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p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/debra.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Debra Askanase, a href="http://www.communityorganizer20.com/"Community Organizing 2.0/aa href="http://netsquared.org/"/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p To sum it up: the rise of mobile technology. I think that the rate of smartphone adoption worldwide will continue to grow tremendously, and with that, the rise of smartphone mobile apps and use. I believe that nonprofit organizations should begin to plan now for how they will utilize the mobile web for good (such as smartphone apps, mobile text campaigns, mobile fundraising strategy, and so much more). Understanding the implications and opportunities in the areas of mobile search, use, and technology will be important for nonprofit organizations in 2010, and beyond. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p No one is talking about the relationship between community organizing and online organizing, and yet they are absolutely interrelated. If you work at a nonprofit, or are running an upcoming cause or fundraising online campaign, our session will help you understand how to leverage community organizing principles for your campaign, and use them to inform campaign design. All three session designers (myself, Ivan Boothe, Amy Sample Ward) have a background in community organizing, have run successful community organizing campaigns, and offer expertise in the field of social media.  /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p How to design your online campaign using the five basic principles of community organizing. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Doesn't everyone identify with Kermit? He's the cute green frog you just want to hug. He loves to talk to people, and he's always working so hard to bring the gang together to accomplish things. That about sums up my life  as a social media consultant! /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p ul li I blog about the intersection of social media, nonprofits and technology at a href="http://www.communityorganizer20.com"Community Organizer 2.0/a /li liI love chatting on twitter: a href="http://twitter.com/askdebra"@askdebra /a/li liI have a Google profile, if you want to connect on Google Buzz /li liYou can follow my slide decks at a href="http://www.slideshare.net/debask"www.slideshare.net/debask /a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/2z0D9KajEq8" height="1" width="1"/

p So, apparently, there are a whole host of new tools available through YouTube that can help you engage your audience. /p p You can drive sign-ups and donations straight from your videos, find skilled video-makers through the Video Volunteers program, and even create a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVkzYDNJqo"choose-your-own-adventure style videos/a. (Just imagine: quot;You see a polar bear balancing on a small iceberg. Do you: a) Offer it a ride to the South Pole, b) enter the two of you in the pairs figure skating competition at the 2014 winter games, or c) step up the fight against global climate change.quot;) /p p In partnership with a href="http://youtube.com/nonprofits"YouTube/a and a href="http://readytalk.com"ReadyTalk/a, we've enlisted Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits and Activism Manager at YouTube, to run you through the possibilities at our (free for everybody!) a href="/ntc"2010 NTC/a preview session, quot;a href="https://ccpreview.readytalk.com/r/g2y3ayqgsapn"Activating Your YouTube Audience/aquot;. You should join us! /p p stronggt; You should register for this FREE workshop a href="https://ccpreview.readytalk.com/r/g2y3ayqgsapn"here/a./strong /p p strongWhen:/strong Thursday, March 18th, 11 am Pacific Time / 2 pm Eastern Time /p p strongCost:/strong FREE! /p p strongPresenter/strong: Ramya Raghavan, YouTube /p p Incidentally, the correct answer is, of course, c). Given the lack of drive-thrus in South America, the polar bear would devour you before you reached the South Pole -- and no way could a polar bear land a triple lutz, /pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/cCBpauU17dw" height="1" width="1"/

p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/allyson_kapin.gif" alt="Allyson Kapin" title="Allyson Kapin" class="image image-_original" width="61" height="66" /span class="caption" style="width: 59px;"strongAllyson Kapin/strong/span/span nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/jocelyn_harmon.gif" alt="Jocelyn Harmon" title="Jocelyn Harmon" class="image image-_original" width="61" height="66" /span class="caption" style="width: 59px;"strongJocelyn Harmon/strong/span/spanYes, the iPad is small, lightweight and slim. But can you swim with it? /p p You remember the a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/01/women-mock-the-ipad-calling-it-itampon.html"flap over the iPad/a, right? Most women certainly do. It's a clear reminder that technology is a man's world. /p p Of course, it shouldn't be, especially in the nonprofit sector. Our workplaces should reflect the values we're working for -- because it's the right thing to do. It's also the sensible thing to do. Diversity in your teams will ensure you're not alienating the very people you're trying to include. /p p What's the right way to approach diversity in our tech teams? Lucky for us, Allyson Kapin and Jocelyn Harmon put together a great session for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a: quot;a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=f4b88cff-ccf8-436d-8a0d-3eed2593fe87"Diversifying Your Tech and Online Communications Teams/aquot;. I had a great chat with them where we covered everything from quot;the massesquot; to quot;quotas.quot; /p p Take a listen: /p p /p p a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=308734429"img src="/sites/nten/files/images/itunes.gif" border="0" alt="Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast" title="Subscribe to the NTEN Podcast" width="155" height="50" /br / strongSubscribe to the NTEN Podcast/strong/a /pdiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/UrceeIwSzL0" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/gergory.heller.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="67" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Gregory Heller, a href="http://civicactions.com/"CivicActions/aa href="http://civicactions.com/"/a /p p strongSession:/stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=35a34547-6891-46cb-8bed-84ccdc585b0b" Working with Open Source Software and Vendors/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=73de6fd5-7da7-47cc-880b-ca4cc6e0da17"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p Free and Open Source Software. Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). I think that many nonprofit organizations are looking at these open source tools as they have really matured and been adopted by government and big companies including many fortune 500s. The late 2009 release of the Open Government Directive is really exciting and I'd like to see an analog in the nonprofit community -- an Open Nonprofit Directive if you will, to encourage transparency, participation and collaboration. Of course Twitter and social media in general will continue to be big, and we may see advanced collaboration tools like Google's Wave gain adoption in 2010 as people figure out how to use it. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p We're in a deep recession. Nonprofit funding is not what it may have been 2 or 3 years ago. When you don't have to pay for proprietary software licenses, or work with only a small group of vendors providing proprietary tools, I think there are great values to be found. Last year's Keynote speaker Eben Moglin talked about the morality of free and open source software and what he really identified as a moral imperative for nonprofit organizations to spend their limited resources advancing FOSS rather than boosting profits at proprietary software companies. My session, quot;Working With Open Source Software and Vendorsquot;, will give non profit decisions makers an idea of how to identify and work with open source vendors and tools and provide an opportunity for them to ask questions of vendors, software project developers and people like them who have gone down this road already. /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p Free and Open Source Software is mature, robust and enterprise ready. Choosing the right vendor for your organization is important as your vendor will, in a big way, define your experience of the tools. That's two things, and they should remember them both! /p p strong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong /p p Gonzo. Gonzo is an entertainer, a showman, and a daredevil. I like to take the stage, show off new and exciting technologies, and every once in a while, get fired out of a cannon. Gonzo was also a traveling plumber, and that is something I can identify with. Over the last four years or so, I've traveled to work with many clients helping them unclog the the internet strategy quot;tubesquot; and get things flowing. /p p strong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong /p ul liBlog: a href="http://www.CivicActions.com/blog"http://www.CivicActions.com/blog/aa href="http://www.seachangestrategies.com/blog"/a/li liTwitter: a href="http://twitter.com/gregoryheller"@gregoryheller/a/li liDelicious: a href="http://delicious.com/GregoryHeller"http://delicious.com/GregoryHeller/a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/je98hU3PZa8" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/Sarah icon.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Sarah DiJulio, a href="http://mrss.com/"M+R Strategic Services/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=d85295e6-f679-446d-8ed1-8f211f5be619"Superheroes of Online Fundraising: Become a Data-Driven Strategist/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p I think the most important trend this year is multi-channel convergence: using mobile, email, web, broadcast, print, twitter, etc. to maximize your impact. Email alone isn't as effective as it used to be, and given the media clutter these days, the only way to stand out is to get your message out via multiple channels, so that your constituents are hearing from you from all angles. Some initial testing of mobile text has shown that, while direct response is relatively low (unless you are the Red Cross!), complementary text messages can significantly improve email response rates. While it's harder to conduct a scientific A/B test, the same appears to be true for channels like Facebook and Twitter. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p My session topic -- Becoming a Data-Driven Superhero -- provides insight into one of the most cost-effective ways to grow your online program. What if you could increase your response rates by 20%? Or your average gift by $15? Or convert twice as many web site visitors to subscriber? All without a significant new marketing initiative? Using data and testing to optimize your program is an essential strategy that all nonprofits should have in their toolkit! /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p Test! Analyze! Test some more! /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Kermit the frog. /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p ul liWebsite: a href="http://www.mrss.com"www.mrss.com/a, a href="http://www.e-benchmarksstudy.com"www.e-benchmarksstudy.com/a/li liTwitter: a href="http://www.twitter.com/dijulio"@dijulio/a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/JIymRYgrNxw" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/jenn_sramek_civicactions.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="68" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Jenn Sramek, a href="http://civicactions.com/"CivicActions/aa href="http://civicactions.com/"/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=4169fb5d-f75a-4a69-8141-3c92f15512dd"Are you for real?! Working with a virtual team/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p Openness and FOSS (free and open source software) are really perfect fits for nonprofits who share the values of collaboration, community, empowerment, and sharing. We are seeing significant numbers of nonprofits gravitate to open source tools such as a href="/http:www.civicrm.org"CiviCRM/a and a href="http://www.drupal.org"Drupal/a as more attention is paid to usability and support for the non-technical user. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p Working with virtual teams is an important topic for nonprofits to address because more and more, they are working with staff members or contractors who do not share an office with them. The field of virtual work and virtual workforce management is growing, and increasingly, program directors and organizational directors are finding themselves in the position of having to use more technical tools to keep a far-flung team in close communication. Working with people from afar is not the same as being in-person, so developing practices that are effective in team management is a must. /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p That virtual work could save the planet! And contributes to productive, healthy, and balanced work lives when it is managed properly. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Oh, that would have to be Scooter. He was the blond muppet who played stage manager and stayed behind the curtain and helped herd people on stage while also helping Miss Piggy and Kermit work out their latest relationship crisis. He did all of this while also having Gonzo around his neck and Animal swinging on a chain from the ceiling trying to bite him. I have been known to provide a lot of invisible support under some interesting conditions so that the show goes on. Because it must! /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p p CivicActions blog: http://civicactions.com/blog/jennsramek /p ul liCivicActions blog: a href="http://civicactions.com/blog/jennsramek"http://civicactions.com/blog/jennsramek/a/li liTwitter: a href="http://twitter.com/ideaseed"@ideaseed/a/li lia href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=amp;key=5754365amp;trk=tab_pro"LinkedIn/aa href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=amp;key=5754365amp;trk=tab_pro"/a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/GgdVFpyR5mU" height="1" width="1"/

p em(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing/emem their nptech awesome. Members are in bold. Tag your own news with quot;nten memberquot; or quot;nptechquot; to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.)  /em /p p strongNPower Seattle/strong welcomed aa href="http://www.npowerseattle.org/about-us/staff/Alison-Carl-White?utm_campaign=NPower%20Notables%20-%20Our%20New%20ED%2C%20Powerful%20Connections%2C%20and%20Upcoming%20Trainingsamp;utm_content=Nonprofit+Technology+Network+%28NTEN%29amp;utm_medium=Emailamp;utm_source=VerticalResponseamp;utm_term=Read%20more%20about%20Alison%20on%20our%20website" new Executive Director/a: strongAlison Carl White/strong. Weclome! /p p strongAvencia/stronga href="http://www.azavea.com/News.aspx?itemid=1137amp;full=true" has become/a strongAzavea/strong: same GIS technology and web and mobile geo-spatial services and software development, but with a a href="http://www.azavea.com/News.aspx?itemid=1137amp;full=true"new name/a! /p p The March strong501 Tech Club in NYC/strong will be a panel on quot;a href="http://501technyc.eventbrite.com/"Texting for Good: Trends, Tools, and Tips for Nonprofits/aquot; with strongKatrin Verclas (MobileActive)/strong, strongJed Alpert (MobileCommons)/strong, and George Weiner (DoSomething.org).  a href="http://501technyc.eventbrite.com/"Full details and RSVP here/a. It's free! /p p strongDeborah Elizabeth Finn/strong a href="http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2010/3/1/4469462.html"announced the prototype/a of a tool that will search and aggregate questions and answers regarding nonprofit management. With help from strongThird Sector New England/strong, strongSocial Actions/strong, and the Boston Foundation, a first prototype focusing on Massachusetts nonprofit organizations will be available March 4th.  /p p This month's NetSquared (a project of strongTechSoup Global/strong) Think Tank topic is on a href="http://netsquared.org/blog/clairesale/net2-think-tank-writing-effective-social-media-policy"effective social media policies/a. If you're unfamiliar with Net2 Think Tanks, it's a way to get nonprofit and social media practicioners to discuss and share insights and resources on the given topic. You can a href="http://netsquared.org/blog/clairesale/net2-think-tank-writing-effective-social-media-policy"read more details on how to participate in this month's think tank here/a. /p p strongPaul Lamb/strong (strongZeroDivide/strong) has an article in the a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0305/Facebook-protest-isn-t-enough.-Selma-vets-and-young-activists-must-share-lessons"Christian Science Monitor/a about today's activists: how they marry old school and new school (read: social web and mobile technologies) tactics to have their voices heard. You can also hear a shorter version of Paul's piece from a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201002090735"KQED podcast/a.  /p p strongAmy Sample Ward/strong a href="http://amysampleward.org/2010/02/22/live-blog-is-technology-really-good-for-human-rights/"live-blogged/a from an event in London last week on the topic quot;a href="http://amysampleward.org/2010/02/22/live-blog-is-technology-really-good-for-human-rights/"Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights?/aquot; Thank you for taking the notes and sharing! /p p And, finally, don't forget to keep an eye on the a href="/blog"NTEN blog/a this month leading up to our annual conference, because strongHolly Ross/strong will be interviewing some of our conference speakers, including a series titled quot;5 Questions,quot; which asks these experts about the nonprofit technology landscape. /pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/Aw-znYAmQC8" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/Lisa Colton head shot 1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Lisa Colton, a href="http://www.darimonline.org/"Darim Online/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=31f7fdd8-3719-46f1-a16a-552cdc7bd6ef"Social Media's Potential for Faith Based Communities/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p Adjusting job descriptions. Social media are tools that should be in everyone’s toolbox (not relegated to the “IT” person only), and the environment in which we are all doing our work is evolving quickly. In the Jewish community, we’re starting to see “program director” positions start to take on “community facilitator” characteristics. In 2010, I expect this to become more explicit, especially with new hires. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p Faith based organizations -- both local and national -- tend to operate in their own silos, rather than to see themselves as part of the larger nonprofit community. But the constituencies we are trying to reach and serve are using social media like the general public, and faith based organizations need to offer the same transparency, opportunities and customer service as other nonprofits and for-profits do. /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p As social media “flattens” the landscape, it will (is) having a strong impact on the structure and function of faith based organizations, many of which have developed as fairly “top-down” institutions. For success is this evolving marketplace, I want attendees to realize that the implications range from mission and strategy, to the nuts and bolts of setting up a Google doc, and everywhere in between. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Kermit. My husband calls me “Froggy”. I’m still not sure why. You should ask him (and report back to me). /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p ul lia href="http://www.JewPoint0.org"http://www.JewPoint0.org/a (blog)/li lia href="http://www.Twitter.com/darimonline"http://www.Twitter.com/darimonline/a/li lia href="http://www.facebook.com/darimonline"http://www.facebook.com/darimonline/a /li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/go9l66dLBW8" height="1" width="1"/

img src="/sites/nten/files/images/drupal.gif" border="0" align="left" / p Pop quiz: What do a href="http://www.amnesty.org/en"Amnesty International/a, a href="http://pythonline.com/"Monty Python/a, a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/"the White House/a, and a href="/"NTEN/a have in common? /p p Web sites powered by Drupal. (The fact that I had the opportunity to write that sentence is itself an example of the power of Drupal!) /p p Drupal has been out of the tech hobby shed for awhile now, of course. You may already be running it, but unsure of what it can do. Or you may be looking for a CMS platform for your next web site, and giving Drupal a hard look -- and not just because it's free and open source, but that helps, right? Either way, we'll get you up to speed at our upcoming webinar series, quot;a href="/events/webinar/2010/03/09/webinar-series-cranking-your-nonprofits-drupal-site-notch"Cranking Your Nonprofit's Drupal Site up a Notch/aquot;. /p p stronggt; You should register for this workshop a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=CSCEventsRegMamp;site=ntenamp;evt_key=6fdf4c31-132a-409e-8ac7-77715691e939amp;egp_evt_key=6fdf4c31-132a-409e-8ac7-77715691e939amp;ParentObject=CentralizedOrderEntryamp;ParentDataObject=Registrantamp;DoNotSave=yesamp;action=Addamp;evt_title=Webinar+Series+Cranking+Your+Nonprofit039s+Drupal+Site+Up+a+Notch"here/a./strong /p p strongSeries Sessions Include/strong (all sessions held at 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern for 90 Minutes): /p ul liMarch 9: a href="/events/webinar/2010/03/09/drupal-modules-nonprofits"Drupal Modules for Nonprofits/a/li liMarch 16: a href="/events/webinar/2010/03/16/leveraging-power-cck-and-views"Leveraging the Power of CCK and Views/a/li liMarch 23: a href="/events/webinar/2010/03/23/getting-started-drupal-theming"Getting Started with Drupal Theming/a/li liMarch 30: a href="/events/webinar/2010/03/30/good-maintenance-upgrading-your-drupal-site"Good Maintenance: Upgrading your Drupal Site/a/li /ul p strongSeries Takeaways/strong: /p ul liHow to plan a site that will take advantage of Drupal's powerful framework/li liTips and tricks for using Drupal's most popular features/li liHow to keep your site healthy and safe from hackers and bugs/li /ul p strongSeries Cost:/strong $100 for NTEN Members / $200 for non-members /p p strongThe Presenters/strong: a href="http://www.grandjunctiondesign.com/"Grand Junction Design/a /p p All right, all right. But apart from better queue management and multiple blog authors and side blocks and custom content types and extensible modules and themes and tags and built-to-order communities, what has Drupal ever done for us? (Bonus points if you can identify the movie reference.) /pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/peDR0_nrobQ" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/katya_a.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="85" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Katya Andresen, a href="http://www1.networkforgood.org/"Network for Good/aa href="http://www.seachangestrategies.com"/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=NTENamp;WebKey=d781a471-56dc-4eb2-970a-df926f8ec996amp;FromSearchControl=Yes"Persuasion for Techies: How to Win Your Supporter's Left Brain, Right Brain and Heart with Behavioral Economics/a /p p strong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong /p p Now that online outreach is coming of age, we’ll be figuring out how to integrate it fully into everything we do instead of treating it like a siloed experiment. Nonprofit techhies, this is the year we are part of the mainstream in our organizations! /p p strong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong /p p Well, we need to have the right messaging -- and to have that, we need to tap into human psychology and behavioral economics (my new favorite topic). /p p strong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong /p p That people are more like Homer Simpson than Alan Greenspan, and we need to adjust our use of technology and our fundraising practices accordingly! /p p strong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong /p p Cookie Monster. C is for Cookie and that’s good enough for me. /p p strong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong /p ul liBlog: a href="http://www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com"www.nonprofitmarketingblog.com/aa href="http://www.seachangestrategies.com/blog"/a/li liTwitter: a href="http://twitter.com/katyan4g"@katyan4g/a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/bbikgB46tbg" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/Jacey4.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="87" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Jacey Tramutt, a href="http://www.peakparent.org/"Peak Parent Center/aa href="http://netsquared.org/"/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=46e2d187-d47a-4718-97dc-fee5d16030da"Are you Sending the Message, “We Don’t Need You?” Ending Segregation and Tapping the Power of Diversity Through Technology In Your Nonprofit/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p Figuring out how to make technology not a separate issue, but rather how to infuse it into everything we do -- outreach, data management, content delivery, etc. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p People with disabilities and other diverse groups are often overlooked as employees and as constituents because of fear, lack of knowledge, and misperceptions. We hope our session will help nonprofits understand the power and benefits diverse populations have to offer their organizations in terms of enriching their staff and expanding the number of people they can reach with their mission. /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p Diversity is a strong, strong asset to any organization with any mission. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Janice, the lead guitar player in the Electric Mayhem on The Muppet Show. Because, quite simply, she rocks! /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p ul li My personal blog/articles can be found at: a href="http://cultivateconfidence.com/articles/"http://cultivateconfidence.com/articles//a/li liPEAK Parent Center's Facebook Page and website: a href="http://www.peakparent.org"www.peakparent.org/a/li liPLUK (Parents Let's Unite for Kids) Facebook Page and website:  a href="http://www.pluk.org"www.pluk.org/a/li liPLUK's newsfeed:  a href="http://pluk.mt.typepad.com/pluk_news_feed/"http://pluk.mt.typepad.com/pluk_news_feed//a/li /ul br /div class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/Sa4eoFqpuK8" height="1" width="1"/

p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/becker_mark,jpg.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Mark Becker, Cathexis Partners" title="Mark Becker, Cathexis Partners" class="image image-thumbnail" width="75" height="100" /span class="caption" style="width: 73px;"strongMark Becker, Cathexis Partners/strong/span/spanHere at NTEN, we run this little event every year, the a href="/ntc"Nonprofit Technology Conference/a. So, we were particularly excited to see a session proposed for that very same conference on boosting returns for your events. And we were doubly pleased because the session focuses on data and data evaluation as a means to making it happen. (If you haven't heard us rant about it before, we think that understanding your data is the key skill for nonprofits in the next decade.) /p p Mark Becker at a href="http://cp.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=home"Cathexis Partners/a thinks so, too. His session, quot;a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=5d64254d-af7b-45cc-9358-5becb0da4ef5"Beyond Donors amp; Dollars: Analyzing Past Events to Boost Returns/a,quot; tackles the need for turning data into intelligence to move your events forward.  /p p First, you have to get the data. Then, you have to make sense of it, which is where the a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_table"pivot tables/a part comes in. But don't be scared!  If, like me, you don't know what those pivot table thingies are all about, Mark is going to break down for you nice and slow.  /p p Get a preview in our chat together: /p p /p p If you're still kind of scared of pivot tables, Mark and I also talked about putting some data analysis sessions together, so stay tuned! /pdiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/-kf7pf4OBbw" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/n13747627_43640987_1668.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="82" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Ehren Foss, a href="http://www.preludeinteractive.com/"Prelude Ineractive/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=4fab6c07-503c-4de4-8275-dce44162689f"Browser Automation, FTW!/aa href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=73de6fd5-7da7-47cc-880b-ca4cc6e0da17"/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p Concepts, practices, and tools from the social media sphere starting to invade direct mail, gala fundraising, and quot;old schoolquot; channels. Most of the money still comes from the tried and true, but innovation is right around the corner. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p Being a browser 'power user' can save lots of time, and can also save consulting or programming dollars. It's a way for nonprofit staff to DIY. /p p strong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong /p p Browsers can do a lot more for you than you think! /p p strong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong /p p The a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qxWGr8VhzQ"Yip Yip Aliens/a. (Either Bob or Joe, I can't tell them apart!) /p p strong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong /p ul liBlog: a href="http://www.preludeinteractive.com/blog/"http://www.preludeinteractive.com/blog//aa href="http://www.seachangestrategies.com/blog"/a/li liTwitter (and almost everywhere else)a href="http://twitter.com/ehrenfoss" /aa href="http://twitter.com/ehrenfoss"@ehrenfoss/a/li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/YzNrTOi8q9Q" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p strongSpeaker:/strong Alia McKee, a href="http://seachangestrategies.com/blog/home/"Sea Change Strategies/aa href="http://www.imagistic.com/"/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=b5a4be44-80b9-4152-a2af-80f683c5551b"Homer Simpson for Non-Profits: The Truth About How People Really Think amp; What It Means for Promoting Your Cause: Behavioral Economics for Non-Profit Leaders/a /p p/p br / br / p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p People are not rational beings, but the patterns of irrationality are consistent, and understanding them is key to effective marketing and fundraising. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p Janice, the lead guitar player in the Electric Mayhem – women rock, for surely. /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p ul liTwitter: a href="http://twitter.com/aliamc"@Aliamc/a/li lia href="http://www.SeaChangeStrategies.com"www.SeaChangeStrategies.com/a/li /ulimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/f3pxIN3TAuA" height="1" width="1"/

p img src="/sites/nten/files/images/10NTC_logo.gif" border="0" width="182" height="132" align="left" /Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. If you're planning on joining us in Atlanta, April 8-10, you should register today to save $100. /p p a href="/ntc"stronggt; Fees increase after March 1st ! Register today at the regular rate/strong/a  /p p We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=NTENamp;Webcode=NTCSessionsCurrent"learn the skills you need/a to help your organization meet its mission. /p p When you look at some of the a href="/blog/2010/02/17/social-media-response-disaster-haiti"technical innovations/a and a href="/blog/2010/01/27/online-giving-trends-2009-and-haiti-earthquake"fundraising numbers/a coming out of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, you gain a renewed appreciation for the power of nonprofit technology -- and a href="/blog/2010/02/17/online-engagement-and-giving-making-most-real-numbers"it's not just the big organizations/a that are using it. /p p We believe the knowledge you gain at the at the NTC can help you prepare not just for the next disaster, but to use technology every day to make your organization more effective. /p p a href="/ntc"stronggt; Fees increase after March 1st ! Register today at the regular rate/strong/a /p p The conference fee -- currently $459 for NTEN Members -- goes up after March 1st, so register soon to join more than 1,000 of your peers, colleagues, friends, and potential clients in Atlanta. You'll meet folks like Hussein Farah, from the a href="http://adcminnesota.org/"African Development Center in Minnesota/a, who says: /p blockquote p emI was very fortunate to attend last year's conference and I was blown away with the impact of such a gathering and how small nonprofts like ADC can effectively utilize technology to meet and exceed their mission. I was also very impressed with the dedication and effectiveness of the NTEN staff and I made a promise to myself that I will attend each year's conference and network with my peers as well as help my organization serve our clients better./em /p /blockquote p a href="/ntc"stronggt; Register for the 2010 NTC today/strong/a /p p I mean, just look at some of the sessions in the Communications track: /p ul lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=ea2e6adf-33de-450b-b153-34fae0da6eff"25 Ways to Increase Your Organization's Communication Capacity: Accomplishing More without More Staff/a/li lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=06484bfe-14f8-4b24-b65d-6aa25031a0e7"Activating Your YouTube Audience/a/li lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=d201aab4-6300-46d5-9c8f-c52f5964081b"Technology in Haiti: The Role of Information and Communications Technology in Supporting Humanitarian and Emergency Response and Recovery Efforts in Haiti/a/li lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=a37258c3-f152-422b-9491-482ecfd2f0be"Social Media Basics for Nonprofits/a/li lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=20884714-9cc6-4c7e-b4d8-9560336c8b4a"Creating a Culture of Storytelling/a/li lia href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=73de6fd5-7da7-47cc-880b-ca4cc6e0da17"That's Not Funny: Using Humor in Online Communications/a/li /ul p That's just a tiny sampling of the 90+ sessions you can attend. You can view all of the breakout sessions in all the tracks a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=NTENamp;Webcode=NTCSessionsCurrent"here/a. /p p And, because transforming technology into social change is hard work, we plan to have a href="/ntc/social"some fun/a while we're in Atlanta, as well. /pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/JfKgNl7tnqY" height="1" width="1"/

p emEd. Note: As we prepare for the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a, we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions./em /p p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/meet_member_amy_sample_ward.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" //spanstrongSpeaker:/strong Amy Sample Ward, a href="http://netsquared.org/"NetSquared/a /p p strongSession: /stronga href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=123cbfcf-fbc2-4334-9912-5465ad632a3d"Building Stronger Online Communities Without Losing Your Sanity/a amp; a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=9e27f6a5-1720-4ad1-8ee0-058a2260bcbb"Bringing Community Organizing Into Online Campaigns/a /p p emstrong1. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010?/strong/em /p p I think the most important trend now is collaboration -- across platforms, across organizations, across sectors. The idea of collaboration in this sense can manifest in many ways: adapting strategies to work collaboratively, leveraging platforms that allow for collaboration across organizational lines, creating new and larger demand for open products and services. /p p emstrong2. Why do you think your session topic is important for nonprofits to address?/strong/em /p p I'm speaking in two sessions, but I think they are both important for similar reasons: you don't have an organization, you don't have a campaign, you don't have a purpose if you don't have a community. Both of my sessions focus on best practices, lessons learned, and the things organizations need to know to be community organizers and community builders, on and offline. /p p emstrong3. What's the one thing you want attendees to remember from your session?/strong/em /p p Again, my answer here is really the same for both sessions: it's not about you, it's about the community. /p p emstrong4. Which Muppet do you most identify with and why?/strong/em /p p I actually had to look up the Muppets to answer this question! And, with the powers of Google, what did I find but a Muppet test! /p p [emEd. Note:/em emIf you want to take the quot;which Muppet character are you?quot; test, it's a href="http://www.matthewbarr.co.uk/muppets/"here/a/em.em Apparently, I am Gonzo. I was aiming for Miss Piggy] /em /p p The test results said Kermit.  And, well, I'm okay being Kermit! Green is my favorite color, I grew up in the country (like frogs), and I think I'm pretty good at being a wrangler of characters. :) /p p emstrong5. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? /strong/em /p br / There are lots of ways, but some of the easiest ways to track me down include:br / br / Twitter:br / - if you want to chat, follow a href="http://twitter.com/amyrsward"@amyrsward/abr / - if you just want my content, follow a href="http://twitter.com/amysampleward"@amysampleward/abr / br / Web:br / - if you want me and my blog, visit: a href="http://amysampleward.org"http://amysampleward.org/abr / - if you want me and the whole global NetSquared community, visit: a href="http://netsquared.org"http://netsquared.org/abr / - if you want to read Social by Social (the book I co-authored on using social media for social change) for free or download, visit: a href="http://socialbysocial.com"http://socialbysocial.com/abr /div class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/pKiluEwBAkU" height="1" width="1"/

p We'll be closing the a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R8PL9RB"2nd annual Nonprofit Social Networking Survey/a after today. (You can find the report from the first survey a href="http://nonprofitsocialnetworksurvey.com/"here/a.) /p p If you use social networks as part of your work, we hope you'll tell us about it. After all, Friday's a good day for a 10-minute break. And you'll be entered to win an Amazon Kindle. /p p stronga href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R8PL9RB"gt; Take the Survey/a/strong! /p p It only takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey and contribute to the nonprofit tech community knowledgebase. We'll release the results at the a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a in Atlanta. We'll maintain confidentiality, and responses will remain anonymous. /p p The Nonprofit Social Network Survey is a joint project of NTEN, Common Knowledge, and ThePort. /p p stronga href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R8PL9RB"gt; Take the Survey/a/strong! /pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/71MAOycpgSA" height="1" width="1"/

pA monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on a href="/blog"our blog/a./p ol li2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million. 2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Find out more in MobileActive.org's quot;a href="http://mobileactive.org/mobile-fundraising"Definitive Guide to Mobile Fundraising/aquot;./li liWhile it seems that nearly every Super Bowl advertiser had been told by a research firm that men are feeling emasculated in 2010, at least the half time show was good. a href="http://www.bestweekever.tv/2010-02-08/puppy-bowl-vi-the-kitty-halftime-show-hasnt-stopped-being-adorable/"The Kitty Halftime Show/a, that is. (The Who emdid/em have a cool stage.)/li liFresh, hot 10NTC podcasts. You can subscribe on the front page of a href="http://nten.org"our new web site./a/li liWeather forced the cancelation of a href="http://www.technologyconference.org/urgentupdate.cfm"ASAE's Tech10 conference/a, but in a matter of days, nptechies organized an alternative, a href="http://untech10.conferencespot.org/"the UnTech10/a. Materials are a href="http://untech10.conferencespot.org/"available online/a, with a side of awesome./li lia href="http://www.wecanendthis.com/"Ending hunger/a. Who could be against that?/li lia href="http://nancyschwartz.com/articles/index.php/messaging-crisis-for-nonprofits/"86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember/a./li lia href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35+Rugdeveien,+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norgeamp;oe=utf-8amp;client=firefox-aamp;ie=UTF8amp;hq=amp;hnear=Rugdeveien+35,+5097+Bergen,+Hordaland,+Norwayamp;gl=usamp;ei=_cdyS_HECsbN8QbLz4SMDQamp;ved=0CAsQ8gEwAAamp;ll=60.360883,5.369267amp;spn=0.000688,0.002755amp;t=hamp;z=19amp;layer=camp;cbll=60.360884,5.369468amp;panoid=vIlVwLm8kDoxekaRJ0MwdQamp;cbp=12,296.48,,0,17.77"Google Street View shenanigans/a. Move the car to see two guys in snorkling attire chase it down the street. (Maybe they had privacy concerns.)/li lia href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/viewing-the-mouse-tracks-you-leave-behind/?ref=technology"Mouse pointer track/a./li liPew Internet, in their report on quot;a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Social-Media-and-Young-Adults/Summary-of-Findings.aspx?r=1"Social Media and Young Adults/aquot;, reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. Have they discovered a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/01/72329"Japan's mobile phone novels fad/a?/li liWe're not too sure how to feel about a href="http://ow.ly/15buO"hipster puppies/a. On the one hand, hipsters fill us with inchoate rage. On the other, a href="http://ow.ly/15buO"those are some cute pups/a. We'll compromise and hope they bite their owners./li lia href="http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2010/02/should-ceos-and-executive-directors-use-social-media.html"Should Executive Directors use social media/a?/li liYou dropped food on the floor. a href="http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/youdroppedfood.jpg"Do you eat it/a? Another in a long line of great flowcharts from the Interwebs. (And did you know a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-second_rule"the 5-second rule is a myth/a?)/li lia href="http://nancyschwartz.com/articles/index.php/messaging-crisis-for-nonprofits/"86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember/a, although we think we've heard that somewhere before.../li /olimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/RySRNiqKPlA" height="1" width="1"/

p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/boundless.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom" width="140" height="249" //spanEvents -- especially the quot;a-thonsquot; -- have been a huge part of fundraising in the nonprofit space for decades. One of the reasons they work so well: the appeal is extremely personal. Contributors are donating to their friends, brothers, sisters, and cousins as much as they are supporting your organization.  /p p This style of fundraising lends itself perfectly to social media, where everything is personal. So, the results of the study conducted by a href="http://www.blackbaud.com/"BlackBaud/a and a href="http://www.charitydynamics.com/site/PageServer"Charity Dynamics/a aren't surprising, but they are extremely clear: If you're not providing your event participants with a way to use social media in their fundraising, you're missing the boat. /p p In a href="http://www.blackbaud.com/bb/eventfundraising.aspx"Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools/a, several key findings are revealed: /p ul liEvent participants who adopted integrated social media tools increased their fundraising by as much as 40 percent compared to their peers who weren’t using the available online tools./li liParticipants who used Twitter raised more money and reached more donors than non-Twitter users, tripled their personal fundraising goals, and raised nearly 10 times more online./li liYouTube users performed the strongest offline compared to participants who were using other social media tools and are more likely to balance their use of both online and offline channels to tell their stories and conduct fundraising activities. /li liDonors attracted through social media are more likely new to an organization. On average, 75 percent of donors through social media are new to organizations versus an average of 50 percent of all donors in support of participants. /li /uldiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/jTI56CtHOIs" height="1" width="1"/

p span class="inline inline-left"img src="http://nten.org/sites/nten/files/images/efurd.laura.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Laura Efurd, ZeroDivide" title="Laura Efurd, ZeroDivide" class="image image-thumbnail" width="84" height="100" /span class="caption" style="width: 82px;"strongLaura Efurd, ZeroDivide/strong/span/spanYou're busy people -- out there changing the world, one person, one neighborhood, one day at a time.  It's understandable that policy isn't the first thing you think about every day. They say that all politics is local, and nothing sounds quite as remote as a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality"Net Neutrality/a. That said, there are real policy issues being debated today that could have a tremendous impact on how you get your work done. /p p A little investment in some policy issues could yield huge impacts for your organization. /p p In this edition of our a href="/ntc"2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference/a podcast, I chat with Laura Efurd from Zero Divide. Her session, quot;a href="https://www.ntenonline.org/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=SessionDetailsamp;ses_key=504cbd7c-53ba-4b8e-b5d0-afaba31ed0a6"Got Gov? Why You Should Care about Technology Policy/aquot;, is going to cover some of these important issues, as well as provide attendees with some simple ways they can make a big difference for the sake of the work we do. /p p Here's a preview: /p p /p p If you work up an appetite during Laura's session, she reminded me that there were a couple of contestants from the ATL on the last season of a href="http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef"Top Chef/a. We can go visit their restaurants and talk shop: /p ul lia href="http://www.woodfiregrill.com/"Woodfire Grill/a/li lia href="http://www.opentable.com/rest_profile.aspx?rid=3700"Eno by Zara/a/li /ul p nbsp; /pdiv class="image-clear"/divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nten/~4/5PoExbsUnW8" height="1" width="1"/