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?" " In too many cases, tech becomes the elephant in the room: we see it, but tend to ignore the greater possibilities.

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

proprietary, sessions for small orgs and sessions for large orgs. Since we're an organization that's also run by a woman, we're very glad to partner every year with with the Women Who Tech Telesummit. > Register for the Women Who Tech Telesummit! > Register for the Women Who Tech Telesummit! And more…. >

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NTEN

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Flickr: Chad_Norman (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . NTEN members are connecting online all the time via: NTEN's Facebook page.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Paula Jones, Director of Technology, The N. Center for Nonprofits In my role at the N.C.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2009

From the interwebs this week, I've heard about these NTEN members doing their nptechie-thing: Amy Sample Ward reports on the new opportunity on YouTube to connect nonprofits with video volunteers, with the help of allforgood.org. Missoula Tech Club is on Facebook , thanks to the organizing of Jeanette Russell. What do y'all think?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Check out our newest groups: 501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Toronto, Ontario: Tech Connect Workshop.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2009

Flickr: Cambodia4Kidsorg: Can you idnetify the NTEN superstars? This is where I give props to announcements and activities about NTEN members. If you're an NTEN member and have nptech news, don't forget to tag your posts "NTEN member" or "nptech" -- and give me a heads-up! David Neff 's Lights.

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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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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

The third issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Plus: Watch NTEN's mini-documentary video on Data-Driven Nonprofits Listen to an episode of the "askDeborah" podcast series, presented by the CTK Foundation.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

I look forward to the NTEN NTC (Nonprofit Technology Network's conference) every year. It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. In fact, this year we have NTEN Organization membership so there will be four of us at the conference. 11NTCSocialCRM).

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2012

Another benchmark we think is importmant for nonprofits to consider is the ratio of organizational staff to their tech-responsible staff. While we took a look at the number of tech staff benchmark in the first post in this series, I'd like to now turn to the org staff-per-tech staff benchmark.

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NTEN

JUNE 1, 2011

NTEN's newest publication is free and hot off the press. Nonprofit Leaders discussing out-of-control tech projects. There are also articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections. American Red Cross's strategy for dealing with their Twitter "oops".

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

There's a trope in many a science-fiction movie: you need to fix the tech to save the day. It's free for NTEN Members! NTEN Members can register for this FREE webinar right here. If you're not already a Member of NTEN, now would be a good time to make the investment. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

Has it been a year already since we launched NTEN's quarterly digital journal for nonprofit leaders? NTEN's publication (which was recently honored with a Publishing Trendsetter Award ) is free and hot off the press. Indeed it has, and the latest issue could be our best ever.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Formal authority is granted through position on an org chart, or through mandate (or sometimes fiat) from the senior management of an organization. Demonstrate that you know a lot about technology -- show them that you're a tech expert (more about that below) -- and about your organization and its mission. What You Know.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The December issue of NTEN's quarlerly journal for nonprofit leaders is free and hot off the press. Plus: Watch NTEN's mini-documentary video on Cloud for Nonprofits Listen to an episode of the "askDeborah" podcast series, presented by the CTK Foundation. Nonprofit Leaders discuss managing their organizations through change.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] By Peter Drury, a child's right a child's right either had a problem or an opportunity—the distinction hinged only on our perspective. First things first: we clean water for kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2014

I’m giving away a free registration to NTEN’s Leading Social Change Summit. NTEN is hosting the “ Leading Change Summit ” in San Francisco from September 3-6th. I’ll pick a winner by July 3oth. Our first session will set the stage and context for the practices of “Impact Leadership.”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

More orgs will hire CTOs. Technology will finally enter the c-suite of not-for-profit orgs. Other orgs will finally learn what I've known for 5 years: bring it in-house and don't silo your tech people, make one of them a c-suite leader. The hottest org in 2020? Expect this form of fundraising to mushroom.

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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

MAY 4, 2011

When I took the helm of NTEN just a few short years ago, I really wish someone had handed me a book that outlined all the stuff I was now supposed to worry about: finance, legal, human resources, and of course technology.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Look for opinions from people that have similar organizations, values, missions and tech skills to get the best comparison. With proper tech assessment, research and cost analyses the deployment is often straightforward.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The Nonprofit Technology Conference ( 12NTC ), organized by the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), brings together nonprofit leaders from far and wide to learn about the latest in technology that can benefit their organizations and the communities those organizations serve. Mixing It Up! Online and Offline Community Organizing.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

Whether you're the "accidental" IT person at your org or an actual IT person, you might find these free IT courses useful: Microsoft Virtual Academy offers free courses by (Microsoft) product as well as by topic, from game development to Microsoft Dynamics. Advanced/IT Training.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Start your review process with objective material from sources like NTEN, Idealware, and TechSoup. Look for opinions from people that have similar organizations, values, missions and tech skills to get the best comparison. With proper tech assessment, research and cost analyses the deployment is often straightforward.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

It should only take you about 5 minutes to complete the survey and contribute to the nonprofit tech community knowledgebase. (It The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge and ThePort. > Tags: NPTech NTEN theport social media common knowledge social networking. > Take the Survey !

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

This is also a commonly held view of programmers, web developers, IT professionals, database administrators, and other tech staff in an organization. They demand an in-house tech team. Tech is often viewed as a money pit, an expense to avoid (until something goes wrong). Tech people are trained to automate processes.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

As a web builder and tech consultant in a male-dominated field, this was far from news to me. But the "accidental" label felt safe, and I held onto it for years after I had established myself -- via training courses, skills acquired on the job, and successful tech projects -- as a career techie. Are things improving for women techies?

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NTEN

AUGUST 23, 2012

More than ever before, orgs are using video as their primary vehicle for communicating their issues and telling the stories of their cause while the tech becomes easier for laymen to use. But orgs rarely have the budgets to hire pros (like my team) to create every piece of video content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2008

As a 10,000 footer, NTEN’s new Donor Management System Survey is of keen interest. What’s interesting is that they did a size of org and recommendation analysis – to break down recommendations by size of organization. There is, of necessity, a lot of overlap betwen CRM systems and Donor Management Systems.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At the end of this guided exercise, you’ll be able to articulate investment impact statements like: BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SAVE $79,155 OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. BY INVESTING $9,845 IN NEW TECHNOLOGY, OUR ORG WILL SERVE $3,032,759 MORE CLIENTS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Step 1: Removing Resistance. TechBridge.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I especially like to look at the "% New Visits" metric, to find the topics that are encouraging more people to look into NTEN's resources. If your org uses Facebook to raise money for animal adoptions, even if 50 shares are a record for you, is that a good number comparatively? And you really should.

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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. People kept seeking you out because, instead of acting like the stereotypical IT guy, speaking only in tech-ese, you answered their questions and helped them feel a bit less intimidated by tech tools. How do others do it?

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. You can often find recruiters who specialize in tech hiring. In today's installment, we tackle the CTOs' top five staffing tips. Use your networks The best hires are frequently folks you already know or have met while working in the sector.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2010

We're excited to be partnering with GreatNonprofits and Guidestar on their 2010 GreatNonprofits Science & Technology Campaign -- and not just so we can pick up a few reviews for NTEN. Campaign deadline: August 31, 2010 So, when you've got a free moment, head on over there and rate the science and technology orgs you know.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Be able to articulate what you help orgs do and accomplish, not necessarily the technical products/skills? Models: Create a capped-rate, a retainer + hourly for tech support, project-based. NPTechConsult is on the NTEN (look for great comments from Karen Nyhus) — it’s got great archives and interesting discussions.

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