Additional Info

Full Name

Allyson Kapin

Job Title

Partner, Rad Campaign, LLC

Organization Name

Women Who Tech

Twitter URL

http://twitter.com/womenwhotech

Website URL

http://www.radcampaign.com/

Bio

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.

As Founding Partner of Rad Campaign she leads the firm’s client and online strategic services. For over a decade Allyson has helped non-profit organizations and political campaigns create dynamic and award-winning websites and online marketing and recruitment campaigns. She works side-by-side with her clients to meet their web needs and maximize their online effectiveness to create real world impact.

As part of the first generation of online advocacy experts, Allyson has a thorough understanding of the rapidly changing world of online activism. She is an expert in the latest trends in social networking, blogging, online video, and other online tools and strategies and advises her clients 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.

Allyson has spearheaded campaigns for organizations ranging from American Rights at Work to National Breast Cancer Coalition and Save Darfur Coalition. She has also been a featured speaker on web design, Internet marketing and social media at national conferences.

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 sits on several Advisory Boards including the New Organizing Institute, the Green It Consortium and the Planning Committee for NTEN's NTC conference as well as O'Reilly's
Gov 2.0 Expo.

Allyson started the Radical Tech blog for Fast Company focusing on trends in technology and Web 2.0 and serves as the Blogger-In-Chief for one of the top-ranked nonprofit
communications blog Care2's Frogloop.

Location

Washington, DC

History

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