Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

In December, Fast Company published an article called "The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0" featuring about a dozen amazing women who work in the Web 2.0 world. The list included BlogHer founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins, and Lisa Stone.  Kaliya Hamlin, who is the founder of She's Geeky, a women and technology conference taking place in Mountain View, CA on January 30-31st was also on the list.

The post sparked heated debate. Fast Company responded with "The Most Influential Women in Technology."

I'm humbled to be listed in the "Activists" category!

But as with any "best of" or "most this or that" list, it's bound to be incomplete. So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women:

Nonprofit Technology
Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.
Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech.
Susan Tenby is the community manager at TechSoup responsible for their Second Life efforts.
Megan Keane blogs at TechSoup community site.
Rachel Weidinger is senior consultant for Common Knowledge and covers the sustainable food community.
Amy Sample Ward writes a blog about nonprofit technology and social media and is the community builder for Netsquared.
Laura Whitehead is the queen of nonprofit technology in the UK.
Laura Lee Dooley is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy.
Michelle Murrain is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic.
Judi Sohn is Vice President of Operations of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition and was one of the first nonprofit technology bloggers.
Jordan Viator writes for the Convio Connection Cafe Blog.
Deborah Finn is a nonprofit technology consultant and long-time blogger.  She's also the woman behind the hilarious lolnptech spoof.
Laura Quinn is the founder of Idealware, which offers a consumer reports like analysis and comparison of nonprofit software.
Heather Gardner-Madras is a designer and strategist for progressive nonprofit campaigns and also writes for the Idealware blog.

Social Change Activists
Georgia Popplewell is the managing editor for Global Voices.
Britt Bravo covers social change and is the founder of Changebloggers.
Christine Egger is a thought leader over at Social Actions.
Katrin Verclas is the visionary founder of MobleActive and the nonprofit expert on mobile technology for activism, fundraising, and program delivery.
Qui Diaz works for Livingston Communications and leads their social good efforts.
Mary Joyce is the founder of digiactive and long-time online social media activist working in countries around the world.
Leslie Poston also known as "geechy_girl" on Twitter writes about social media and is a trainer.
Rebecca Corliss is Boston area social media activist and one of the leaders who helped raised over $20,000 for Jane Doe, Inc.
Allyson Kapin, founder of WomenWhoTech, is now blogging for Care2.
Alexandra Rampy, also known as Social Butterfly, covers social change and nonprofits on her blog.

Big Picture Thinkers
Lucy Bernholz is the queen of nonprofit philanthropy predictions.
Allison Fine, author of the book Momentum, writes about social activism in the nonprofit sector and the implications on the ground and at the big picture level.
Michele Martin writes about career development and professional development for nonprofit professionals.
Case Foundation bloggers Kari Dunn Saratovsky, Sokunthea Sa Chhabra, and Megan Stohner cover philanthropy, social change, fundraising, and activism.

Nonprofit Social Media Strategists
Wendy Harman is the social media strategist for the Red Cross.
Heather Holdridge is a strategist for Care2.
Danielle Brigida is the social media strategist for the National Wildlife Federation.
Connie Reece advises nonprofits on social media strategies and is the visionary behind the Frozen Pea Fund.
Johanna Bates is the nonprofit technology strategy for Community Partners in Massachusetts.
Nina Simon is the author of the popular Museum 2.0 Blog that covers how museums are using social media.
Rebecca Krause Hardie overs the arts sector and use of social media.
Rebecca Leaman writes for the Wild Apricot Blog and offers strategy advice for small nonprofits.

Nonprofit Marketing and Fundraising
Katya Andresen is Vice President at Network For Good and her blog is the best of the best on nonprofit marketing and fundraising.
Maria Thurrell is the founder a marketing and PR agency that works with nonprofits.
Nedra Weinreich is social marketing guru.
Maddie Grant and Lindy Dryer work with associations to help them integrate social media.
Jocelyn Harmon writes about marketing and nonprofits.
Nancy Schwartz, author of the popular Getting Attention Blog, is known for her sure fire marketing tips.
Kivi Leroux Miller is a writer and trainer who covers all aspects of nonprofit communications, including annual reports.

Update

I knew this was going to happen.  I looked over this list and realized I forgot a few, plus a couple of colleagues made a few suggestions.   Apologies:

Ruby Sinreich is an activist, long time nonprofit tech bloggers and should be first on the list
Alexandra Samuels is the founder of Social Signals and has been working in the online engagement space for a long time - and did I mention she's one of the smartest people I know?
Madeline Stanionis is a legend in the online fundraising and email marketing nonprofit world.  Her book on email marketing is a bible with many nonprofits.
Heather Mansfield, founder of Diosa Communications, is the nonprofit social networking expert. 
Stacey Monk is the founder of Epic Change and ran a very successful Twitter fundraising campaign last Thanksgiving.
Tori Tuncan is the founder of Lend4Health, a unique micro loan organization.  She knows anything and everything that's happening on Twitter related to social actions.
Michaela Hackner is social media strategist and blogger who works with nonprofits and simply amazing.
Mitchell Baker, Chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation and Chairperson and former Chief Executive Officer of the Mozilla Corporation
Susan Mernit is a blogger and consultant and served as the Knight News Challenge evangelist.
Suzanne Seggerman is the co-founder of Games for Change
Jayne Cravens, who is the go to guru on online volunteering
Jill Finlayson or @socialedge for all things social entrepreneurial

This list is by no means complete.  Who are your favorite bloggers who write about nonprofits technology?

Comments

[Deborah Elizabeth Finn]

Dear Beth,

Thanks for mentioning me! I appreciate it, yet I feel abashed to find that LOLnptech.org is my main claim to significance in the world of nptech. I guess that no good deed goes unpunished.

Warm regards from Deborah

[Laura Whitehead]

Hi Beth!
Totally honored to be included in your list! You rock! Keep on being such an inpiration to all of us out there!

[Beth Kanter]

Ah, Deborah - I just edited the text to include your other contributions to the field, especially through your consulting and blog. Sorry - wrote this up really quickly - and was trying to be inclusive - and I bet I probably forgot someone really important. Thta's why I'm not one for lists like this, but they might republish over at Fast Company and could help us all get some visibility.

[Peggy Hoffman]

Great list - included a number of my fav and some new names for me to follow. I'm imagining now multi-social-media "event" bringing all these voices together to mentor the next set of fab women.

[rjleaman]

Can't think of anyone else with the breadth of view to attempt such a list, Beth, so thank you for taking up Fast Company's challenge! Thank you, too, for the mention: it's an honour.

[Alex, aka Socialbutterfly]

What a great list! Thank you Beth and everyone else listed for the hard work you all do. I look forward to the next year and to hopefully meet many of you in person. If anyone is ever in the DC area, feel free to look me up as I'd love to connect both off-line and online.

[Connie Reece]

Beth, thanks for including me on this very helpful list. I'm glad I already know some of the women here and look forward to learning about the others. Great resource; I hope you make this an annual effort so we can keep track of who is doing important things in the nonprofit world.

[Christine Egger]

It's an honor to be on the list, Beth. Thank you, and thanks for creating yet another resource we'll be returning to again and again.

[BJ Wishinsky]

Great list, Beth! You and these wonderful women have been great role models and guides for me.

[Rebecca Krause-Hardie]

Wow Beth, I am so honored to be on your list and so appreciative of the work you do. You are such an inspiration! And thanks to this list have added substantially to my google reader!

[Rachel Weidinger]

Thanks for list-ing me! It's great to read over this list of amazing people. Grateful that so any of them are in my world on a regular basis--through NetSquared, NTEN, ProgEx, Twitter, and the beloved/dreaded conference circuit. Keep up the good work everyone!

[Jory Des Jardins]

Now THIS is a list!

[Nedra Weinreich]

Thanks so much for including me, Beth! And congratulations to you on your well-deserved title as an influencer. This is a great compilation of people to know in the nonprofit technology sector.

[Michele Martin]

Hi Beth--congratulations on the Fast Company article--incredibly well-deserved! And thanks for the shout-out here. I'm honored to be mentioned in the presence of so many incredible women in tech!

[Amy Stark]

I aspire to be listed in next year's article, and am glad you supplied a list of women who I will be able to learn from and emulate.

[Kathy Winter]

Thanks for the post. I found a few of these rocks stars on twitter and am now following! Looking forward to learning from them.

[kari saratovsky]

What a great list Beth - and I'm humbled to be included on it! Thanks for being the ultimate connector of influential women in tech!

Cheers, KDS

[heather gardner-madras]

Thank you Beth and congrats! It is an honor to be included on the list. It also makes me realize what a great community of women we have working with tech and nonprofits.

[social media consultant guy]

hey beth, thanks for putting this together. it's always great to find new people to connect with and I had no idea who these people were until i read your post. now it's time for me to find these folks and add them on twitter :)

thanks!

jacob

[Danielle]

Thank you so much for the mention Beth, to be listed in your blog--amongst these incredible women is a complete honor! Thank you! I love the diverse number of causes we represent too. Fantastic!

[Wendy Harman]

I couldn't feel more honored. Thank you once again, Beth.

[Jordan Viator]

I'm totally honored to have made your list, Beth! It was so great to see the article in Fast Company shedding light on nonprofit technology and the women who work day in and day out to make a difference in this space. Props on the amazing list and thanks for including me!

[Jocelyn]

You Rock, Beth! Thanks for this "press." Jocelyn

P.S. Sending you a new primer this week on how nonprofits can use social networking data. would love your feedback.

[Qui Diaz]

Beth! I continue to be floored by your generosity, and am humbled to be listed alongside so many smart women. Can we call you our fearless leader?

Its fun learning from/pow wowing with so many people on this list, and I look forward to getting to know others better.

BTW - changed my blog URL! (Scary.)

[Stacey Monk]

Wow! To say that I'm honored to be included on this list of amazing women is an understatement. Thanks so much, Beth - for including me, and for sharing this list of women to watch.