Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Meico Whitlock (Mindful Techie) leads the NTEN Board in a meditation meeting opener. CCC: This stands for the “Covid-Chat-Check-In” and is based on an exercise from Liberating Structures Playbook. I’ve been working in my pajamas since the early 1990s, during the early years of the Web. Or the last photo in their phone.

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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.” Sometimes easier said than done!). Cross disciplinary teams.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2012

Curation at NTEN , Evonne Heyning. Why Fundraisers are Failing at Storytelling -- and What They Need to Change , Lori Jacobwith. Greenpeace Experiments With Technology Team Structure , Derek Lieu. In Defense Of Serious Fundraising Dialogue , Roger Craver. My Top Five Takeaways from NTEN's Drupal Day , Melissa Anderson.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2011

Their book provides recipes for nonprofit organizations to capitalize on internal innovation and predict future trends to remake and reshape their culture, structure, and staff. Provides nonprofits a look at the future of fundraising and communications trends into 2016. So, a big congrats to David and Randal!

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2015

NTEN is a community, and a community invests in itself. Inspired by National Volunteer Week, we’d like to reiterate some of the ways one can volunteer and get involved with NTEN and be at the center of social change. NTEN has 11 staff members, but it is the magic and power of Community volunteers that make this organization what it is.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2011

During the opening plenary at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN executive director Holly Ross demonstrated the biggest problem facing people who work in nonprofit technology. In a room full of IT staff as well as fundraising, communications, and social media professionals, less than half of the attendees raised their hands.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

I moderated a panel with the above title yesterday at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. Tags: Consulting NTEN. Jana Byington-Smith did a great job of capturing the discussion for the conference’s live blog. I’m reposting her summary below. The list of links she mentions is at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. What gave me joy? What should I let go of? This year I was able to look at what I wrote last year.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Nonprofit Management.

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NTEN

AUGUST 24, 2011

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. The right solution is one that balances a fit with the rest of the organization’s technical structure and puts the least amount of work on your team, allowing them time for other projects and ongoing structural maintenance. What is the problem?

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Fundraising& Grants.

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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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NTEN

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

There are two key areas of volunteer engagement – recruitment and recognition – that are such great matches for social media that it’s worth a second look no matter how your organization is structured.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2011

Do we have the right tools to fundraise? Formally assign someone the job -- even if it's just part of their job -- of creating a strategy for how the org will change its processes, staff structure, service delivery, and budget to leverage technology in mission delivery. How can we change our process to use our CRM better?

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

We think of ourselves as cutting edge, using QR codes for both exhibits and fundraising, for example. We have HIGHLY innovative staff who push our available technology structures to capacity. In this article, we're taking a closer look at what we mean by "Tech Adoption". What is Tech Adoption? "We

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

The level structure can be based on points that everyone gains to level up, granting access to new content and possibilities. The real essence of achievements, however, is the possibility of showing them to other users, with a structure that encourages competition.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. I agree that there is the current situation, and ongoing danger of recreating the existing social structures online. Rachel Weidinger. [Ed. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. You can read all the details here. ]. Screw that.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For most nonprofit organizations, bulk email -- email newsletters, action alerts or fundraising outreach -- is one of the most productive communications approaches there is. Do you need to integrate the ESP with third-party databases such as your fundraising or CRM systems? Tags: E-mail NPTech NTEN Communications.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Massachusetts' updated privacy regulations went into effect of March 1, 2010, so if you have a MA donor on your fundraising list, you are also subject to this law. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN privacy. The MA law is also seen as a herald of what's to come from other states as the privacy threat continues to grow.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

I cover more —mobile, channel integration, messaging, structure—in a recent AFP webinar, which you can watch here. 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R. Email Marketing Interactive #nptech email eMail marketing end of year fundraising' Email Marketing Interactive #nptech email eMail marketing end of year fundraising'

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

By tapping into the plethora of free resources, your team can better prepare for your fundraising campaigns to raise more money and more awareness for your cause. These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Optimized fundraising. Enriched knowledge. Enhanced outreach.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 1, 2007

One sort of specimen is the type of organization that NTEN classifies as the "mutual benefit organization". Membership here is a way to package fundraising. Museums and cultural organization tend to be organizations of this sort; many advocacy and political groups also structure themselves in this way.

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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.??? DonorsChoose.org is doing a hybrid blog action and fundraising challenge during the month of October.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups !

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Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

JANUARY TRAC Development Workshop Conference New Orleans, LA January 17-19, 2024 Located in New Orleans at the Award Winning Omni Royal Orleans, the TRAC Development Workshop is the place for colleagues to share important information to help put you on the right fundraising track for the year ahead. Want more time?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

" I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?" Over the next four years, innovative organizations will use technology to transfer to individuals the reins on everything from program work and evaluation to fundraising and communications.

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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. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. Can’t wait! what things need to be measured. success stories.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Fundraising. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime. Fundraising / #casesmg / @CASEAdvance. Fundraising. Fundraising / #caseadvdean / @CASEAdvance.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

This process produces data broadly defined, whether numeric, textual, or audio-visual, structured or unstructured. House Fundraising Map ProPublica: How the Heart Rhythm Society Sells Access Guardian UK: What will happen to the world's population? See, for example, Lucy Bernholz's "What Kind of Data are we Talking About?"

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

One way of conceptualizing this is using blocks to make a structure. They are able to get people to login to their site via Facebook and increase the conversion rate and effectiveness of their fundraising appeals using Facebook’s APIs. Some Awesome APIs and Uses for Them. Causes has leveraged this.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

and all over the world, that focus on essential topics like: Fundraising & Grants. From communications to fundraising to technology to leadership skills, the conference offers something for everyone. International Fundraising Conference - IFC 2016. Fundraising & Grants / #IFC2016 / @TheResAlliance. State/Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding. 9237 is the average amount raised when groups are working on a team to fundraise. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised. Click to download worksheet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns. Why not ask your supporters how many of them have a blog or web site where they would be willing to promote your fundraising campaign? Chez Pim raised almost $62,000 with her Menu for Hope Campaign in 2.5 weeks using her food blog and an online auction.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Nonprofits are adding stories to their fundraising messages. Humans think in narrative structures, and we remember facts and statistics far better when they're presented to us in story form. The Take-away Don't count on a personal story to transform your fundraising appeal. There's just one problem. and they're not working.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

million views online and he is the keynote speaker at NTEN’s upcoming 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. These events raised $582 million in nine years and continue to shape event fundraising across the globe. Nonprofit Management book review fundraising Non-Profit nonprofit'

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