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#GivingTuesday is almost here! NTEN Members share their campaign plans

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Many NTEN Members are taking part in #GivingTuesday this year, and we asked our Members to share their campaign plans. Lisa Narodick Colton , See3 , is working with a group of homeless organizations to increase awareness about issues and feel grateful for what they have. Are you taking part in #GivingTuesday?

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Small, But Mighty: A Resource for Small Nonprofit Leaders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a member of the NTEN Board, I used this framework to help us work through our performance evaluation process. As our small nonprofit working group thought about how to make the PI feasible for small nonprofits, we wrestled with several hard questions. This is a critical question for small nonprofits with limited resources.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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NTC Day of Service 2011: The Art of Story Capture

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This year's Day of Service featured three different projects - a computer recycling project and installation of a wireless network in Washington, DC's largest homeless shelter and meal preparation at DC Central Kitchen. Approximately 100 volunteers participated in service activities. Event 360 was a sponsor for the Day of Service.

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NTC: Plenary – Dan Heath, Flip the Switch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Donate Tweets and Facebook posts to NTEN and use it to fund local 501 C-3 Clubs and local gatherings around the country. The one question: How do I convince my boss and co-workers to get on the train with us? The most important question is to focus on what is working. We rarely train our analytical capacity to what is working.

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Basic Tips for Evaluating New Technologies for Your Nonprofit

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on homeless issues, access to healthcare, or wetland preservation are. means to reach out and ask those nagging questions you’ve been meaning. Tags: Kevin Lo managing technology NPTech NTEN techsoup. Don’t be shy in asking your peers about how they've applied. similar technologies in their organizations. Your allies in working.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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