Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile – the iPhone and the laptop. Here’s a quick summary of the best sound bytes in tweets: . “Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. Sound familiar? Check out our NTC session” Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

” But what if there was a way to use online tools, mobile apps, and software that helped lengthen our attention spans and replace information overload with a sense of mindfulness? ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness. I set a Fi.tt

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile - the iPhone and the laptop. Here's a quick summary of the best sound bytes in tweets: "Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck." These companies have more iPhone apps than the iStore.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

April 19, 2016: Producing a Successful Video Story from Sound to Screen with Aaron Bramley of Lights.Camera.Help. will feature TechSoup's own Glenn Fajardo and digital media trainer Nife Adeyemi, who will talk through postproduction editing, tools to use, adding sound and graphics, and sharing your video on social channels like YouTube.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2010

Being the nerd that I am, nothing tickles me quite like data moving around magically (unless it's a bacon chocolate bar or the sound of my kid & hubby laughing). Get ready for some QR Code Scavenger Hunts at the 2010 NTC. . So I was delighted to get to SXSWi and discover QR Codes. Think of a QR Code as a bar code on steroids.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. There are some fabulous sessions proposed for the 2009 NTC , running the whole gamut of nonprofit technology, from planning to Web 2.0, No setup fees or anything else. open source, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

My goal was to bring them to the Linux geek out at NTC , and have people play with Linux installs on them. That’s easier than it sounds. We’ll see… Anyway, if you’ll be at NTC, come by and see where I got to. But, I realized that I had somewhat of a challenge on my hands. And, in most situations, it is.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America. It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. Hacker Helper.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Many organizations have been using mobile technology successfully for years, but I believe 2010 will stand above the rest for nonprofits jumping on board and maximizing the potential of text messaging campaigns. Let’s face it -- we have seen a virtual explosion of mobile marketing campaigns in the past year alone.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Many organizations have been using mobile technology successfully for years, but I believe 2010 will stand above the rest for nonprofits jumping on board and maximizing the potential of text messaging campaigns. Let’s face it -- we have seen a virtual explosion of mobile marketing campaigns in the past year alone.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Representing the youth perspective was Shub Sengupta (at 18, surely one of the youngest NTC presenters of all time), a current college student and former Pathways to Education program participant. If it sounds scary, Google it first. If a young person posts something that sounds problematic or worrisome, plop it into Google.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 13, 2007

But why not add another channel to the back channel happenings, for instance, at NTC ? Sounds like a reasonable idea. IRC has always seemed to me to be one of the best ways to do that, but IRC is, well, passé these days, it seems. But why don’t I sign up for a Twitter account, and, well, Twitter?

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

and debriefed a whole lot of the NTC. We also read through all of the NTC evaluations! We didn''t want to split up these post-NTC conversations so have sacrificed brevity in the hopes of completeness. , launched into planning and logistics for the inaugural Leading Change Summit (coming this September 3-6!),

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Every year at NTEN's annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), one of our major goals is to collect enough feedback from you, the attendees, to make our future conferences even better. At the 2009 NTC, we decided to give this system a major tech overhaul by implementing a mobile text messaging version of this: the Mobile Evaluation.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

USB headset, dynamic or condenser mics, soundboard, mobile devices, video recording, etc. Mobile devices - if you are out in the field, etc. Great to have a lapel mic and ear phones (to monitor how the recording sounds). Sony Sound Forge - much like audacity but is single track. Soundboards - definitely not necessary.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2009

Market to Mobiles. billion dollars will be spent on mobile marketing in 2009. We're certainly not going to ditch our mobiles , so how can nonprofits get in on the mobile marketing action? You can glean some tips on how to craft your mobile message from the restaurant professionals, who've been in the game for awhile now.

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

The NTC isn't the only tech conference in San Francisco in 2009: March 22-23, ISIS, Inc. Viral marketing, use of mobile tech, and pop culture/media influence are some of the topics planned for discussion at this year's event. Now that sounds like a great reason to use technology for good!

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