Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Nonprofit technology professionals know how to converts laughs to donations and devoted an entire session to sharing tips, techniques, and examples during a NTEN conference. What are some of the best examples of nonprofits using humor in their engagement and content marketing? Or, have any favorite nonprofit humor spoofs?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

NTEN gives two awards to NTEN Members, including the Lifetime Achievement Award , which we blogged about already. The second award is the "NTEN Award," given this year to Peter Campbell, IT Director for Earthjustice. Leader, mentor & NPTech catalyst – this is how I see this year’s NTEN award winner.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The Social Media for Social Good collection from NTEN and NetSquared calls for your case studies in leveraging social media tools in your program work. But at NTEN and NetSquared, we know that social media is good for a lot more than raising money. Tags: case studies challenge beth kanter competition netsquared nten.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

With NTEN''s website redesign project underway, we took a step back and asked, "How do we know how our users use our site and what they want if we don''t ask? So we turned to the NTEN community, as we will continue to do at various stages of the redesign process, for your candid feedback about the NTEN website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Kudos to NTEN for breaking the template on the typical type of events it has hosted. For example, here is a storify of the tweets from our track. Photo by Trav Williams.

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JUNE 23, 2014

The 14th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, and this quarter is all about fundraising. Plus, learn how to fundraise year-round with holidays, and the NTEN Voices section: community tweets, examples of good donor stewardship, and we ask Food & Water Watch: How do you practice what you preach? >>Enjoy,

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. Karl Hedstrom. IT Director.

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MARCH 26, 2014

NTEN''s newest team member, Bethany, is focused on our community programs, including the Communities of Practice and Tech Clubs. How did you first become involved with the NTEN community? I discovered NTEN and the nptech community about four years ago. Community interview nptech nten staff' Tech lets me be creative.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We Are Media is a terrific resource for anyone looking for tips, examples, case studies and information on using social media in a nonprofit organization. NTEN’s gathered some of the top nonprofit social media experts to help your organization devise a solid strategy as well as learn the secrets of using a variety of social media tools.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Flickr: LexnGer In case you hadn't noticed, NTEN is a community of nonprofit and technology professionals sharing information about using technology effectively for nonprofit work. That means all the knowledge behind NTEN resources – the how-tos, best practices, strategy tips, recommendations, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

That’s the secret! It is hard to create a cookie-cutter ladder of engagement because not all organizations and their audiences are the same. How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape. Facebook Ladder of Engagement. Does your organization have a ladder of engagement? How do you measure engagement? … Read More

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NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

(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.) . nonprofits, and we're happy to see NTEN members. Members are in bold. Who's your Mayor?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Yesterday, NTEN;s Holly Ross hosted an online conversation with Seth Godin and me, along with Roxy Allen and 100 plus NTEN members. This caused an angry uproar on nonprofit blogs and Twitter from nonprofits saying there were plenty examples of nonprofits using social media effectively! Tags: nten.

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JULY 21, 2022

In 2020, the Center for Inclusive Innovation , an organization fiscally sponsored by NTEN, began a research project to assess both pandemic crisis-based and longer-term efforts to mitigate digital disparities. There are substantial examples of success with programs having a positive impact.

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NTEN

JULY 9, 2010

HaitiAidMap from InterAction (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.) . organizations sharing their data are many NTEN members, including.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Flickr: Lydia Mann (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.) Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech nten members.

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

NTEN Members are our heroes (Flickr: levork) (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.) Thanks, Rebecca, for the aggregation and example!

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2011

Flickr: Newfrontiers NTEN is excited to announce a new opportunity for year-round community engagement: Communities of Practice (CoPs). CoPs are being established at NTEN to create deeper networking and educational experiences for members of the NTEN community at large.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with " nten membe r" or " nptech " to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). Some of us here at NTEN are pretty interested in geo-tagging. Members are in bold.

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NTEN

MAY 26, 2011

Here at NTEN we sure are! NTEN members have a lot to share this week so be sure to bookmark these posts for reading from your lawn chair! VolunteerMatch has a great example of sharing an annual report in a pretty cool way: through video! What are NTEN members reading this week? Are you ready for summer? Register today.

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2010

Flickr: kool_skatkat Last month, NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, posted a provocative article on our blog: " Rebranding the Accidental Techie." If you're a member of NTEN, you can read the entire thread and particpate here.). We thank you all for the discussion and examples you've shared with us on the topic.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2010

Flickr Photo: Caro Wallis (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.). Nice example! Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members.

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NTEN

JULY 16, 2010

Flickr: cambodia4kidsorg (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.). Cerebral Palsy (UCP) as an example: how to customize your Facebook.

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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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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. In many ways, we hope to set an example when it comes to harnessing the power of technology to do more with less and make a wider impact. As a bonus, most of these subscribers are new to NTEN.

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MAY 24, 2010

(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.) Check out their project -- it's a great example ! Members are in bold. Beth's new blog! (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Check out blog for in-depth posts on Twitter tools, for example this one about url shorterners. I'd like to point a few examples that were not on his list and share some good nonprofit Twitter resources. If you want to find more, follow ntenhross from NTEN, the nonprofit technology network.

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2010

After over a year of talking about an overhaul to the NTEN Member Directory , a couple of months ago, we finally took the first step: making it a priority. . After you're done reading, be sure to check out the new NTEN Member Directory !). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Incidentally, this is the launch. Haven't done it yet?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. A common example of this that I hear often is with volunteer engagement. data nten' —– I love data as much as the next person. Is data helpful if you can’t change it?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 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.). NTEN member American Red Cross. is cited as example. . several NTENers via the NTEN Discuss list.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. Here are two experiments we’ve shared as examples. Set the destination First, you need to know where you want to end up.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults. For example, the University of Kentucky publishes this skills checklist with a list of basic computer skills you could adapt to your context. Or take advantage of free tools.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, social media companies often treat inclusive design features like accessibility to the visual and hearing impaired as afterthoughts, and indeed, the development of such features are at the mercy of hiring and layoff trends. For example: Does your organization provide direct services via Big Tech social media platforms?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. Platforms as a service: you rent server space, bandwidth, and the tools to help you build or customize web-based applications ( Salesforce , for example). Many thanks to NTEN and Google for such a great event! Image: Laura Dantonio.

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APRIL 20, 2021

An excellent example of that is the virtual food drive held by the Food Bank Council of Michigan. For example, pancake mix is listed as costing $2.19 If you’re a nonprofit looking for innovative ideas to raise funds to help the many people in our country looking for assistance, this example might be the right one to learn from.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (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.) . Members are in bold. Thanks, Debra!

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