THE AUTHORS
Allyson Kapin has been named one of the Most Influential Women In Tech by Fast Company, one of the “Top Tech Titans” by the Washingtonian, and one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter by Forbes for her leadership role in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, fundraising, and social media.
As founding partner of the web agency Rad Campaign, she leads the firm’s online strategy division. For over 15 years, Allyson has helped nonprofit organizations and political campaigns create dynamic and award-winning websites and online marketing and recruitment campaigns.
Allyson is an expert in the latest trends in mobile, social networking, blogging, online video, and other online tools and strategies and advises nonprofits on how to cost-effectively incorporate them into their Internet plans and online campaigns. Her campaigns have been recognized with several prestigious web awards and featured on several top media networks ranging from CNN to NPR and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
She has also been a featured speaker on web design, Internet marketing, and social media at national conferences such as the American Marketing Association’s Nonprofit Marketing Conference, NTC, Personal Democracy Forum, SXSW, Vocus Users Conference, and more.
In 2007 Allyson founded Women Who Tech: A Telesummit for Women in Technology, working in the nonprofit and political campaign worlds. As the founder of Women Who Tech she champions women who are inspiring change and transforming technology. She also serves as an expert for news reporters who are writing about technology and social change.
Allyson sits on several Advisory Boards, including the Anita Borg Institute, the Green It Consortium, and the Planning Committee for NTEN’s NTC conference.
Allyson also blogs for Fast Company and is the Blogger-in-Chief for one of the top-ranked nonprofit communications blogs: Care2’s Frogloop. In 2010 she cofounded the Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference.
Amy Sample Ward is an author, speaker, and trainer who has spoken at conferences and worked with groups all over the world to help changemakers use technology to build community and make real change.
Amy’s nonprofit technology blog and presentations have been highly ranked by groups including Alltop, List of Change, Slideshare, and various other industry leaders. She has previously been a “most-read blogger” for Stanford Social Innovation Review’s opinion blog, and named on the list of 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter by TwitterGrader.
She is the coauthor of Social by Social: A Practical Guide to Using New Technologies for Social Impact, written in 2009. With her coauthors, David Wilcox and Andy Gibson, she has worked with various community groups, voluntary sector organizations, and local governments throughout the UK on creating engaging, community-driven strategies, applications, and online networks.
Now based in New York, community continues to be a focal point of her work as she co-organizes the 501TechNYC group, bringing together nonprofit staff, technologists, activists, and interested community members each month to learn and share collaboratively. Amy also manages the #CommBuild community, which holds a weekly online chat around community building best practices, examples, and resources.
In addition to her blog and regular contributions to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Amy continues to speak regularly around the United States and beyond, presenting at events like SXSW Interactive and the Nonprofit Technology Conference. She is a frequent keynoter and university guest lecturer, as well as a trainer working directly with organizations and communities.
As a leading voice in the nonprofit technology sector and an active community organizer, she’s also the Membership Director at NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network.