[MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network?
Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations about joining or not joining? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard at artsmia.org www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org
[MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network?
I find NTEN good for networking about general day-to-day small non-profit IT questions, but not at all relevant to museum- or archive-specific issues. There seem to be fewer really experienced, knowledgeable IT folks in the organization than in MCN. NTEN seems to attract more ideologues, as well. More questions than I'd like are answered not to the point, but with a what you really should be doing is This is especially true with regard to commercial vs. open source technology. I don't always want religion when I am asking technical questions, even when i share the dominant religion ;-). I'm on both lists, but find myself participating more on this one (and never enough on either--I have this full-time job thing) ari On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM, John Bedard jbedard at artsmia.org wrote: Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations about joining or not joining? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard at artsmia.org www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network?
I am on their email list only. I find them very useful for fundraising and eCommunications issues, reviews of products and I have sat in on some webinars that were pretty useful. However, ditto to Ari's comments - they are not museum specific, so you won't get any help in that particular area. However, they are useful if you want to keep up with what's going on in more general non-profit IT issues - especially the eCommunications, CMS, etc. Jeanne Kessler IT Project Manager The National?WWII Museum 945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504/527-6012, ext. 228 Cell: 504/723-0765 Fax: 504/527-6088 Jeanne.Kessler at nationalww2museum.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:05 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network? I find NTEN good for networking about general day-to-day small non-profit IT questions, but not at all relevant to museum- or archive-specific issues. There seem to be fewer really experienced, knowledgeable IT folks in the organization than in MCN. NTEN seems to attract more ideologues, as well. More questions than I'd like are answered not to the point, but with a what you really should be doing is This is especially true with regard to commercial vs. open source technology. I don't always want religion when I am asking technical questions, even when i share the dominant religion ;-). I'm on both lists, but find myself participating more on this one (and never enough on either--I have this full-time job thing) ari On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:44 PM, John Bedard jbedard at artsmia.org wrote: Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations about joining or not joining? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard at artsmia.org www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network?
Dear John, I'm a member of NTEN. There's certainly overlap, but the organizations have different missions and serve different needs. NTEN has a broader mission than MCN and focuses on a wide range of technologies that support nonprofits. As an example, here's the agenda for their upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference: https://www.ntenonline.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?webcode=EventSessions They're also conducting research on a variety of IT issues, like staffing levels and salaries, and vendor satisfaction: http://nten.org/research Robert __ Robert L. Weiner Consulting Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions San Francisco, CA robert at rlweiner.com 415/643-8955 www.rlweiner.com __ Robert L. Weiner Consulting Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions San Francisco, CA robert at rlweiner.com 415/643-8955 www.rlweiner.com -Original Message- From: John Bedard [mailto:jbed...@artsmia.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:45 AM To: mcn LISTSERV Subject: [MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network? Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations about joining or not joining? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard at artsmia.org www.artsmia.org www.artsconnected.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
