Communications

5 Cloud Based Apps For Teams to Organize Events Better (and for FREE)

Submitted on Thu, 5/24/2012 - 10:50am
To help you keep track of files while keeping your sanity, here are 5 of the tools that will make organizing your conference a breeze.

By Jeff Ramos
Community and Content Manager, Games for Change


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Date

Monday, Jun 18, 2012
1:00pm US/Central

Event Type

Conference

Hosted by

NTEN 

Cost

$40 for NTEN Members
$50 for non-Members
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NTEN Community Series: Chicago

Join your local nonprofit community for NTEN Community Series: Chicago, a half-day conference featuring educational content. The event will feature a keynote speaker and panel, as well as four breakout sessions covering a range of topics. The event will be held at The Chicago Community Trust, followed by a Chicago 501 Tech Club sponsored Happy Hour.Register Now >>The workshop will feature one keynote and four breakout sessions. More details coming soon. Learn more »

What is the Value of the Cloud for CSOs in the Developing World?

Submitted on Thu, 5/17/2012 - 4:48pm
The Cloud is channelling the creativity of developers in the developing world despite the absence of sufficient infrastructure.

By Keisha Taylor
Communications Manager, TechSoup Global & GuideStar International


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Social Media Benchmarks for Smaller Organizations

Submitted by Holly on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 9:30am

When it comes to technology, it's often assumed that smaller organizations just don't have the resources to use the tools and services that larger nonprofits do. Fancy databases? Too expensive. Up-to-date computers on a working network? Not enough tech savvy staff to keep it going. While there are exceptions to the rule – and cloud services are helping make more of those exceptions – it's generally the case.

We see it year after year in our IT Staffing Survey – unless, as it turns out, you are talking about social media.

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Date

Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012
11:00am US/Pacific

Event Type

Webinar

Hosted by

NTEN 

Cost

$35 for Members
$70 for Nonmembers
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Google Got Binged! (and Other SEO Stories)

In the past year, Search Engine Optimization has been turned on its head by the Microsoft/Yahoo alliance. While Bing and Yahoo combined now command nearly a third of all web traffic in the U.S. and drive a significant volume of donors to nonprofit websites, many SEO specialists have fallen behind in their knowledge and missed the fact that a very different algorithm drives Bing’s rankings. Your optimization practices must take this new market into account - and we can help. Learn more »

Date

Thursday, Jul 12, 2012
11:00am US/Pacific

Event Type

Webinar

Hosted by

NTEN 

Cost

Free for Everyone!
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How Content Curation Builds Staff Expertise and Reduces Information Overload

Content curation is the process of sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can actually be a method to tackle this problem.  Learn more »

Date

Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012
11:00am US/Pacific

Event Type

Webinar

Hosted by

NTEN 

Cost

$35 for Members
$70 for Nonmembers
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Is It Time to Rethink Your Website?

When it comes to the Web, a lot has changed over the past 10 years (and some things haven't). Does your website give users what they need, how they want to find it? Does it serve your mission and current goals? This session was one of the most popular at 12NTC, so if you missed it this is your chance to catch it! Learn more »

Date

Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012
11:00am US/Pacific

Event Type

Webinar

Hosted by

NTEN 

Cost

$35 for Members
$70 for Nonmembers
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No Small Thing: How a Microsite Can Achieve Big Goals for your Nonprofit!

It's nearly impossible to make a big, corporate-style site that serves dozens of purposes go "viral" and spread to thousands of people. But a small, engaging microsite can easily take off, gathering new supporters for your cause and generating action. Learn more »

The 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report

Submitted by Annaliese on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 9:41am

Released April 3, 2012: The 4th Annual "Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." While you're welcome to scroll down to read some key findings, we recommend you click on over to download the complete report, right now. It's free!

> Download the 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report

More than 3,500 nonprofit professionals filled out this year's survey, conducted by NTEN, Common Knowledge, and Blackbaud, providing another year of valuable benchmarks about nonprofits' use of -- and success with -- social networking platforms.

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The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study

Submitted by Annaliese on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 9:33am

You can now download the 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, released at the 2012 NTC by M+R and NTEN.

New this year and particularly interesting to us is what we learned from the study participants with mobile programs:

  • roughly a third had optimized their emails for display on smart phones
  • a third had not
  • the remaining third plan to optimize their emails within the coming year

That's just a taste of the insights you can get from this year's study.  You should download the  complete report. It's free!

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