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NTEN CEO Amy Sample Ward was on the #NonprofitRadio podcast by Tony Martignetti last week, talking about all things AI and nonprofits. How do we respond to a changing world as nonprofit professionals? How do we navigate the threat of job insecurity? This candid and wide-ranging conversation will leave you with a more considered approach to AI inclusion in our sector.

#DigitalInclusionWeek can't end without a round of applause for the 2024 NTEN Digital Equity Fellows! This is the 10th anniversary of the Fellowship, which supports professionals with deep connections in the communities most impacted by digital divides all across the US, from Nebraska to North Carolina. GFiber is honored to be a founding sponsor of this amazing program.

Community input for #25NTC is open for just 1️⃣ more week. We have over 3,000 favorites logged already, shaping the conversations we will be having about #NonprofitTech next April. Do you agree with the community's choices? If not, get in there and add your input! ❤️ nten.link/ntc

🔟 This year's Digital Inclusion Fellowship marks a decade of supporting local nonprofits with running digital inclusion programs in their communities. #DIW2024 🏗️ Our goal has not been to create new organizations solely focused on digital inclusion but rather to integrate these programs into the existing missions and services of organizations that community members already rely on for support. We have had fellows from a diverse array of organizations, including libraries, public housing authorities, adult literacy organizations, immigrant and refugee service agencies, parent centers, and many others. 💻 Over this decade, we are proud to have supported 153 fellows across 22 regions, who have provided 130,088 hours of training and distributed over 5,800 devices in their communities in total. 💭 In this latest article published by the Fellowship's founding partner, Google Fiber, CEO Amy Sample Ward reflects on the lessons learned about digital inclusion and running this Fellowship for a decade. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e5BxXuRi

🛜 Digital inclusion can mean many things – from having a stable broadband connection, to building digital literacy, to protection from cyberattacks, to having personal and private access to digital devices. 🤳🏽 What does digital inclusion mean in your community? 📴 What barriers do you see around you? ⤵️ Tell us in the replies! #DIW2024

🚀 Over 700 session proposals have been submitted for the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference! Now, we need YOUR help to shape the agenda. 🗓️ Community input is open through October 17. Whether you can spend a few minutes or an hour reviewing proposals, your feedback is essential in curating the sessions that best reflect the needs of our nonprofit tech community. ❤️ Favorite the sessions you'd like to see at #25NTC, and let's build the #NonprofitTech agenda of our dreams together! 🙌 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eF9F-CKf

It's Digital Inclusion Week! 🛜 As we highlight the crucial need to bridge digital equity gaps this week, we are amplifying the important work done by our Digital Inclusion Fellows in their communities, including our newest cohort, who kicked off their fellowship just two weeks ago. As we look at the history of the DIF on #DIW2024, a huge shout out Daniel Ryne Lucio, who pioneered the first National Day of Digital Inclusion as a part of his DIF project in 2015. 🌟

The latest NTEN Nonprofit Digital Investments Report hits on a challenge I’ve seen countless times working with Hillels: nonprofits are underinvesting in tech, and staff don’t seem to have the training they need to actually use it well. So it’s not just about buying the right tools (they often don’t know which ones to buy). It’s also about giving teams what they need to make the most of them — and having sound policies and procedures particularly around data management. For small nonprofits especially, setting sound tech budgets is almost an afterthought — often a small carve-out from general operating funds. That means tech decisions tend to be short-term, and it’s the same story when it comes to training. I’ve seen how this plays out — whether it’s in struggling to track donor data, program metrics, or governance reports. When systems aren’t talking to each other, it makes our jobs harder and slows everything down. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We need to start thinking more critically about how we’re funding and prioritizing tech investments. I’m curious: how is your organization approaching these tech challenges?

🔟 Our tenth cohort of the Digital Inclusion Fellowship kicked off today with the orientation in Portland, Oregon. 🛜 Fellows are sharing what digital inclusion means in their communities and brainstorming the projects they will undertake over the next year. 🤝🏽 The principles of equity, inclusion, and collaboration are thriving in this room!

Don't listen to us, listen to Dani Faulkner! She writes about the rush of submitting a session proposal for the NTC on her website, and we can't agree more. 🤩 Remember, session proposal submissions close this Friday, September 27. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eF9F-CKf