NetWits

APRIL 6, 2012

I just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (#12NTC) hosted by NTEN in San Francisco, CA. Holly and the rest of the NTEN team (including all the volunteers) did an incredible job inspiring of over 1800 people for three days. Don’t forget to download the complete 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report.

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APRIL 1, 2013

That's only one of the reasons NTEN is excited to announce a new position and open applications for a Content Manager. NTEN seeks a creative writer with a love for technology, data, and the nonprofit technology community to join NTEN’s team. Cat videos don't make themselves, and once they exist they also don't share themselves.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN community. > Download the 2010 NTEN Community Survey Report. Fundraising/Development Staff is a growing constituency among the NTEN community . Key Findings.

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JUNE 4, 2013

In the spring of 2013, NTEN and Avectra surveyed nonprofit communications, fundraising, and leadership staff about their engagement data management practices, findings, and future plans. The results of the study are available in this graphic report.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Today we''re giving a big thank-you to the dedicated members of NTEN''s committees. NTEN committee members are the volunteers who work behind the scenes, contributing their expertise, time, and advice to help shape NTEN programming. NTEN Research Committee. Rebecca Reyes, Communications Manager, Everyday Democracy.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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AFP Blog

JULY 15, 2011

Report Release: The 2011 NTEN Community Survey Report | NTEN : "The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN community: we want to find out how these individuals and organizations use technology in their work, gauge the impact of NTEN programs and services (..)

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

However, as LinkedIn, Blogger and Myspace all celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year, nonprofits have now had a decade to study and experiment with social media and create systems for successfully launching and tracking the value of their social media campaigns. Source: M+R and NTEN. Source: M+R and NTEN. Source: Artez.

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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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JANUARY 7, 2013

An organization learns to identify outcomes, define indicators, and gather and report data to track its own effectiveness in the community. NTEN’s IT Director Karl Hedstrom has been working with the organization’s dashboard since he first joined as an AmeriCorps Volunteer six years ago. Chris Bernard. read more

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JUNE 24, 2010

Brett Meyer, NTEN. You may already know you can use Google Analytics to track your Google AdWords campaigns. Generate the Tracking URL . Awhile back, I wrote about tracking click-throughs using query strings. In the above example, I'd be tracking a message about one of our Roundtable Discussions.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This post originally appeared on the NTEN blog – you can also read the full post and join the conversation on the NTEN.org website. Why are you measuring or tracking something that you can’t (or don’t want to) impact? data nten' —– I love data as much as the next person.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Profiling the YMCA, one of the most well-recognized nonprofits serving communities across the country, The New York Times reports that many locations have furloughed up to 95% of their workers as revenues are down 30% to 50%. For example, government grants often require onerous record-keeping and reporting.

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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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MAY 11, 2011

Flickr: anythreewords Did you know that Fundrasing and Development staff was the fastest-growing constituency in the NTEN (read: nonprofit tech) community? > Please take the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Each year NTEN surveys the nonprofit technology community (that's YOU) to ask: How do you use technology in your work?

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). " Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2013

The findings showed that nonprofits are tracking various kinds of participation data about the ways their constituents and supporters engage with their work and resources, but very few organizations are doing so strategically, nor are they supporting this practice with adequate tools and staffing.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . include NTEN member organization Idealist.org. Tags: community buzz nten members.

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NTEN

APRIL 27, 2009

According to a survey conducted in March 2009 by NTEN, Common Knowledge , and ThePort , social networking has become an integral part of nonprofits’ online strategy. Download the report and read it yourself. > Download the Social Network Survey Report. Tune in tomorrow, same NTEN time, same NTEN channel.

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NTEN

MAY 23, 2011

We recently dipped our toes into the world of social media ROI to track how well some of our puchased ads were performing. We've got a great webinar on the topic coming up this week: " It's Not Direct Marketing If You Can’t Track It! In this webinar, you'll learn: How to create trackable and reportable social networking campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 18, 2011

To keep posted, share ideas and promote through your networks:Twitter #tag for this upcoming visit will be #incgen11 or Email cy@hkcss.org.hk To keep posted, share ideas and promote through your networks:Twitter #tag for this upcoming visit will be #incgen11 or Email cy@hkcss.org.hk

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 27, 2012

This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. There are mind-boggling reports and stats our there that show just how much time many of us are spending [wasting?] You know more about the tools.

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JULY 27, 2011

One of the things we're tracking in NTEN's annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending report is where IT is located within organizations -- as in, where the primary IT staff are in the organizational structure.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 8, 2015

Guaranteeing Successful New Technology Adoption | NTEN : "So, you’ve decided to move to a technology-based solution that enables your staff and volunteers to reach the next level of excellence in nonprofit service delivery and management. Congratulations!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

In April 2012 NTEN worked with Idealware to conduct a survey of nonprofits about their relationships with data, and what we found was a large dichotomy—either they were doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. Download the complete report, "The State of the Nonprofit Data.". 39% use donor data to make budgeting decisions.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Over the past year and a half, NTEN has taken a closer look at how nonprofits use data and the Cloud -- but in separate tracks. Now, in our final series, we're going to examine the connections between the two. This free series will take a look at: The connections between how nonprofits use data and how they use the cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Earlier this summer, Idealware and NTEN released the updated Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management , which provides reviews and comparisons of 29 donor management systems under $4000. Included in the report are helpful considerations and guidelines for determining your organization's needs when it comes to donor management.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

We'll cover: Principles of Data Tracking. How do you change your process as your data needs change (new programs, new reporting requirements, etc)? > Learn more and register now - Free for Everyone! Last Fall, more than 400 people attended our first Data series, so we've brought it back with new presenters and topics.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2011

Last week’s NTEN webinar on Google Analytics reached capacity FAST. Great for NTEN (they really know what the hot topics are huh) but a bummer for the people who didn’t get to register. Specifically, dashboard, my site, my conversions and custom reports. Now they are one combined report. Author: Cheryl Black.

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MARCH 30, 2022

I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network is focused on helping nonprofit staff adopt new technologies in their chosen areas of expertise, and to thrive by doing so.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The sector has seen many reports on how direct mail, email, telemarketing, and other marketing channels drive donations and other actions from supporters, and some organizations, such as NTEN and Blackbaud , have begun to try to quantify the sectors’ use of social networking. Social CRM.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2011

CRM (which I am defining rather loosely, rather than tightly, for the purpose of this post – as the tool or set of tools used to track constituents, donations, perhaps even events and volunteers) are arguably the most important technology tools that nonprofits use. It is relatively easy to set up for most functionality.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

NTEN Member and Social Media Strategist, Lyndal Cairns , moderated the panel, and helped put together this blog post. NTEN Member, Beth Kanter, has a primer on content curation that''s a useful guide for getting started. Social media policy Pinterest board curated by NTEN Member, Debra Askanese. Community engagement.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers. >

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

For example, Epsilon, a consumer brand loyalty expert, published a short report on using data to build customer loyalty. I refer to this report fairly often because the summary points are such good reminders to all of us in the nonprofit sector (I’m interpreting a bit to use nonprofit terminology): Focus on your best donors.

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