NTEN

JANUARY 9, 2012

We're less than 3 months away from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , NTEN's signature three-day gathering that brings together nonprofit professionals from around the world to collaborate, innovate, and maximize effectiveness. Managing a Flash Crisis: How to Handle Online Criticism of Your Organization.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2012

You could embed a simple Google map on your website or you could invest in a Flash-based mapping tool. Online maps can demonstrate the breadth of large movements or highlight grassroots work at a very local level. In ancient times (5-6 years ago), there were two main ways to visualize data with online maps.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Websites are loaded with eye candy these days — from slick user interfaces to interactive maps to cool photo slideshows — all achieved without Flash, just HTML, CSS and Javascript. And these technologies are free, open and can be utilized in essentially every current web-browsing device.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2009

As Andre Agassi learned , image isn't everything; flash without substance doesn't win you 8 Grand Slam titles (and we're all about the big tournaments here at NTEN). Tags: card sort NPTech NTEN nten.org site map site redesign web design website. The story so far: We started with a card sort.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

[As part of the 2011 NTC, a group of attendees are documenting their experiences at the conference on the NTEN Blog. So, as I watch my six-year-old son playing with the flashing ring and other pieces of swag from the NTC goody bag, I just wanted to wish you all a great — and heartfelt — last afternoon of the conference.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2009

Here's a synopsis: You know those crazy Flash videos where you can try to trick your friends into thinking they've been featured in a news story by playing on the age old psychological tenet that deep down, everybody believes they deserve to be famous? Tags: NPTech NTEN. Yeah, my sister got me with one of those a couple of months back.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What makes it usable Newer applications are using AJAX and Flash, to give the kinds of functionalities we’ve come to expect with desktop applications – so it’s just like having a desktop application with our data – except it’s “in the cloud&# not on our desk.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

Flash (and, therefore, YouTube) is working, as is Java. I did a webinar for NTEN on it – ReadyTalk worked just fine. I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2009

Next month will include NTEN's NTC. It's an interactive flash site that lets users find and adopt words that are in danger of being removed from the dictionary. The conference season is upon us. For me, it kicks off this weekend at SXSW where I'm participating on three sessions, including the first ever poetry slam.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Once you click it, the online mini-slideshow (Adobe Flash) with synched audio is opened in a browser window. If there are any NTEN folks out there who have deployed this or anything like it, I'd love to hear about your experiences. " It basically works like this for a recipient: you receive an email with a logo or image embedded.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

As you make your plans, choosing between fancy Flash, images, and simple buttons, keep asking yourself if your choices make things better for your user and/or strengthen your organization’s message. . Tags: christy van heugten Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. According to the “ eNonprofit Benchmarks Study ” done by NTEN (shout out to Holly Ross ) email is still the “killer app” that reaches the most people. Stand up 2 Cancer. Why is this important?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Other platforms like Java and Flash could end up being (once again?) Tags: Infrastructure Newsletter NPTech NTEN Planning IT Staff. Is it the wave or my surfboard that is muy mal ? Malvertising and toxic web search results will be on the rise. Newbie staffers may keep your day humming and your work queue crashing. the culprits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Use free flash players like XSPF or Podcast Pickle's branded widget player to embed your latest or favorite episodes on your website. Tags: corey pudhorodsky NPTech NTEN Newsletter podcasting social media. Don't neglect to market your podcast through existing channels.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

With just a few clicks, your staff can transform their data tables into embeddable flash objects that are immediately ready for your web site and, just like those YouTube videos, Google's Gadget can easily be copied and embedded by others. Tags: NPTech data NTEN Newsletter kurt voelker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake. Streaming Headlines or Other Content from other Blogs or Links. -

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 18, 2007

Here's what the organizers have in mind: Microformats Are the New Tags But are they a flash in the tech pan, or are they here to last? Members Only Software will be participating in the science fair (nothings changed in my life in 50 years, has it?) and I've been asked to host a session on Microformats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

I should mention that ReadyTalk has been the official webinar provider and sponsor for NTEN [link] for the last few years…congrats on your recent appointment to the NTEN board, btw. We offer special NTEN rates for any memebers out there. Interesting post, thanks for clarifying our list rates vs. NP rates.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In what might have taken months, if it ever happened, word of this civil libertarian's novel idea came to us in the flash of a Google alert. Our membership department then did an email blast to our supporters, with the video embedded and with a link to his Daily Kos post. Talk about a grassroots moment!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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NTEN

AUGUST 11, 2011

There are a few like the “Swarm” badge that requires 50 people to check in at the same location within a given period of time all flash mob-like. Both of these examples can be achieved solo and there are many others like them. The badge and mayoral systems have made the check in fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" I just noticed on the NTEN site a great post about a pointer to survey that is collecting information about web site benchmarks (slightly broader than metrics).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2012

The complicated design involved the use of text or online flash polls that could be shared on the screen and have the audience take the poll. It is important to have someone capture the conversation in notes and graphic recording (I’ve been arranging my own for many years, but NTEN has Rally sponsor this at the conference).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

The technologies generally connected to Web 2.0

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