Established	2000
Exec. Dir.	Holly Ross
Offices	Portland, OR, United States;
Homepage	www.nten.org

is an international nonprofit organization

Non-profit organization

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 based in the United States

United States

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. Founded in 2000, NTEN is primarily a community for those interested in the use of technology to support nonprofit organizations and issues. Its major activity is an annual international conference, called the Nonprofit Technology Conference, for nonprofit organizations, IT staff, consultants, and technology vendors. It also hosts various virtual and regional events throughout the year.

Overview

NTEN is the trade association for nonprofit technology assistance providers. Described in the Nonprofit Quarterly as "One of the more recent and potentially powerful networks evolving in the nonprofit technology-assistance scene", NTEN provides forums for people involved in nonprofit technology, acts as a conduit for connecting journalists and researchers with nonprofit technology practitioners, makes technology information and resources available to organizations and undertakes research for the sector. N-Ten also runs the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in the USA as well as co-hosting other events, including the first Circuit Rider Conference in the UK.

According to NTEN's website:

NTEN aspires to a world where all nonprofits can skillfully and confidently use technology to meet community needs for responsive and humane social services, social equity and opportunity, a healthy natural environment, or the challenge and illumination of art.

NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within our community. We connect our members to each other, provide professional development opportunities, educate our constituency on issues of technology use in nonprofits, and spearhead research, advocacy, and education on technology issues affecting our entire community.

Technology Conference

NTEN hosts an annual Nonprofit Technology Conference in the US. Attracting attendance from over 2000 participants in 2011.

See also

• Nonprofit technology
  Nonprofit technology
  Nonprofit technology comprises information and communication technologies that support the goals of nonprofit, nongovernmental, third sector, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations...
  
  
• 501 Tech Clubs
• Circuit rider (Technology)
  Circuit rider (technology)
  The term circuit rider, which has its roots in Methodist preaching, has more recently been applied to technology assistance providers who travel to small non-profit organizations in a particular sector to troubleshoot or support particular technology needs in those organizations...
  
  
• NTAP
  NTAP
  NTAP is an abbreviation of nonprofit technology assistance provider.The term generally refers to organizations and individuals that specialize in providing information and communication technology support to nonprofit organizations, without regard for whether the provider itself is formally...
  
  
• Community of practice
  Community of practice
  A community of practice is, according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession. The group can evolve naturally because of the members' common interest in a particular domain or area, or it can be created...
  
  
• TechFoundation
  TechFoundation
  TechFoundation is a public charity that provides technology, expertise, and capital to the nonprofit sector. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was founded by David Altshuler.-TechFoundation Programs:****...