LOLnptechThe Salesforce Foundation's Innovation for Nonprofit Success, in NYC, was the big nonprofit technology this week event.

Jake Brewer, of Idealist.org, wrote an article for the Huffington Post, that gets at the heart of what we nptechies are all about: technology levels the playing field and allows even the smallest nonprofits to run their programs using the same tools as the big guys. Jake gives a shout out not only to Salesforce's contribution to nonprofits, but also to Google Apps and the organizations, big and small, that've been able to use these tools to further their missions. (There are too many NTEN members highlighted in this article to name here, so check it out!)

Judi Sohn blogged about the Salesforce event this week too -- but from a different perspective. She couldn't be there! Syncing Google calendars with her husband made her realize that she'd have to miss the NYC event. I missed it too, Judi, and I have Old Man Winter to blame for interfering with my travel plans! Thanks for the down-to-earth insights about using these tools.

Michelle Murrain is back this week with an aptly titled post (Tidbits) about a developers' challenge -- and an open source update, of course.

Speaking of challenges, TechSoup's NetSquared is calling for submissions for their Mashup Challenge, where you "combine data from more than one source into an integrated tool that would increase awareness around an issue." Winners of the challenge will share in a $100,000 prize.

New NTEN member Nancy Schwartz blogged about why she's going to the NTC -- and what nonprofit technology has to do with nonprofit marketing, anyway. Nancy will be blogging live from the NTC. We'll all be hearing more from her.

Familiar NTEN member and nptech superstar Beth Kanter made me smile this week by reminding us all of Mary Engelberg, whom we lost to breast cancer in 2006, but whose contribution to nptechies will not be forgotten.  Check out her comics if you've never seen them before.

While you're visiting Beth's blog, be sure to read this post, which follows up on some of the discussions this week about the value and effectiveness of social media, and how to apply and measure the impact for nonprofit missions.

To wrap things up, I'm giving a shout out to Ruby Sinreich, who took a break from tweeting so she could post NTEN's Love Your Techie Day widget on her blog.

I hope you all had a great LYTD, and that nptechies everywhere felt some love this week!