3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

By the way, NTEN posted some great tips for social media use , by Marc Pitman, founder of The Fundraising Coach. Here are examples of Tweets from orgs that didn’t include outcome data. I also included two Tweets from orgs that did use outcome data. Does your donor database keep track of this type of data?

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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. How To Track Everyone Who's Anyone To You ," from Idealware's Laura Quinn, which provides the foundation for why and how to lead your nonprofit to a "greener" bottom line.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press. Keeping Track of Your People Power: HR and Technology in the Nonprofit World ," from Idealware's Elizabeth Pope.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics. Here's how to do it.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

You may also need specific software to track registration so include that as well. I assume you’ll use your website to market the program, so you should include a percentage of your web hosting costs and any staff or consulting expenses you might incur to update the information online.

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North Carolina Org Fund Technology 70

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We knew we would ultimately be in 16 countries by the year 2020, which meant that tracking, monitoring, and evaluating projects would become more complicated by the day. In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily.

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International Project Org Technology 60

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

This five-week series of classes, designed and presented through a partnership between Idealware and NTEN, will walk you through the soup-to-nuts process of creating just such a campaign. By the end of the five weeks, they'll have developed a finished and polished email fundraising strategy – and the first message in your org's next campaign.

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Tech Soup

JULY 22, 2014

It's completely free and offers some handy tools for tracking your progress as you move through the courses. Apply to NTEN's Nonprofit Tech Academy where you'll receive guidance and training from leaders in the technology and nonprofit communities. Advanced/IT Training.

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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. If so, why?

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

I'll try to synthesize all the great discussion on the topics and themes we'll be looking to include in each of our 5 conference tracks: Leadership, Fundraising, Communications, IT Staff and Consultants and Program. " IT Track. Business continuity - implentation that would happen in an IT track, different angles for same topic.

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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. 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. So if you're reading this, you’re already on the right track.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

RoundTables are monthly hour-long chats, free for NTEN Members, moderated by an NTEN member from the field of Consulting, Communications, or IT -- depending on which RoundTable it is. If you're creating a hashtag for your org or an event, make sure you register it with Twapper Keeper. (No, No, not trapper keeper.)

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NTEN

AUGUST 26, 2010

We're always looking to balance sessions across tracks, open source v. 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. We don't always succeed at that.

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Tech Open Source Org ROI 60

NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

At the end of a documentary, they provided a text-to-give call to action and were able to track the metrics as the campaign developed. Has your org had similar successes with mobile text-to-give programs? Thinking first about how to reach Millenials and increase their sense of urgency, they started with film - a time sensitive media.

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Mobile Create Strategy National 61

NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

I was especially intrigued about this part of the event because, with the help of our friends at LimeRed Studios, NTEN is planning its own Idea Accelerator at the Leading Change Summit this September.) Every day the app shows a new nonprofit campaign, whether project-specific or org-specific. Pitch-It competition. (I

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Education Mentoring Virginia Mobile 71

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. How do you involve the org? Have you seen examples of your org changing?

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Small orgs devoted the largest portion of their overall budget, at 7.1 We'll be conducting the report again at the end of this year and would like to hear your feedback about what other data we should be tracking and ways we can improve this resource for your organizational use. On average, organizations devoted 2.7

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Org Survey Nonprofit ROI 72

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. And, he thinks that NTEN should be responsive to him, as a member, in asking to publish web stats.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2012

If change is a constant at your org and you are considering an outsourced model, you’ll need to know how responsive your potential Drupal shop or consultant is. This is convenient and efficient for mid-size to large orgs – less vendor relationships to manage – and price breaks may be available. Ask around and get lots of references!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

And organizations and movements can certainly use twitter to organize – I think that’s a great strategy – as long as the majority of those to be organized are on twitter – which is quite a stretch for most orgs or movements. at 10:40 am Twitter and Non-Profits-Are Baby Boomers Involved? 5 Erin 04.30.08

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. Consult Details: Selecting the right database software or host-site to keep track of our constituents; mine that database of information for maximum return from investors; use better on-line fund-raising techniques. Magic happens. Atlanta, Inc.

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Service Atlanta Giving Consultant 57

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

But, as you make your rounds to check in on how they are doing, you oversee a few logging in with their dog's name, the name of the org, the current year and make of their car, or even their birthday -- which can now be seen by millions on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Tribe, Twitter, and who knows what other social networking profiles out there!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

[Editor's note: The following is from the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Blue” orgs get a small fraction of environment funding. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] It’s our mission to make the ocean more famous online.

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Org Share Data Conservancy 59

NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

While devotedly pouring over websites dedicated to votive candles and stationary, googling " decoupage ", and researching charities for our registry, I was stopped in my tracks by a striking banner ad. I want to share the basics that your org should think about. What do paid ads really do?

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Storytelling Yahoo Story Google 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. Set a Time Frame, Track it and Talk about it: Make sure you activate the tracking system or install an external tracking system like site meter, bloglog, or Google Analytics.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Wendy : I think traditional org structures are going to change and aren't the best. Kari: How do you track text-based giving? Wendy : it's very difficult to track. I think we should look more at spoke and wheel and working across the organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

I think that all organizations should track what people are saying about them, about the issues they are concerned with, about the communities they are concerned with and then they should comment on those when appropriate. At this year's NTEN conference , the thing I heard the most had to do with message. org as my workish blog.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

If there’s a link, it can be tracked. And as I like to say “ It’s Not Direct Marketing If You Can’t Track It! ” (And even if there’s not a link, there’s a way to track it.). Effective social media integration is time consuming, and unless your org is powered by volunteers, paying your employees costs money. Indeed it is!

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Social Media Integration Media Social 75

NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), And as we read through the evals, we lost track of how many people gave Sue Anne Reed props for her deeply personal Ignite talk. I realized that NTEN focused on people, not just technology, and I felt very welcome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." I'm so excited!

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

They created a data warehouse that tracked not only student progress in school, but progress from cradle to career. org , was such a great speaker that I forgot to take notes. org blog a lot. Everybody on staff is tracking and using metrics in their work. Mullainathan described the evolution of machine learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

So, I tracked him down for an interview. I transformed CNT into NetCorps as a response to recruiting, training, and placing college kids in nonprofit orgs to lead technology based projects. I then went on to help start NTEN as a board member. After a little digging, I figured it out was Carnet Williams!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And like a personal guide, they keep us on track when it’s inevitable that we’ll get lost in the day to day, hustle and bustle, and demands of our jobs. On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. Checklists. They’re necessary. We Miss you!

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Story Nonprofit Social Media Content 54

Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I cringe when I see the tons of mail environmental orgs send every year. Think about it.

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