Winning Webby Awards, talking strategy, using Pintrest, and posting infographics are just a few of the things NTEN members are doing this week. In the latest member round-up, we feature information on organizing IT assets and content curation, as well as a highlight of philanthropic advances by Groupon. It’s great to be a techie for good!

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It was amazing to see so many NTEN members at the NTC last week! This week it’s even nicer to highlight some of the ways they are using technology, doing good, and educating the community. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your nonprofit ready in case of a technological disaster, take a free seminar on digital fundraising, or submit your amazing video to the nonprofit film festival.

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Our members have accomplished so many amazing things over the past few weeks that highlighting them all is nearly impossible. Featured in this week’s round up are discounted conference registrations and new fundraising tools. NTEN members are even using The Hunger Games buzz to educate about real world food and water issues. Oh, and let’s not forget using GIS technology to better connect localities with programs and services. Check it all out!

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Flickr: vnoelIt's member round-up time again and this week we're seeing members looking at the big picture, whether it's for the work they do or the work we can all do together. Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

Ami Dar, founder of Idealist.org, reflects on the lessons he learned over the last 15 years in the foreword for the new book Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals.

Over at M+R Research Labs, Steve Daigneault and Colin Holtz have a new publication examining the power of stories and how we can put them to use in our emails for action and fundraising.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation released What Nonprofits Say: A study on the effectiveness of communications training, complete with website, data, and more!

The passionate meme "What's my calling?" is circling through the sector, with very thoughtful posts from Estrella Rosenberg and Beth Kanter. Share yours!

Flickr: gareth1953As you know, this Spring has seen some new faces at NTEN – including mine! During the transition, one thing has fallen from the blog: the regular member round-up. Well, don't fret! It's back now and here to stay. There's so much going on this week, you may need to settle in with a cup of tea to check out everything NTEN members up to!

Flickr Photo: Michelle BreaA couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some new strategies I'm using to keep track of the nineteen million things I'm either supposed to know or do something about. It's been working really well for me, but I realized that my netvibes page was missing hard tech news.

At the same time, we've been thinking about starting a book club here at NTEN and I wondered what good old fashioned books folks were reading about social media.

I asked for recommendations for both on Twitter yesterday and got a great list of ideas that several people asked me to compile. Here it is:

1. David Pogue. The NYT technology columnist rocked the NTC. Here he is singing two songs during his plenary. Afterward, he sat down for an interview with Holly.
2. Utterz.com features bad grammar and a bizarre cow theme, but a cool service: audio blogging from your mobile phone. We used it at the NTC.
3. The National World War 2 Museum in New Orleans. They even sponsor WWII-themed trips to Europe.
4. LOLSeals. The Humane Society's new campaign gets everything right.
5. The NOLA Food Map. Great -- and greatly useful -- Google Maps mash-up to help residents locate food. Must. not. make. mashed. potatoes. joke. Oh, damn.
6. Emeril's New Orleans may be a name restaurant, but the food was innovative and well executed, and the service, impeccable: our table of 8 was served by 4 waiters, who set our dinners down simultaneously. Don't order the dessert sampler unless you bring the New Orleans Saints.
7. Loopt. It lets you map your friends' current locations. But might it not be more useful if you could map your enemies?
8. NOLA YURP. And not just because it's fun to say.

Marshall Kirkpatrick, SplashCast

New services and applications are coming online all the time and some of them can prove immediately useful for nonprofits. Here are ten of my current favorite tools for research, collaboration, and productivity.

1. News Alerts Via IM and SMS
Some things are best responded to in real time. For watching your high priority concerns, I recommend using a service that checks RSS feeds frequently and alerts you by instant message or text message whenever there is a new item of interest. Most feeds are better watched by feed readers or a start page but nothing beats real time notifications about urgent matters. This is how I break a lot of stories in my sector.

Rasasa.com is the smartest tool available, but if you're a Verizon customer in the United States you'll need to use something else. In that case, check out Zaptxt.com.