Allyson Kapin

Allyson has been named one of "Top Tech Titans" by the Washingtonian, one of the Most Influential Women in Tech by Fast Company, and one of the top 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter by Forbes for her leadership role in technology and social media. Allyson is the co-author of the nonprofit best selling book Social Change Anytime Everywhere that serves as a nonprofit practitioners guide to spark advocacy, raise money, and build community across online channels.

Allyson has spearheaded web campaigns for organizations ranging from Planned Parenthood Action Fund to Union of Concerned Scientists. 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, online marketing and social media trends at national conferences such as SXSW, Personal Democracy Forum, and the American Marketing Association and on news networks such as CNN and MSNBC.

In 2007 Allyson founded Women Who Tech: A Telesummit for Women in Technology working in the non-profit and political campaign world featuring Arianna Huffington of HuffingtonPost.com and Joan Blades of Moveon.org. 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 women in technology.

Allyson is also the co-founder of the Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference and sits on several Advisory Boards including the Anita Borg Institute, the New Organizing Institute, the Green It Consortium and the Planning Committee for NTEN's NTC conference. She is the Blogger-In-Chief for one of the top-ranked nonprofit communications blog Care2's Frogloop.