Affiliation:
Kintera Inc.

Jon Thorsen is the general manager of education and hospitals for Kintera Inc. Prior to joining Kintera, he spent five years at the national headquarters of the American Red Cross, where he created the development resources team. Prior to joining the Red Cross, he served as director of development research at Princeton University. He earned his BA and MLIS degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
He is a former president of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA), and received the APRA Service Award in 1999. He is a frequent presenter at local and national conferences of APRA, CASE and AFP, and his articles on fundraising have appeared in such journals as CASE Currents, Corporate Giving Watch, Foundation Reporter, APRA Connections, and The Non-Profit Times.

Web Site:
www.kintera.com

Affiliation:
PICnet

Ryan is the founder of PICnet, and has been fervently working to make it easier for organizations to get up and running on the Web. Passionate about open source, Ryan has more than 6 years of experience delivering content management systems to organizations. Recently, Ryan led his company's launch of Non-Profit Soapbox, which makes building and managing a non-profit Web site easy and affordable. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys surfing, but has found the Washington DC surf to be "sub-par."

Web Site:
www.picnet.net

Affiliation:
Shawmut Education

David Pearson is Executive Director and founder of Shawmut Education. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Lawyers Project, the Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Client Council, the Boston Society of Architects Task Force to End Homelessness , and the Massachusetts Adult Literacy Technology Team . David's CCTV show, "Homelessness with Hope," interviews state legislators, officials at state and municipal agencies, and members of the homeless community.

Web Site:
www.shawmuteducation.org

Last:
Pearson

Affiliation:
consultant

Ethan Winn is a web developer, database, and IT consultant working with local, national and international non-profit organizations. He has recently authored social-networking tools to help organizations build their membership base online, developed an online database application which was coordinated using wikis and successfully installed Windows XP on his home machine (a trying feat of which he is especially proud).

Last:
Winn

Affiliation:
Massachusetts Public Health Association

Eric Weltman is a veteran writer, organizer, and educator based in Cambridge. His accomplishments include leading a successful campaign to close Massachusetts' medical waste incinerators, helping elect the first Latino to the Boston City Council, teaching an urban politics class at Suffolk University, and publishing a cover story on solar energy for "In These Times". Eric is currently deputy director of advocacy and policy for the Massachusetts Public Health Association, is a member of his Democratic Ward Committee, and hosts a show on Cambridge cable access. He conducts trainings on public speaking, using the media, and other organizing strategies.

Web Site:
www.EricWeltman.com.

Last:
Weltman

Affiliation:
Computer Care and Learning

Adam Frost has worked for the past 15 years as a computer care professional in Boston. He is particularly interested in developing a systematic yet flexible approach to caring for computer systems. In the workshop, he will share this approach, and show how it can help a nonprofit organization strengthen its relationship with its computer helping people, both inside and outside the organization.

Web Site:
www.computerCareAndLearning.com

Affiliation:
ACORN

Josh Myles directs ACORN's Political Technology department, which includes work with voter files, database development, mapping, data analysis, and technical support. Myles has worked with ACORN since 2001 in a variety of organizing and political roles including Head Organizer in St. Petersburg, FL and FL state political coordinator.

Affiliation:
Boston Main Streets

Brian is the small business and technology manager of the Boston Main Streets program, helping to implement technology initiatives that impact Boston's neighborhood commercial districts. Brian has a Bachelors in Business Administration from UMass Amherst and an MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson College.

Web Site:
www.bostonmainstreets.com

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Goodman