Nonprofit Tech Resources: Tips from an Accidental Techie

1. Nonprofit Tech Resources:Tips from an Accidental Techie AnnalieseHoehling, Membership & Outreach, NTEN

2. Flickr: Ana Santos

3. 4 Undesirable Characteristics of an Accidental Techie* • accidental • random • distracted • isolated * From Mark Shaw, of NPower Michigan, in an article for the Chronicle of Philanthropy about the 5 characteristics of accidental techies

4. Accidental  Purposeful • This isn’t tech for tech’s sake, after all. • Set some goals or target areas of knowledge for yourself • Identify key terms that align with your targets Flickr: caruba

5. Accidental  Purposeful • My Targets: (these align with my job role and my organization’s mission) • Social Media • ROI of Social Media • Social Media best practices for nonprofits • Social Media tools • Online Communities • building online communities • engaging online communities • online community tools

6. Random Organized • Identify and Prioritize the types of resources you’ll need Flickr: gwen

7. Random  Organized Training: In-depth knowledge and skills for a specific topic or technology Webinars: (Weekly/Monthly) NTEN.org/webinars Idealware.org/online-training Conferences: (Annually) Nonprofit Technology Conference: http://nten.org/ntc Research: Data, benchmarks, and case-studies for making decisions or making the case (grants/investments) NTEN.org/research Idealware.org/reports M+R Strategic Services: http://mrss.com/publications.html Convio, Blackbaud, other providers

8. Random  Organized • Articles and Insights from Experts: (daily/weekly, for trends and how-to’s) • NTEN Newsletter, NTEN Blog: nten.org/signup; nten.org/blog • Beth Kanter’s Blog: bethkanter.org • Frogloop Blog from Care2: frogloop.com • Examples and Ideas from Peers: (daily/weekly, for inspiration and application) • Amy Sample Ward (soc-med):amysampleward.org • Peter Campbell (more techie): techcafeteria.com • Norman Reiss (marketing&comm): nonprofitbridge.com

9. Distracted  Focused Tagging and Tools to keep resources organized and at your fingertips (and save time!) Flickr: Chiot’s_run

10. Distracted  Focused • Tags • nptech, #nptech • social media, social media roi, online engagement • Email Alerts • google.com/alerts • socialmention.com • set up custom searches using your keywords, and get daily or weekly emails with search results • Delicious • http://delicious.com • bookmark online resources from anywhere, share with others, see others’ resources on similar tags • Readers and Dashboards (organize your resources) • google.com/reader, igoogle.com • my.yahoo.com • netvibes.com

11. Isolated  Connected I get by with a little help from my . . . Flickr: James Cridland

12. Isolated  Connected • NTEN Affinity Groups • groups.nten.org/ntendiscuss • groups.nten.org/NCTech4Good • groups.nten.org/onlinecommunitybuilding • Progressive Exchange: progressiveexchange.org • LinkedIn • NTEN Members’ Group: linkedin.com/groups?gid=1053 • Women Who Tech Group: linkedin.com/groups?gid=87431 • Twitter • twitter.com/annaliese_h • @NTENorg • @ntenhross • Twitter lists: http://mashable.com/2009/11/02/twitter-lists-guide

13. Purposeful Techie • purposeful • organized • focused • connected Flickr: knightp

14. Let’s stay connected! • annaliese@nten.org • twitter.com/annaliese_h • delicious.com/ann.a.liese • slideshare.net/ntenannaliese Flickr: countrygirlatheart