Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2009

He and I have had terrific idea swaps and brainstorms and I can only imagine the conversations he will spark in person at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. He received a NTEN scholarship to cover his registration cost but that’s it—he still needs to get there. When is the NTEN Conference? So here I am.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In 2008, NTEN began asking the community to tell us what they thought of the tools they use. Tags: CMS CRM Data E-mail Integration & APIs Open Source Web Sites IT Staff. Life would definitely be easier if there was one piece of software that could do everything we needed it to, from donor management to email blasts.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. They'll cover everything social media, including writing to improve your site traffic, blogging, and the newest tools out there. " Unfortunately, no one from NTEN will be in-person at the event, but Holly will be Skype -ing in for a session.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2009

Don't forget, you can join our good friends at NTEN almost every day for their live office hours sessions. Each day, a nonprofit technology expert spends an hour in NTEN's chat room, ready to help out your nonprofit in his or her area of expertise. Check out NTEN's calendar for future sessions. Eastern time.

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JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Satisfaction with NTEN programming overall, among members and non-members, is up over previous years. of NTEN members feel that their membership helps them be more effective in their work, an increase of nearly 5% over 2008 responses. 93% of NTEN members would (or have already) recommend membership to their colleagues.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I convinced the entire NTEN staff to join me in a remake of the Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody ! Just click the "Share" button to add it to your site, blog, Facebook or Twitter feed (among other sharing options). Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN Social Media Fundraising. How will we top Putting a Ring on It ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Working with the folks over at NTEN , we decided the nonprofit community itself should be empowered to recognize the people of their choice to win none other than a membership to the best nonprofit technology organization around, The Nonprofit Technology Network! Tags: 09ntc nten.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

NTEN members generally rock, but every week we try to give props where props are due. This week in NTEN member news: . You probably already know that NTEN is working on a site-redesign (because we're crowdsourcing the project ), but did you know that NTEN member and nptech rockstar org TechSoup is also undergoing a site redesign?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. You can follow 10 sites instead of one. But first, a great example of Web 1.0

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Based on the response to a couple of how-to articles about Google Analytics I've posted to the NTEN blog recently , we know there's a hunger for more information about how to understand what's going on with your organization's web site. . And judging by the referring sites, they're coming from all over. Presented by : Eric T.

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NTEN

JULY 13, 2009

A month into our site overhaul, we haven't even started talking about the graphic design yet -- and that's a good thing. As Andre Agassi learned , image isn't everything; flash without substance doesn't win you 8 Grand Slam titles (and we're all about the big tournaments here at NTEN).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

That’s social media for social good, and that’s exactly what NTEN and NetSquared want to highlight with Beth Kanter this spring at SXSWi. We’ll choose three to highlight in our session, and we’ll share all the stories we can on our sites and at We Are Media. Submit your Social Media for Social Good story today!

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2009

Even if you didn't attend any of the sessions some of the speaker presentations are available on the NTEN Web site , including the one that Becky and I did, From Basic to Advanced: Trends, Tools and Tales to Ensure Basic Nonprofit Security. Tags: E-Learning Security Security Tech Planning.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

09 NTENnies At Large (Blackbaud's Chad Norman, and Convio's Jordan Viator) (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.) . Members are in bold.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Now, they're exploring ways to use their web sites, social media, and other technology tools to create conversations and connect people around their programming. . That's what we're asking you to do, fearless NTEN members: get technology out of the back room and introduce it to your mission. Your mission will thank you for it. .

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APRIL 29, 2008

Two items grabbed from the NTEN Blog. Lauren-Glenn Davitian's " Be the Media -- Free Speech Unfurled " guest post on NTEN blog. Chris Brogan is doing an expert session over at NTEN. Could a local social change site knock off Facebook for the social networking webby?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know! One tactic is going online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2006

Joistke tagged me with the 4x4 game activity. 4 Web sites I visit regularly. 4 Web sites I visit regularly. Full Circle Blog Netsquared Nten Blog Blogher. 4 People I tag. And, no, Joistke, I haven't done this before. So, here goes. 4 places I lived: Atlantic City, NY Philadelphia, PA Cambridge, MA Bennington, VT.

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NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2009

NTENny winner and general NTEN rock star Peter Campbell has a great run-down of the various nonprofit technology related extra-curricular work he's doing -- and by work, I mean the resources he's building and sharing with other nptechies. Tags: community buzz NPTech nptimes nten members twitter. You can see the latest here.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

This morning I got an email from my colleagues at NTEN telling me it was an awesome example of tagging. This post takes a quick look at the the Voters project as a tagging project to glean some learnings. The intent of the project is "By tagging content related to Minnesota's election, more voter s will be heard."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. NTEN's monthly roundup of tech resources called " Things We Like " (and I'll add to "fondle.")

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

There's a lot of resources, ideas, and discussion over at Stop Cyberbullying Site. For Next Week's NpTech Tag Summary. You have to be an NTEN member to participate and you have to be the first one to email Gavin.) Or more specifically, the limitations of using tagging in managing large collections of photographs in institutions.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

After a steady two and half weeks of being amazed at the sheer number of blog posts, tweets , photos and video tagged #10NTC, we've finally compiled it all on the NTEN site. Tags: 10NTC NPTech NTEN session materials. So, where can you find all these useful materials?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

tags: nten 09ntc ). You may be familiar with the NTC ( Nonprofit Technology Conference ) hosted by NTEN. I got to work with a colleague and provided on-site training for a local environmental group on how to use excel, word, and powerpoint! Tags: 09ntc. Day Of Service View more presentations from Peter Campbell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

For a step-by-step tutorial on SEO techniques for nonprofits, Wild Apricot's 30 Day Guide to Search Optimization is a good choice, while Search EngineLand site is probably the subject matter expert of choice. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

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. Allan Benamer writes about " Party 4A Purpose " a new events sites for nonprofits. Do you have advice? Pulling my hair out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

The Technovist offers some 5 tips for nonprofits to get started with social networking sites. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics. Allison Fine asks, " Do most people really fine web2.0

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2010

That's one of the reasons you soak up all NTEN has to offer about technology and engagement. " The good news is that organizations like NTEN are helping nonprofit professionals learn about, evaluate and adopt technology that can make you more efficient and effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NTEN's Call for NTC Sessions - Deadline October 24th. In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared. NpTech Talk.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We’ve been so focused on our own platforms and tools that I think at times we’ve dismissed sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter as afterthoughts. Maddie : We can’t wait for 11NTC , NTEN’s conference in Washington DC – where we know Blackbaud will be! Lindy : And that’s the opportunity. Is it working?

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JUNE 24, 2010

Brett Meyer, NTEN. For "Campaign Source", I generally enter the origin of the message -- our CRM (netforum), blog, a partner's web site, etc. In the screen above, "comm_mem_act" refers to Communications staff who are Members of NTEN and active in our community. note: Actually, they have.].

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. Select “ChangetheWeb&# from the Prize Tag menu located below Additional Cause Area Tags on the Submission Form.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. "Put it this way, if you have a quote from Bill Clinton on your site, you are probably not hurting for publicity!" The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. NTEN's " What Inspires You " on Blip.TV

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