Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S. Learn More.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2021

Their backgrounds and experiences are equally diverse, from an Iraqi immigrant to a first-generation American, a student currently pursuing a degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and a polyglot who speaks three languages. The post Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows appeared first on NTEN.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Using adult learning principles in technology trainings — an NTEN Digital Inclusion Fellow shares a few key lessons about how to (and how not to) train adults. Adapt to various learning styles, physical and neurological variety, and language proficiency. Reinforce learning after one day, week, and month to make it stick.

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2010

After over a year of talking about an overhaul to the NTEN Member Directory , a couple of months ago, we finally took the first step: making it a priority. . After you're done reading, be sure to check out the new NTEN Member Directory !). Tags: NPTech NTEN. Incidentally, this is the launch. Haven't done it yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

And Congrats to Michele Murrain for joinging NTEN board !). This one via NTEN and Neighborhood Networks Conference and this one via the nonprofit blog exchange. What language is this? And, if you want to add sub-titles in another language to a video, use dot.sub. " and reflecting on a recent article in Wired.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This month’s NTEN Communications Roundtable focuses on communications struggles, lessons, and best practices for working internationally. Bit it also comes with very real obstacles for communication: from translation and language barriers to cultural differences that may impact your programs or reception of your services.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

We hear about the iCloud, Google Apps, Amazon, and other solutions that draw on the language of the “cloud” to describe what they do. There is a fair amount of discussion about the “cloud” when it comes to nonprofits and their technological next steps. You may also hear this referred to as “Online”, “Hosted”, or “Web Based” software.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

On the recent NTEN community call someone asked the panel to name 5 vendors (other than Blackbaud and Convio) to whom we’d send a CRM system RFP for a $100 million nonprofit. Supports multiple locations or chapters, multiple currencies, multiple languages, and multiple character sets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

I’m in Washington, DC for the Nonprofit Technology Conference hosted by NTEN. There were many products demos and discussed, but I really liked the demo of cool things you could do with your smartphone. As I work more and more internationally, translation from different languages has become critical.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

nap and dusted the snow off, we want to share the huge outpouring of blog posts, videos, pictures, and other media from the NTEN community. Karaoke songs with NTEN staff embarrassing themselves: 2. NTEN''s Lifetime Achievement Award Goes To Laura Glenn-Davitan , Common Good Vermont. NTEN, NTC, and Technology , Peter Campbell.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2022

Once you’re ready to apply for a nonprofit job, consider checking your resume for non-inclusive language with this resume tool. Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Full list of 39 Nonprofit Job Sites. Foundation Job sites. Draper Richards Foundation. Philanthropy News Digest. Skoll Social Edge. Robin Hood Foundation. Just Means.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

On day 2, I was part of the Visual Communications panel with four panelists (some you might recognize from the NTEN Community!): This is especially relevant if you''re working with audiences around the world that communicate in multiple languages, or are illiterate.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

nap and dusted the snow off, we want to share the huge outpouring of blog posts, videos, pictures, and other media from the NTEN community. Karaoke songs with NTEN staff embarrassing themselves: 2. NTEN''s Lifetime Achievement Award Goes To Laura Glenn-Davitan , Common Good Vermont. NTEN, NTC, and Technology , Peter Campbell.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Following are just a few words of advice from the NTEN Community. Students from the age of 4 to 104 have learned about code using hands-on tutorials offered in more than 40 languages. Here at NTEN Headquarters, we look forward to the 16NTC the way an eager, precocious four-year-old looks forward to her birthday. Images: NTEN.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

This year we used language that was a little more inclusive, so that respondents would consider: "How many staff, excluding consultants, are responsible for supporting or maintaining technology-related tasks in your organization, in Full Time Equivalency (FTE)?" We've been asking about this since our first study in 2006.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

In the NTEN community, the concept of "IT Staff" has been more fluid and inclusive, but we also know that many nonprofit professionals who have information technology responsibilities are either not given formal "information technology" titles, or don''t self-identify as "IT Staff" -- and often both cases are true for an individual.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

13 Issue 1 (Winter/Spring 2012), “Language, Identity and Politics” and is re-published here with permission." NTEN – "What if you found out that one-quarter of your subscribers were reading your emails on their mobile phones? " The Age of Mobile Email Has Arrived. Are You Ready?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Based on the response to a couple of how-to articles about Google Analytics I've posted to the NTEN blog recently , we know there's a hunger for more information about how to understand what's going on with your organization's web site. . Series Cost : $50 for NTEN Members, $100 for non-members. Presented by : Eric T.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

Founded nearly a decade ago, CiviCRM is now being used by more than 10,000 nonprofits worldwide, with over 15,000 members that help to generate the software’s development, and has been translated into over 20 languages. civiCRM community Community CRM Open Source Open Source IT Staff'

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

" Regardless of whether or not Hemingway himself wrote those 6 words, two things are certainly true: It's a fantastic use of language. It's hard to use language effectively -- and even harder to be concise and effective. Tags: NPTech NTEN tagline. The words were: "For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn."

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. We know you speak the language, but most likely the rest of your organization doesn't – yet. Today, we tackle the first in a series of posts in which the CTOs offer their advice for the job by finishing the sentence "You're doing it wrong if…" 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. This post summarizes some learning research and offers some tips for delivering effective webinars. It was delivered in two sessions.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Year after year the annual NTC conference produced by NTEN has been the "go to" conference for nonprofit campaigners to get the latest best practices in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, online fundraising and social media. Beyond English - Remove the Language Barrier to Relieve Poverty and Save Lives. Here are my top five picks.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Community of Practice: Chat with Anne Kreamer NTEN / Community of Practice: Women in NPTECH / Fee: Free. Ask The Expert: Finding Funding for Technology Projects NTEN / Webinar #NTENlearn / Fee: Free / Members Only. If you are provide online learning events for nonprofits and your event language is English, we want to know about you.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Very similar to the NTEN US Nonprofit Cloud Survey findings, we found that 90 percent of our 10,500 respondents worldwide told us they are already using some type of cloud technology and they plan to use more pretty quickly. to conduct our survey in 21 languages. We used cloud provider and TechSoup donor partner FluidSurveys.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2012

Read the complete article in the current issue of NTEN's new quarterly e-journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] That body language is saying, “Oh, really? [Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. I don’t think so. Not at my nonprofit.”

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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.” Develop shared language. Encourage brainstorming.

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NTEN

AUGUST 20, 2014

Our collection is well-known, diverse, and spans seven decades and over 60 languages. The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) supports Portland’s arts and writing community and curates North America’s largest zine library, a circulating archive of self-published and otherwise underground and rare publications.

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NTEN

JANUARY 11, 2010

The thing is, there are about 250,000 words in the English language. Tags: adwords Google google grants NPTech NTEN. It could look something like: Antidisestablishmentarian. That's a long word! What's it mean? It's 25 characters long! www.pedants-unite.org/languagerules. Then there are the keywords.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2011

But NTEN members are using the newest, and some of the oldest, technologies to do good all over the world. After providing more than 600 schools with solar-paneled radios, students are able to tune into courses on subjects such as math and language. Flickr: Iwan Indrawan Technological change moves quickly! Have more news to share?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

We also had an added challenge of having a group of participants where some spoke fluent Spanish/English, only English, only Spanish, or fluent in one language and only a few words in the other. While we did have simultaneous interpretation, it would not be useful for rapid share pair discussions that this opener requires. Learn More .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I’m doing a panel at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in March called “ Learn You Will ” with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience. I often incorporate sticky notes and often have to rearrange the furniture.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

And you don’t need to feel overwhelmed by vendor sales-talk – it’s possible to get things translated to language you understand. After the webinar, I’ll be putting the slides up in varied places, and NTEN will have a recording of the webinar. {

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2009

Or, to put it in the language of the day : You should take advantage of this fantastic offer here. Tags: book managing technology meet your mission NPTech NTEN stanford social innovation review. The special ends August 5th and is only open to the first 100 respondents, though, so don't delay.

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2012

As Holly wrote in the #NTCFail blog post outlining the things that didn’t go as planned at the event, we value being open and accountable at NTEN. We were also fortunate to have the San Francsico Gay Men’s Chorus (NTEN Members all) close up the event in a very classy way. Yes, the counter to #NTCfail is #NTCwinning. View the recording.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

Unlike Google Docs, however, we've found that Google's system to upload data into Public Data Explorer – called Dataset Publishing Language (DSPL) - is somewhat cumbersome to use, requiring us to have at least some programming knowledge. Andy manages the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health's data and information offerings.

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