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MARCH 18, 2010

Idealist Consulting specializes in moving and supporting organizations that are interested in "getting into the cloud" and with over 180 clients we have a good idea of what it takes to get there. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. You can think of them as consumer reports for non-profit technology.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Idealist Consulting specializes in moving and supporting organizations that are interested in "getting into the cloud" and with over 180 clients we have a good idea of what it takes to get there. First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. You can think of them as consumer reports for non-profit technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How’s that donor database of yours? As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. Salesforce was somewhere in the middle (ranked 9th).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” You can learn new ideas and share resources with people around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

Photo by Matt Westervelt Back in April I created a slide presentation for an Ignite session at NTC about the Many Uses of Friendfeed that Beth Kanter picked up on , intrigued with the idea of using it as an internal listening tool. NTEN holds numerous Office Hour chats , including the Water Cooler one. for the last five years or so).

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Perhaps one of the most challenging questions a nonprofit can ask is, "What should our org's commitment to the use and leverage of technology actually be?" There is little doubt that technology aligned and used properly can bring efficiency in extending and meeting goals in support of the mission.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Share a big idea that will inspire others to dream big? Just log into your org's YouTube account and submit your best work from the past year. Different is just what The Case Foundation is looking for in this year's contest. Did you experiment? Take risks? Did you highlight a failure from your past that's helping shape the future?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

In the NTEN group discussion on LinkedIn that followed, Michelle Hines made the following comment: "There are still some days that I don't feel absolutely comfortable in my role as Technology Director and I wonder if its right, but that is usually countered the next day by something that confirms that it is the right position.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

You found you had a knack for technology and you became your org's go-to person for computer problems. But at what point can you call yourself a technology professional? I work with our Executive Director to determine how we integrate technology into our programs and make decisions that affect the overall direction of our org.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

John Kenyon, John Kenyon Technology Consulting. ’ How do you fight burn-out as a technology consultant given the churn of new technology? Discussion: Ideas about telling the story about “what do I do as a consultant?&#. Tags: Consulting NTEN. Presenters: Robert L. Michael Stein, Michael Stein, Inc.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2011

Each year thousands of technology advocates, new media marketers, and multi-channel storytellers come together in the home town of Convio for five days of networking, parties, and sharing. Part conference, part festival, it’s an opportunity for people who embrace technology to find others with similar interests.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2011

Last week was the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference and not only did I have the pleasure of presenting a couple sessions, it was also my first NTC as a staffer, as I joined NTEN earlier this month. Org is a terrific example of a CDSI campaign. It also requires capacity/staff to make connections and support the community.

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DECEMBER 12, 2008

Ashoka In association with WeMedia , Ashoka's Changemakers.net is sponsoring a competition to suss out "the best new ideas for inspiring a better world through media and technology." The ventures must be related to media or technology.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

We've certainly encouraged you to adopt new technologies. But it's not about any particular technology. We've engaged Randal Moss and David Neff, authors of The Future of Nonprofits: Thrive and Innovate in the Digital Age , to lead a course on creating a culture of innovation that will help your org become a technology leader.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

As part of our agenda planning process for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we hosted a community planning call this past Friday. It was chock full of great ideas and direction (not to mention threats of pinching ) for the 10NTC Agenda. Back office technologies and management. Change Management. Fundraising.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Just a reminder that this column is meant to be a humorous and insightful “behind the scenes” take on what the people who are formally or informally responsible for technology at your organization are thinking and feeling. DO accept a technology donation from a(n extremely busy) board member! DO blindly put your faith in technology.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

One thing I think C3 (my org) does well is that we take a lot of short, successful hops. Each year, by the end of the retreat we’ve come away with very clear ideas of what has to be done to help us move forward in our mission, and each year we’ve managed to accomplish the goal we set. That’s my resolution. Beth Kanter. Connection Café.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. I hope NTEN can post the transcript.) That’s good news.

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AUGUST 26, 2010

As you know, we're just about done collecting your great session ideas for the 11NTC right now (deadline: August 27). proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. After that comes the hard part: figuring out what to put on the final agenda. It's a balancing act -- literally. Oh, and women vs. men presenters.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.

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APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Such a place can also be a source of “user generated content”, relieving your internal staff from the burden of coming up with fresh content, and truly leveraging the ideas of your larger community. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. What is a knowledge sharing network?

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You know, an example is, NTEN , the nonprofit technology network, which is a nonprofit, they decided to deactivate their Facebook page, sort of as a protest. And also in the way that we’re talking about the use of the platforms. Amy DeVita, TopNonprofits : Yeah. I couldn’t agree more.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" Mobilizing Generation 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled " Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations " that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. " The 1cent thoughts on NPTech blog muses , "Is technology the step child of older organizations?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. That threw off the morning of the second day which was going to focus on participants sharing their ideas and giving feedback on their strategies.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are more than a few things to do at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. Layout and design ideas for my site. You haven't registered yet? The regular rate goes up on Monday, so get going !). Magic happens. Susan Stein | [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

A couple of disparate ideas in this post from different perspectives -- I'm trying to make connections and this will probably make no sense to anyone but me. So this leads me to a recent discussion thread on the NTEN discuss list the other day. | View | Upload your own. Watch out for Google's Facebook killing strategy, OpenSocial.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

I can''t believe that just one month ago we were wrapping up the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), It was interesting to see the wide variety of technology companies and what they offer.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Wendy : First, there's this idea that Millennials want to go their own way and be outside institutions. Technological expertise and an understanding with social media others don't know. There is no substitute for perspective of power of technology. Kari: We would be remiss to not talk about the technology a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). As you look at the nonprofit technology landscape, what is your sense of where nonprofits are in terms of using blogs? RSS for Nonprofits.

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

Technology planning in nonprofits is too often thought about in terms of how many computers we need and the IT staff to maintain them from the basement of the organization. But technology is critical to an organization's success: all staff depend on it to deliver programs, communicate the organization's mission, raise money, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

It’s that time again: time to meet up at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! What : This meeting is for for people at orgs who have been using social media for several years and will be a forum to exchange advanced level tips and stories, as well as share what’s worked and what hasn’t. When : 10:30 a.m. Listen First!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

The concept of having a peer from the community is called a “technology steward” in the book Digital Habitats, co-authored by Nancy White, John Smith, and Etienne Wenger. Who’s running the parenting/running/makers community/community org, young donors, etc. Online Community Examples. We’re always looking for additional examples.

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MARCH 25, 2013

The field of Nonprofit Technology Assistance Providers (NTAPs) began developing in the early 1990s. Each organization plays a unique role in the sector, contributing our own solutions to the complex problem of helping nonprofits adopt and use technology to create more social change. And what holes in service they could recommend?

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