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Does Your Organization Value IT?
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I think we can safely call it tradition now: it's time for the 4th Annual IT Staffing Survey, brought to you by NTEN and The Nonprofit Times. Your generosity of time has allowed us to create reports on the state of IT staffing in the sector that have been read thousands of times.
But, as with most things involving data, the real value of these reports will come over time, as we map the trends. We need you to share your experiences again this year.
2009 Member Appreciation: Mission Video Webinar Contest Winners!
For those of you who missed it, last week we held a Member Appreciation Webinar with Basho Mosko from the Flip Video Spotlight Program and Michael Hoffman from See3 Communications about how to create an introductory video for your organization.
Those who attended the webinar had a chance to show the community what they learned. They posted a wide variety of inspirational, funny, and just plain well made videos as examples of what they learned. You can check them out on our Facebook page.
2009 Member Appreciation: Daily Member Prize Winner for 11/20
Happy Friday! We're getting close to the end of our NTEN Member Appreciation month,
when I'm giving out prizes every work day up to Thanksgiving Day. Be
sure to tune in next week when the prizes get really big (including
2010 membership and an NTC registration!).
For today, however, I am glad to end the week with a gift of NTEN Gear for one of our current members (randomly selected):
Jenny Hezel, from the NY-NJ Trail Conference
Thank you, Jenny, for being a member of NTEN and using technology to help your cause!
2009 Member Appreciation: Daily Member Prize Winner for 11/19
One thing we're really proud of here at NTEN is the knowledge of the community and the generosity within the community to share that knowledge with each other so that we can all do our work better, which in turn, we believe, makes the world better.
This last year we were able to harness that community wisdom and generosity and produce the first NTEN book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders.
I am happy to be able to give a copy of this book as one of our Member Appreciation daily prizes to:
Annika Billqvist, from Hands On Bay Area
And you are all invited to explore more information and bonus materials for the book in the book's wiki.
Thanks to Jossey-Bass/Wiley for publishing this book and for providing the complimentary copy for Annika and Hands On Bay Area!
2009 NTEN Community Report -- And 2010 NTC Winner
Every year we survey the nonprofit technology community (via our
members, program participants, and other like-communities) to learn two
main things:
- How are WE doing, as an organization, to make your work easier, and your mission a little closer?
- How are YOU doing, as someone who works with technology and/or the nonprofit sector, in terms of your job role, tech-adoption, and organizational challenges?
Earlier this spring, we collected responses from 1000 folks and have analyzed and reported back that data for you in this report.
2009 Member Appreciation: Daily Member Prize Winner for 11/18 (Multi-Pass!)
Flickr: Gaueko
Well today is another Member Appreciation
give-away opportunity for us, and we decided that today's
randomly-selected NTEN member should receive a Multi-Pass!
And we are happy to send that pass to:
Laura Durington, Catholic Relief Services
Thank you, Laura, for being a member of NTEN!
2009 Member Appreciation: Daily Member Prize Winner for 11/17
Susan Neuman, of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
We're sending you Second Life for Dummies, by Sarah Robbins and Mark Bell, courtesy of Jossey-Bass/Wiley Publishers.
Thank you for being a member of NTEN, Susan, and, considering your organization and cause, perhaps there are some new ways you can engage and educate the community about Historic Preservation -- and who knows, maybe someday Second Life will be among the communities and places your organization strives to preserve!
Changes to the Google Grants Process
Kristie Ferketich, Google Grants Team
I'm happy to share with the NTEN community a major change in the Google Grants process designed to improve the experience for prospective Google Grantees.
2009 Member Appreciation: Third Week
It's the start of the 3rd week of our 2009 NTEN Member Appreciation Month! On deck this week is another great member appreciation program: What is Google Grants? An Introduction to the Google Grants Program, Thursday, Nov 19th, 2pm ET / 11am PT.
And we're starting the week off with some NTEN Gear for the daily prize, and I am happy to be sending some off to:
Beth Hynes-Ciernia, from the Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota!
Thanks, Beth, for being a member of NTEN and working with technology to help your organization achieve its mission!
Love is in the Air: A Wrap-Up of the First NTEN Thanks Day
The NTEN staff is consistently amazed at how fabulous our members are. But honestly, last Wednesday, on NTEN Give Thanks day, you really blew our minds. There was so much love floating around it silenced the NTEN office -- which is really hard to do! -- while we sifted through your posts and reflected on your greatness.
