Every November, during Member Appreciation Month, our monthly e-newsletter features articles written by you, the NTEN community.

At the beginning of November, we'll start to post the submissions we've received on our blog, at the rate of one or two per weekday. The best reviewed articles -- as determined by page views, time on page, social media mentions, and number of comments -- will be published in the newsletter in mid-November.

Exciting stuff, eh? To participate:

• You must be an NTEN Member. Don't think we won't check.
• Send your nonprofit technology-related article (700-1000 words) to editor@nten.org by October 29th.
• Once your post is up, convince your friends and family to read it.

If you have a nifty link you think would fit in the "Things We Like" section, post that in comments, below. We'll try to write something funny about the best ones.

We look forward to reading your work.

Elizabeth Ricca, Big Duck

[Ed. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. You can read all the details here.]

A little while ago, we got a question from a client about Twitter. They have the basics down pat: they know the lingo, and they understand the importance of conversation. But they were curious about what kind of content they should tweet, and how to strike the right balance between carrying on conversation and self-promotion.

Matt Koltermann, Cross-Cultural Solutions

Facebook is kind of a big deal.

With two billion pieces of content shared every day on Facebook, influentials confirming that Facebook has been the largest gainer of online usage over the past three years, and recent deals with Microsoft and Google to bring public status updates to search results, getting your nonprofit organization to appear in Facebook’s news stream needs to be a marketing priority for the new year.

Dawn Crawford, Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition

I was honored to be part of a panel for the Colorado Nonprofit Association’s Leadership Luncheon on social media in September. I presented with Holly Ross of NTEN, Alyssa Kopf of Community Shares of Colorado and Adeeb Khan of the Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Meg Murphy, Convio

Do these statements sound familiar?

"I don’t have enough resources to do online fundraising and marketing", and

"I’m not sure I can afford to invest in online fundraising."

Those points are common in the nonprofit sector despite the growing number of studies and reports that show that online fundraising continues to grow — even during the tough economy.

Richard Jimmerson, ARIN

[Ed. note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. You can read all the details here.]

Do you have a website? A large network? Does your organization use IP addresses? The current system for numbering IP addresses (IPv4) will be depleted within the next two years. Now is the time to learn about the next generation of the Internet Protocol – IPv6 – and the steps you need to take to be prepared.

Peg Giffels, NPower Seattle

Yesterday I attended “Voluntweetup”, a nonprofit social media conference produced by Comcast. There were a couple of hundred people there from nonprofits around the region, all in various stages of figuring out what Facebook and Twitter are, and how being more “social” would help their organizations. I thought I’d share some of my take-aways, and make this available for others who attended to chime in. Comments? Additions?

Aaron Biddar, ThePort

Nonprofit leaders are researching, comparing and selecting white label social media communities at an accelerating pace as we approach 2010. For nonprofits of every size, socially-enabled community tools are vital considerations. But ultimately, in evaluating communities, constituent engagement, collaboration and seamless integration drive decision-making.

Kim Cubine, Adams Hussey & Associates

The nonprofit industry is all abuzz about social network - is the buzz worthy?

Rachel Weidinger

As nonprofits, what are our responsibilities to our communities? Screw that. As humans, what are our responsibilities to our communities? If we're creating online platforms, what values are we hard coding in to them? How can nonprofits create change online? Can your theory of change be hard coded into what your social benefit organization builds? Where is your community online?