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Things We Like (October 2013)

NTEN

When everyone''s favorite spam twitter account revealed itself to be an art project, there was a little but of uproar. Which brings up an interesting question: Can spam be art? Just because we''re adults doesn''t mean we can''t have fun on Halloween. nptech nten' Like the government ?

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The 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is Now Open!

NTEN

While we've used the public humiliation of the NTEN staff as the theme in the past, this year we want to celebrate the collective awesome of the NTEN community. I will knit to size a pair of Wonder Warmers—really fun and funky cabled, button up fingerless gloves made with Bellingham,WA-spun Spincycle yarn. Be prepared!

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Things We Like: Best of 2009

NTEN

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. For added fun, try changing one of the characters. Patience pants.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

Need evidence: this photo of Net2 organizers Mel Findlater, Stephen Blyth, Jeremy Foreman, Birgit Pauli-Haack, Roshani Kothari, and NTEN’s Megan Keane was taken in Washington, DC during 14NTC. So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun. Guatemala: EgarageTec-Day International Girls in ICT 2014.

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Case Study: Facebook for Volunteer Recruitment at AVP

NTEN

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] Here’s this fun thing to support AVP, come support us and help others support us,” she said. Too much Spam or other weird things happening. That’s grassroots mobilizing, posting about events that are happening.”

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. If users have to create an account, that in itself is a barrier, but it will allow you to delete accounts that spam. If you open up comments to all users, you are going to get spammers.

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How to Find the Audience You Want (When They’re Not Necessarily Coming Your Way)

NTEN

What do your supporters do for fun? It should go without saying that we’re not advocating spamming blog comments with embedded links to your website – not only will that guarantee your comments get deleted, but you can also get yourself blacklisted.). How to do that?