On the last day of the Nonprofit Technology Conference each year, we have an Awards Lunch and Community Celebration. NTEN gives two awards to NTEN Members, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, which we blogged about already.  The second award is the "NTEN Award," given this year to Peter Campbell, IT Director for Earthjustice.  Former NTEN Awardee John Merritt presented the award to Peter, and I'd like to share his words:

While we’re grateful to all members of NTEN, there are, of course, those of you who go beyond the proverbial "call of duty" and impact the NTEN community by providing extra time, resources, and wisdom to assist NTEN's work in this sector. We call you rockstars here on this blog (a lot), but each spring, at NTEN's annual conference, we like to do more than that. We like to annoint a new crop of these nonprofit tech warriors with their very own set of aNTENnae, signifying their special contributions to this special community.

Today, at the 5th Annual NTEN Membership Reception and NTENny Awards at the 11NTC, we unveiled the 2011 NTENnies and their unique contributions to the NTEN community:

Most likely to . . .

Yesenia Sotelo, Director of New Media, Jasculca Terman and Associates

This will be Yesenia Sotelo's fifth NTC, but she was once a first-timer and is a self-designated introvert. Here, she shares some of her networking tips that will make anyone look like an NTC pro.

The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) conducts an annual Community Survey to find out more about the individuals and organizations in the NTEN community. We want to find out how you, the individuals and organizations who make up this community, use technology in your work. 

We also use this annual survey to gauge the impact of NTEN programs and services on your professional development and your organizations' missions -- and to track trends in the nonprofit technology community over time.

> Download the 2010 NTEN Community Survey Report

Flickr: vernhartAfter a month-long celebration of NTEN members in November, we've come to the final daily give-away.  Before bringing this celebration to a close, howevever, I want to be clear on this one thing:

You are NTEN.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge, advice, questions, time, and vision.  Together, we are a community transforming technology into change.

Now, for the last prize of for Member Appreciation Month, we've got a Grand Prize Pack worth over $700 which includes:

• NTEN Gear
• 2011 NTEN Webinar Season Pass
• Free 11NTC Registration

We are pulling the winner from all those members who renewed for 2011 by yesterday.  Drum roll please.

We're entering the final stretch of NTEN Member Appreciation Month!

We'll be taking off this Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving, but stay tuned this week and next for the final days of NTEN give-aways -- including big prizes like NTC registration and complementary renewal for 2011. 

Today, I'm giving out one of our new NTEN Member T-shirts. It's perfect for lounging around the house during a holiday vacation, while still feeling connected to the NTEN community ;). 

And we'll be sending one of these to:

Happy Friday! Many of you might already be wrapping things up at work right now so you can head off to visit family and friends for the upcoming holiday. Well, we'd like to take today's give-away opportunity to send one of our NTEN members a gift that will hopefully make their return to work after the holiday just a little easier.

Our book, Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission, written by members of the NTEN community and edited by our very own Holly Ross, is a valuable resource for helping nonprofit organizations tackle technology leadership decisions more strategically and effectively.

We are happy to send this resource to NTEN Member:

Flickr: GauekoI love getting to this give-away during Member Appreciation Month: I get to trot out the Fifth Element reference to LeeLoo's Multi-Pass -- because that's what I'm giving away today! (Well, the NTEN version, anyway.)

Our MultiPass may not be your interstellar passport, but it is your passport to NTEN programming, which we figure is more practical these days.

So, I reached into the lottery hopper that is our member database today and am happy to send this 3-webinar training pass to:

In case you hadn't noticed, it's still NTEN Member Appreciation Month. We're showering our members with thanks by way of free members-only programming as well as daily prizes, announced right here on our blog.

Because every NTEN member is a winner this month, don't forget to claim your prizes! This week, free stuff for all our members includes:

• Get Yer Free Ads Here: Introduction to Google Grants, NTEN Webinar, Today!
• Google 101 for Nonprofits, NTEN Webinar, Thursday 11/18
• Building a Dynamic Grant Seeking Calendar for 2011, NTEN Webinar, Friday, 11/19

Today's NTEN gift give-away goes to:

Flickr: vernhartMember Appreciation Month here at NTEN is marching on, and as a way of saying "thank you" to our members, we've got a couple of great webinars lined up for you this week:

• Get Yer Free Ads Here: Introduction to Google Grants, Tuesday, 11/16
• Google 101 for Nonprofits, Thursday, 11/18

Also part of the month-long outpouring of thanks from NTEN to our members, our daily member prize is a free NTEN webinar pass, which we're sending to: