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NTEN embraces a 4-day week

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NTEN has had an increasingly distributed team and a flexible work schedule throughout our 23 years as an organization. Working at NTEN is just one aspect. We are humans first and employees of NTEN later. June 30 is our final Friday work day at NTEN, and we will begin the four-day, 32-hour week starting in July.

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Google Drive as an Organizational Document Management System: an NTEN Case Study

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A look at the basics of NTEN's own continually evolving Google Drive Policies and Document Management System. Karl Hedstrom. IT Director.

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The 12th Issue of NTEN: Change is Out - "Outcomes & Impact"

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Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Plus, check out the new NTEN Voices section for tips and tools from our team and community! But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Get started!

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5 Ways to Protect Your Nonprofit’s Data

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By Ryan Polk , a Policy Advisor at the Internet Society , where he is primarily focused on issues related to Internet trust. In its recent survey on the State of Nonprofit Cybersecurity , NTEN found that nearly 70% of nonprofits do not have policies and procedures in place in case of a cyberattack.

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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

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The NTEN community is filled with amazing individuals who change the world every day. She has served on the editorial board of the Alliance for Community Media''s Community Media Review and produced a policy handbook. Lauren-Glenn is an Emeritus NTEN Board member. 13ntc Community nonprofit technology conference nten awards'

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.

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NTEN Case Study: Managing Systems and Documents in the Cloud

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NTEN, whose mission is to help members strategically use technology to make the world a better, just, and equitable place, didn't so much consciously move to the Cloud as come of age in it. When IT Director Karl Hedstrom joined NTEN in 2006, a few employees had been working remotely, thanks to the Cloud. Kimberlee Roth.