Holly has spent more than seven years at NTEN, working with community members to identify the technology trends that will reshape the nonprofit sector. From ubiquitous access to technology leadership to social media, Holly brings the wisdom of the NTEN crowd to the nonprofit sector. Holly has been recognized as one of the Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50 three times, in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Holly is also editor of "Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders" and has written a chapter in "Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals," both available from Jossey-Bass 

Holly came to nonprofit technology after working for social change at CALPIRG and during her college days at UC Berkeley. In between meetings and emailing, Holly tries to raise her 5 year old daughter and occasionally pays attention to her fabulous husband.

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Amy's dedication to educating and supporting nonprofit and community organizations in using technology to make lasting change brought her to NTEN as the Membership Director. Whether it is by connecting individuals, organizations, campaigns, or possibilities, Amy hopes to facilitate the nonprofit technology sector transitioning into a movement-based force for positive change.

She is also a blogger, facilitator and trainer having worked with groups and spoken at events in the US, UK and around the world. In 2009, she co-authored Social by Social, a handbook in using social technologies for social impact, and has contributed to various other publications about social media. She is a conversation-starter and thought-leader, writing about strategic uses of new technologies for communities and organizations on her blog and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Previously, she served as Community Development Manager for a program area at TechSoup Global called Community-Driven Innovation, where, among other things, she managed the NetSquared program.

Annaliese has been with NTEN since 2006, working to connect NTEN members with each other and with the information and resources that will help make their jobs a little (or a lot!) easier. As Publications Director, Annaliese is working to develop NTEN's research and publications that document the transformational power of technology in the nonprofit sector.

Annaliese came to NTEN from a literary background, with an MFA in Literary Translation (go ahead and ask her what that is, everyone else does) and an MA in English. Though she's spent plenty of time in libraries and in front of classrooms, before she came to NTEN she also found the time to co-direct a small arts-in-education program associated with the University of Arkansas in order to bring poetry and creative writing workshops to students throughout the state and co-found and edit an online journal of international literature in English translation. Both of these experiences have fostered in Annaliese an appreciation for the role of technology in social change, cultural enrichment, and free information endeavors.

Brett joined NTEN in 2007 after 2 years working at a radio station in West Africa with the Peace Corps. As Communications Director, he shapes NTEN's collective voice to keep us focused on our mission of helping you make the world a better place – with occasional forays into cat video curation.

Prior to the Peace Corps, Brett's liberal arts degrees led him to work as a freelance writer, programmer, and graphic designer after a series of jobs with technology start-up companies. He wrote an entire CMS in Perl from scratch, and while he's happy it's still running dozens of sites, he's even happier his techie background can simply inform his work at NTEN instead of inspiring object-oriented dreams.

Brett has lived on 3 continents and traveled in more than 20 countries. He spends much of his free time playing soccer, but also escapes into the wilderness on frequent backpacking trips, where he and his wife Melissa continue to work on their photography portfolio.

Karl joined the NTEN team back in 2006 as an AmeriCorps CTC VISTA Volunteer, and then stayed on after accepting a position as NTEN's Data and Systems Manager. After working remotely from Chicago for 3 years, he moved to Seattle in 2011 and took on a more strategic role as IT Manager.

Before NTEN, Karl served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, West Africa. His focus was on community development, but he also worked in several other fields including AIDS awareness, environmental education, and small income generation. This experience allowed him to see first hand the huge impact technology can have in the nonprofit and development fields.

Karl graduated from Pomona College in 2002 with a BA in Physics, and this technical background nicely complements his development experience in his role at NTEN.

Outside of work, Karl keeps himself occupied with a variety of intramural sports leagues and video games, but also jumps at any chance to escape into the wilderness with his wife Anna and their yellow lab Nali.

Sarah very happily joins the NTEN team from a background in education. In her previous position, she worked as an enrollment coach with InsideTrack, helping adult continuing education students from Northeastern University find an academic program that fit their needs. Working from Portland OR with students located in Boston MA, Sarah was pushed into using technology to create bonds with her students when face to face contact was just not possible. From this position, she gained an appreciation for the role technology can play in creating and sustaining community.

Sarah works Monday through Thursday for NTEN and spends the other part of her time writing, reading, and entertaining the thought of an MFA. She graduated form Sarah Lawrence College in 2004 with a focus in poetry. When not working or writing, Sarah enjoys throwing dinner parties, swimming, and taking advantage of Portland's many parks with her dog.

John is a technology educator and strategist who's worked exclusively with nonprofits for over 20 years providing advice, teaching seminars and writing articles. Every day he educates nonprofits about using technology strategically because he knows it can help their organizations operate more effectively and efficiently.

In the late 90's John was Information Technology Director at San Francisco's Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article A Decade of Online Fundraising. Beginning in 2002 John served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations learn how to be effective online, before returning to private practice in 2005. He helped build and deliver the We Are Media workshops on social media for nonprofits with Beth Kanter in 2008. John authored the chapter "Effective Online Communications" in the book Managing Technology to Meet your Mission (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2009). He is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and has been a featured speaker across the US, England, Australia and online.

Brendan Blaine, Program Coordinator

Since joining NTEN in August, 2010 Brendan has been learning everything he can about the nonprofit sector. While new to the NPTech community, he has been assembling and disassembling (much to his parents' trepidation) electronics since he was a child. He brings that love of technology with him to NTEN, where he helps connect people with the programs that will help them to learn how to use technology to further their missions and change the world.

When not working Brendan can be found wearing his ridiculously oversized headphones playing video games on his custom built PC, skateboarding with friends, reading , experimenting with photography or relaxing with his fiance and their two cats.

Mimi joins NTEN after graduating from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. She is delighted to be working with the wonderful people at NTEN and in the nonprofit community. In addition, Mimi is very happy to once again be enjoying the rainy weather, good food, and great arts scene of her native Portland.

If she isn't at the NTEN office, Mimi is probably writing, reading, cooking, blogging about cooking, dancing, or walking her dog, Lucy. Someday, Mimi would love to earn an MFA in Creative Writing, but for now she is focusing on practicing for her Beginner's Karate class.