Flickr Credit: wednesday181Wow. We've come to the last business day in November (with tomorrow being Thanksgiving and Friday being recover-from-Thanksgiving day).  I've had fun recognizing NTEN Members for their dedication to their work and this professional community. Giving away free stuff was nice, too.

I hope you all got the message: we value your membership, because it means you value the work you do and the community of your colleagues. 

Over the last couple of years, we've seen the landscape of nonprofit technology change, growing with new strategies and successes deploying mobile, web 2.0, constituent data, and e-communications channels for advocacy and charity causes. We've learned that everyone has to be on board with technology, from the board to the volunteers, from the IT staff to the development and marketing departments. We've got to work together to do it right. 

You've been a part of that, and you'll continue to be in front of the curve because you're working with each other and your organizations to make smart technology decisions every day.

In 2009, we'll convene in San Francisco for the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference. Today I get to give a complimentary conference registration to an NTEN member, just for being a member:

Molly Mayfield Barbee, come on down! You're invited to join us for the 2009 NTC, April 26-28! 

Molly is Assistant Director of Development at Peace X Peace. We look forward to seeing her in San Francisco.

You can hang out with Molly and over 1000 of your colleagues next April, too: registration for the 2009 NTC opens on Monday (Dec. 1st)!

Oh, yeah: your membership plus the Early Bird special means you'll get the sweetest deal on registration. (Well, maybe not quite as sweet as Molly's deal, but the next best thing!)