About the Author

DEANNA ZANDT is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations, including AlterNet and Jim Hightower’s Hightower Lowdown, and hosts TechGrrl Tips on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. She specializes in social media and is a leading expert in women and technology. Deanna works with groups to create and implement effective Web strategies to meet organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications, and finance to complement her technical expertise. She has spoken at a number of conferences—including the National Conference on Media Reform; Bioneers; America’s Future Now (formerly Take Back America); and Women, Action & the Media—and provides beginner and advanced workshops both online and in person.

In January 2009, Deanna was chosen as a fellow in the Progressive Women’s Voices program at the Women’s Media Center. She also serves as a technology advisor to a number of organizations, including Feministing; the Girls & Boys Projects; and Women, Action & the Media.

In addition to her technology work, Deanna writes and illustrates graphic stories and comics, and volunteers with dog rescue organization Rat Terrier ResQ.