NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

Brett Meyer, NTEN. In the "Website URL" box, enter the landing page you want to send folks to. In the screen above, "comm_mem_act" refers to Communications staff who are Members of NTEN and active in our community. You may already know you can use Google Analytics to track your Google AdWords campaigns.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. That means that the majority of your nonprofit's stakeholders expect to find current, relevant and thorough information about your organization on your website. It is the "World Wide Web.").

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

For example, if your Facebook funnel delivers donations, then will you use Causes or collect donations on your website? If you're using your own website, the second to last bit is about clickthrough to your site. Ask yourself, what kinds of material must I create in order to get more of my fans to click thru to my website?

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2011

By Brett Meyer, Communications Director, NTEN As part of our effort to build the subscriber base for NTEN:Change , our quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders , we purchased advertising space – on Facebook, LinkedIn, and in GrantStation 's weekly newsletter. Facebook tells me that we spent $674.45

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. tagging capabilities to keep things organized.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

This leads to a common misconception: that your organization must immediately "mobilize" its website, by creating a mobile friendly version of your existing website. This approach misses two key facts: one, users are already using your website on their phones, and two, mobile web users have different needs than desktop users.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

Tag Galaxy maps Flickr photos onto a virtual solar system. Bacon, in almost any form, from watches to donuts to Bacolicio.us, which places a sizzling strip over your website. Tags: NPTech NTEN Newsletter Things We Like. Not to worry: Natalie Portman's got you covered. Try entering "inauguration".

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Whatever social media site you use -- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn -- read the privacy settings on the website. Under the "Additional Information" section, be aware of any personal tidbits you might not want professional contacts to be aware of, such as some interests, website links, groups, birthdate, and marital status.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Facebook landing pages can be relatively complicated, mini-websites like the page for Microsoft Office , or they can be simple, like our recent page displaying the invitation to our event. That worked out well, since, as with an e-newsletter, building a Facebook landing page doesn’t require any CSS.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

When someone visits your website, the first impression they'll likely get is still your homepage. The homepage of your website is key to engaging your visitors by getting them the information they want and sharing your important message. . and “How can we translate that to our website in a user friendly design?” .

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NTEN

MARCH 17, 2009

Public Interest Registry and NTEN want to celebrate that change, so we're launching the.ORG Ambassador awards. This year's Ambassador will be chosen by a judging panel made up of the.ORG and NTEN teams. There are a few criteria: You must be a member of NTEN. There are a few criteria: You must be a member of NTEN.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Each month, I look at dozens of nonprofit websites and hundreds of nonprofit emails. The foundational elements of effective online communications are your website and email communications. Are you proud of your website and able to keep fresh, interesting content flowing that matches your stakeholders interests? I know I would.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. You can create groups based on first donation dates and thank constituents for donating to you over that time even if they only signed up to receive your e-Newsletter this month.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Here are a few benefits the National Wildlife Federation has seen from our niche community outreach: Better website traffic quality. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media. Outreach to a niche community can be a very effective way to spend your time. Great way to engage with thought leaders.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

But, too often, we populate our websites with re-purposed press releases. Chances are, no one visiting your website will care either. At Mercy Corps, most of our storytellers -- those who provide material for the website and our other public communications -- are field officers and other staff. Their stories inspire us.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

More than $250 million was raised online for Haitian relief efforts in the first 21 days after the quake through Convio powered emails, websites, and other campaigns (up from approximately $120 million in the same period during Katrina). A webinar on lessons learned will be held in Q2 to share some of the key findings with NTEN members.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Here at Network for Good, where we process donations for over 10,000 nonprofit websites and serve as the engine for many social networks (like Causes on Facebook), we see similar renewal rates -- but important differences depending on where donors give online. Probably not.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

AARP Community - The brand new AARP community tool allows users to share photos, publish a blog, join groups, subscribe to e-newsletters and network with other members. It is a directory of links, resources and websites that provides a "guiding hand that can bridge the gap… between getting older and becoming empowered".

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Hosting on YouTube has worked for us in the past because we can easily embed on our website, create call-to-action overlays, our supporters are resoundingly familiar with YouTube versus other social media sites (based on a recent survey), it's easily picked up and embedded by bloggers/sites we've targeted, and it's a household name among users.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Does your fundraising campaign use the same donation page for both email messages and website promotions? If you're using the same donation form everywhere on your site, you won't be able to tell if that spike in donations came from the great email you sent or from the well-trafficked blog post that linked to your website.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony." In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

" They've used their website, blog, Twitter and Facebook, Youtube and more to keep telling the stories of those in need, those they're serving, and how people watching the relief effort unfold can continue to contribute. Tags: Collaboration Community Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Make sure you limit access to your donor information to only those who absolutely need it--preferably as few people as possible--and do not allow donor information to be placed in view of all staff or publically on your website. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Security IT Staff.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. ™ , which is designed specifically for organizations that have a website and know they need to do more online, but were reluctant to invest in Internet tools. Tags: E-mail Fundraising.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

For example, Play Pumps , a nonprofit that provides clean water to developing nations, uses a water tank as its website's donation thermometer. A link strategy , or posting your links on other blogs or websites, can reach a fresh audience of prospective donors and dramatically increase your web traffic with relatively little cost.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. See the slide deck below and notes from the panelists: WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Kiva.org's development of the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website is facilitating micro-transactions that were previously prohibitively expensive, thereby helping alleviate poverty and raise awareness on a different, more personalized, level.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Kiva.org's development of the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website is facilitating micro-transactions that were previously prohibitively expensive, thereby helping alleviate poverty and raise awareness on a different, more personalized, level.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Either through your website or as part of an annual campaign, ask your constituents their preferred methods of receiving information, the frequency at which they expect to receive communications, and if and how they want to communicate back to the organization.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The Mobicom partnership comes with access to their SMS website, which allows Bogii to track the messages that have been sent, how many were undelivered due to connection issues, and to see audience responses to the message. Easy to use website to track messages and responses. Tags: Mobile NPTech NTEN Program.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

While many nonprofits appear to be actively participating in external social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, many don't realize the risks of not fostering these groups within their organizations' website itself. Tags: NPTech NTEN. Why Internal Tools?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony." In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Increasingly, this is a challenge as individuals, businesses and organizations, and especially communication outlets -- TV, radio, print -- diversify their existing channels by hosting websites with blogs, podcasts and other interactive media. Tags: aarp age digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN Sami Hassanyeh.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Within weeks of Anne joining StumpleUpon and bookmarking her pages with this tool, she saw a steady increase in traffic and was able to find like-minded "stumblers" looking for content tagged in categories like "parenting." " Form Mutual Relationships.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

No problem, I’ll lay out a few quick suggestions for sorting out whether this social demographic is, in fact, a big, or at least increasing slice of your website traffic. Tags: jeff patrick Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Web Sites Communications. Still not convinced. Optimize Your Site for the Social Segment .

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Anything and everything -- from email, websites, databases, and project management to snail mail, online storage of documents, voicemail, and more. What are NTEN, TechSoup, and Idealware saying about the solutions? Tags: cloud computing Newsletter NPTech NTEN rem hoffmann rob jordan. What makes the cloud different?

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Focus on the websites where you've already found your stakeholders talking and hanging out. Tags: NPTech marketing NTEN Newsletter maddie grant lindy dreyer web2.0 Think about your biggest face-to-face event or fundraiser. You might think of this as another communications channel, but it's really much more.

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