NTEN published the results of its Content Management System Satisfaction Survey a couple of weeks back, so if you haven't seen it yet and are considering different CMS types for your organization, it'd be worth taking a look.

More than 1,000 people participated in the survey, providing ratings for more than 27 different systems ranging from proprietary to open-source. The final report provides grades for the 15 systems that received more than 10 responses each. The report provides overall scores for each system, as well as scores by organization size, helping you gauge whether a system needs an on-site support system or not.

You may not want to spend any more time on your computer than you have to, but the following online seminars will make it worth your while. The following is listing of some upcoming online seminars offered specifically for nonprofits in July. If you offer online seminars and would like to be included on this list, contact ols@techsoup.org for more information.

Mission Critical: Databases/Constituent Relationship Management, hosted by NTEN
Wednesday, July 2 • 11:00 a.m. PST

Better late than never, so the saying goes. This "live discussion" with author and social marketing guru Seth Godin was posted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy a couple of weeks back.

The outcome of the conversation between Seth and the varied nonprofit org participants revealed some true nuggets of wisdom on how nonprofits can better use marketing (both on- and offline) to harness new audiences and rejuvenate the existing ones.

The questions ranged from tips on nonprofits entering the world of social networking to using cell phones to send text messages about action campaigns. Godin has a fun, to-the-point style in fielding them with zingers like this:

The ultimate spam is cell phone spam. If you send me an unanticipated, impersonal, irrelevant ad on my cell phone, I will hate you forever. On the other hand, if I sign up, if I raise my hand, to hear from you with alerts, then it’s hugely effective.

You have to be vigilant that your team doesn’t cross the line. Just because it’s important to them doesn’t mean it’s important to me!

Blackbaud announced yesterday that it is acquiring Kintera in an all-cash purchase price of approximately $46.0 million. Via press release:

Register now for one of the first in a series of online seminars from TechSoup, sponsored by ReadyTalk and United Way Bay Area:

The third annual NetSquared Conference at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA, is in full effect! My brain is buzzing with all the interesting ideas and projects I've learned about and the innovative and passionate folks that I've met here. But if you're not here in person, there's no reason you can't take part in the action!

On Tuesday, June 3, the Global Learning Foundation will present Business and Technology Architectures for the Social Enterprise, which will address the questions "What is social enterprise?" and "Why is it timely to think about it?" plus offer ways of thinking about business and tech architecture and how they are rapidly co-evolving in the era of Web 2.0 and virtual worlds.

Details:

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 3, 7:00—9:00 p.m.,

Location: Samovar Conference Hall, 1077 Independence Ave, Mountain View, California (650-743-1145).

First stamps, now domain names: Ars Technica is reporting that .org domain registrants may see their fees increase this November, from $6.15 to $6.75 per domain.

If you are registered with a larger registrar, or have a multi-year contract you may not see this cost passed along to you. But if your domain is registered with a smaller registrar or is about to expire, you may want to renew before the rate hike takes into effect.

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The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) wants to hear your opinions about Content Management Systems. 

Building on their 2007 CRM Satisfaction Survey, NTEN is gathering information about CMS providers. They want to know what frustrates, irks, and just generally annoys you. The survey will deliver both quantitative and qualitative results.

The more people who participate, the better the results will be, take a few minutes to share your experiences. Survey responses are anonymous. Survey respondents will receive a complete copy of the results, when available.

Voting ends Monday, March 24, for the NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Choose from five to 10 of the 122 submitted projects from around the world, which outline plans for "mashing up" online data for social change. The 20 projects winning the most votes will be featured at the 2008 NetSquared Conference May 27 and 28, where they will receive a share of $100,000 in prize money.