trends are interdependent, often reinforcing the others, so as I approach the end, I hope to synthesize them into some working hypotheses and best practices for social impact leverage." " International Digital Youth Work Events, 20th-23rd Sep – What can you share? What can you learn? «

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

One of the first things you may notice on Twitter is the number of individuals who work in technology and/or nonprofits–likely due to Twitter’s early adoption at SXSW, PDF, NTEN and other nonprofit conferences. Consider how you can use Twitter to network with other professionals in your line of work. Targeted Prospecting.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" 2011 NTEN Champions Fundraising Campaign by the Numbers | NTEN – "The funny thing about being the Nonprofit Technology Network is that it can be really hard to practice what we preach. You may recall that the NTEN community recently helped us raise over $15,000 to host more local events throughout 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2015

Cause awareness days can be very powerful for fundraising because social network communities are highly likely to promoting your nonprofit on cause awareness days. Experiment with at least one new social network. Also, now ten years into social networking, online communities are becoming more niche-oriented and mobile.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 27, 2012

The whole show is devoted to using social media and social networks to help you reach your supporters and draw them close to your work. The regular contributors will also be on hand talking about social media! Scott Koegler on technology; Maria Semple on prospect research; and Gene Takagi & Emily Chan on legal.

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NTEN

JANUARY 2, 2013

The NTC is NTEN's signature three-day gathering, bringing together nonprofit professionals like yourself from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. > The early bird deadline for the 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference is coming right up -- and it just wouldn't be the same without you.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

That was the meat, now here's the pudding: the NTEN community's remake of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Muppets style!" " Wild Apricot Blog : 5 Tech Tools for More Engaging Events – "Real-world events are the ultimate in social networking, and nothing beats face-to-face communication.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. • Tech Marketing in a Recession. • Social Networks and Diversity Barriers. • Innovation and Tech Career Reinvention. • What Shirky Didn’t Tell Us. • Feminine Mystique.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Flickr: hellojenuine Member Appreciation Month, or MAM, as we affectionately refer to it around NTEN HQ, got off to a strong start last week with some great free for Members events, lots of #NTENThanks sharing, and of course, prizes! Social Network Fundraising: Facts, Myths, and Strategies that Work. Livestream!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

My question: Network for Good's recent Wired Fundraiser report talks about "superactivists" or the nonprofit equal of Seth Godin's Evangelists. Superactivists are individuals who raise money for a cause and have a large network that can be leveraged. Of course, the above activities take time to care and feed the network.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

They belong to the major social networks—Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn—and are the few that deliver messages to the many. And they will do it through their social networks, all of which are the key to your fundraising efforts. As a group, they account for 55 percent of social media users.

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2011

According to a study by Blackbaud , NTEN and Common Knowledge, over 92% of nonprofit organizations have a presence on at least one social networking site, but most raise very little money through their social activity. And large online publications like Mashable are even covering social media for social good.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2012

Nonprofits are taking advantage of this technology; according to the Nonprofit Social Networking Survey by NTEN, Common Knowledge & Blackbaud, the average nonprofit’s fan or follower base grew by 30 percent on Facebook and 81 percent on Twitter in 2011. Clearly, Bok Tower Gardens makes the most of their social media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Every month TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to over 50 cities. If you want to network with your peers or love to learn at live, in-person events NetSquared is the place for you! Storymakers Events. Upcoming Events.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ ’ Or ‘do I really need spend the money for a back-up venue if my outdoor event falls on a date that it rarely rains?’ ’ Well, now’s your chance!

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Daniel Hartman MAR 27, 2008 NTEN Does Web 2.0

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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

MARCH 9, 2011

The Nonprofit Technology Conference is just around the corner, so we're posting 11NTC tips every day until the event starts - in one week! What it's all about: Join your NTEN member colleagues for a special reception to start your 2011 NTC experience off right. If you’re a member of NTEN, you’re invited!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 14, 2015

I can''t begin to tell you know how many nonprofits I talk to these days who are just interested in vanity metrics - gaining followers and FB Likes rather than focusing their social media on building relationships with the closest people to you, your community and then the network, followed by the crowd. Social Networking Trends'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. What really matters is an open social network, built using open protocols and documented, published standards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Access connectivity for onsite special event registration. Monitor & update social networking sites. For example, outreach staff often travel to attend events and conferences in the marketing and delivering of their programs. Empower field staff with instant access to online databases. Control administrative costs.

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