NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Teaser: We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15 This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. You can read the official press release , but we thought you might rather read what a few members have to say: Blog Content: We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15

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NTEN

DECEMBER 20, 2010

We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15 This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. David Krumlauf, Pierce Family Foundation - NTEN provides a place of learning, sharing and understanding for thousands of people involved in nonprofit technology worldwide.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Even fat cats support NTEN! NTEN helps nonprofits keep up with changes in technology and understand how to use tech to run their organizations, tell their stories, connect with supporters, raise funds, and meet their missions. I hope you'll help me, and NTEN, reach our goals. > NTEN's discussion lists, that's where.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

NTEN is looking for technology, community, and event lovers to join us in our work serving the nonprofit technology sector. Accounting & Operations Coordinator NTEN seeks an experienced full charge bookkeeper with nonprofit experience, also a natural and well honed talent for managing details and problem solving.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

Here's a roundup of recent work to address this issue. There are new and interesting things in the works. Organizations Doing Notable Digital Inclusion Work. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training. The new NTEN fellows have just started their training. Nearly a third of U.S. Citizens Online.

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2010

An online session from the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) about the "starvation cycle" at nonprofits tackled a tough problem: we nonprofits tend to starve ourselves from the kinds of investments we need to make in order to be more effective in reaching our missions. That's where NTEN comes in. . It's a $49 value!).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology See a problem? "If we build it they will come" only works in the movies. Let’s stop for a while throwing new websites at problems, and think more deeply about why those problems exist.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

My presentation is based on Chapter 3 of NTEN's book. the interactive features of the Webinar software to suggest ways to resolve a common ROI problem that nonprofits typically face. But several participants mentioned they had just dealt with that problem. I presented on ROI and Nonprofit Technology. Everyone is frustrated.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

The problem is, this advice is often aimed at organizations with dedicated social media folks, or even teams of them. Do your research Now we need to figure out what content works for your audience. The results don’t matter if you or your team can’t keep up with the work. Creating a social media strategy can feel overwhelming.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Flickr Photo: Peat Bakke Sharing and lessons learned is what the NTEN Affinity Group Discuss list is all about. Some excellent resources emerged from this discussion, so I thought I'd share highlights here and invite you to join the conversation on the NTEN Discuss list. This is exactly what Beau Elston, Riverfront, Inc.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. " Part of the problem, I think, is that the term "cloud" is used in a lot of different ways by a lot of different people. If this is a problem in your area, cloud solutions may not be right for you.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Last year, NTEN Community Champions helped to raise over $36,000 to support the NTEN Community Challenge , which enhanced NTEN''s program accessibility, including sending over 50 people to the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (14NTC) and the 2014 Leading Change Summit (14LCS) with scholarships.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

There are no easy equations, but this is sound advice on how to go from identifying the problem (or goal) to measuring the impact of a social media strategy (or tool). What do you know, NTEN made the news! NTEN members rock when it comes to being generous with their awesomeness! Thanks again, y'all!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

No problem. Amy Sample Ward from NTEN invited me to participate in an online webinar with other NTEN community champions to talk about GivingTuesday efforts. So, of course, I’ve invited Joao to participate with me on an online webinar hosted by NTEN to celebrate #GivingTuesday at 11:00 am PST on Dec. Fundraising'

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2014

The NTEN community is filled with amazing individuals who change the world every day. Lynn has served NTEN in so many ways, but before NTEN was a community and an organization she was working at the intersection of the technology and nonprofit sectors. 14ntc award lifetime achievement award lynn labieniec nten'

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It only took a little <table> magic to fix that problem. NTEN’s messages on an iPhone pretty much required zooming in: To make it easier to read, we applied some style information, as suggested by Cameron LeFevre of M+R Strategic Services. And the code changes are easy. What about when they read it?

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

During my 7 year tenure at NTEN, I''ve had the pleasure of looking at a lot of data, and figuring out ways to use that data in strategic ways to drive the organization and our community forward. Specifically, members who had registered for at least one NTEN event over the course of the year were 37% more likely to renew.

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NTEN

JUNE 2, 2010

Flickr photo by Giorgio Montersino You probably already know many of the advantages of working virtually: no commute (saving money, time, and the environment), fewer office space requirements, improved morale, or maybe even an office on the beach. and we hope you takeadvantage !

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2008

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. NTEN Tech Handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The workshop used design-thinking based on Luma methodology to help participants develop a communications strategy for measuring impact. The process took participants through an assessment of the problems facing them, collective brainstorming, and prototyping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

Last week, I was an instructor for NTEN’s Technology Leadership Academy for a session on Nonprofit Technology ROI Methods. 2.) Peer Assist brings together a group of peers to elicit feedback on a problem, project, or activity, and uses insights from the participants’ knowledge and experience.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 11, 2016

This post originally appeared in NTEN's July Connect newsletter. In fact, according to the annual Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R , email fundraising revenue alone increased by a whopping 25% last year, outpacing the overall growth of other online revenue sources.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2013

It might''ve been Memorial Day weekend, but baseball and barbecues are hardly the only things going on with NTEN members. The NTEN community (that''s you!) gets 10% off registration with the code "nten". We loved reading this Points of Light blog post from an inspiring fourth grader who describes his work to fight hunger.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 22, 2012

NTEN and Microsoft share a belief that when people come together around a shared idea, they can build a solution. The 2013 Community of Impact cohorts will focus on two real problems, opportunities, or business solutions. And we want your help in identifying the most valuable focus areas for this work.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

While communications styles may clash, we still need to find ways to work together. For this particular test, explained in much more detail here , the different styles were: Thinker (Structure, logic, organization, problem solving). Karl Hedstrom. IT Director. Knowing what your own style is may help. Often, they clash.

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NTEN

AUGUST 24, 2011

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. What is the problem? When someone in your organization, or on your team, comes to you with a solution or a new feature request, the first thing for a CTO to do is define the problem. Is there a way you can solve this problem right now, offline?

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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. We know that leadership isn’t just about talking about the problems, it is also about discovering solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2012

As I travel around the world to lead trainings or train other trainers to help nonprofits master networked approaches and using social media effectively, I often get asked this question. ”What are some must-attend events for someone who works with nonprofit and wants to attend a conference?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

This is part of series of reflections on what I've learned about working wikily through working on NTEN's WeAreMedia wiki - not so much the content, but the community curriculum development and knowledge sharing process. He goes on to say: I'm going to be working with george siemens on a course starting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. Problem-solving and reflecting (Intellectual).

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2015

For many people with disabilities, this is a daily reality when they encounter the common problem of non-accessible websites. In honor of GAAD, we've rounded up a collection of NTEN resources to help you mark the occasion, and take part in making the digital world a more accessible place! Case Study of NTEN's Website Relaunch.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Their hesitancy may come from not knowing what crowdsourcing means or how it works: so show them examples, but also show how the project you are working on could benefit from crowdsourcing and how the elements of crowdsourcing align with your project goals. There are many ways to include social media in your work.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2012

The NTEN Community consistently learns and shares from each other, creating opportunities to highlight the work that we all do. Here's how it works: take 5 minutes of your time to tell Nancy about your organization's messaging – the who, what, and how; what's working well and what's getting in the way – via this online survey.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2011

During the opening plenary at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN executive director Holly Ross demonstrated the biggest problem facing people who work in nonprofit technology. Holly responded to the problem with a simple challenge to the audience: she asked everyone at NTC to change one person in his organization.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why Amy Sample Ward and company thought so highly of him. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. First, Jason Shim is not a famous guy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2017

He has done a lot of work recently in innovation processes , especially to solve big social change issues. Brian says that in our work we are too often just doing what we know and have always done. So, I was excited to dig into his most recent book and thinking. In other words, taking the easy way out.

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