Bio: Susan Tenby
In addition to serving on the OPG Board of Directors,
Susan Tenby is the Online Community Manager of
TechSoup.org,
the technology website for nonprofits.
A project of
CompuMentor,
TechSoup is a comprehensive web-based resource covering
all aspects of nonprofit technology and channeling over
$50M yearly of technology product philanthropy into the
nonprofit sector.
Susan manages the message boards, also known as the
TechSoup Community. She also edits and contributes to
the TechSoup newsletter, TechSoup...By the Cup.
Prior to her current position, Susan provided content
development and Web research for the launch of TechSoup.
She brings research experience to CompuMentor from her
background in library work, and writing experience from
her graduate studies in Literary Theory.
Susan is an active participant in many virtual communities,
including: Howard Rheingold's
Brainstorms,
San Francisco Women on the Web,
The Young Nonprofit Network,
and the
Nonprofit mailing list.
She was recently profiled in the
Young Nonprofit Network's online publication,
Sounding Board,
and consults and participates in online events and conferences
about building and sustaining Virtual Communities.
Susan has lived in San Francisco for thirteen years,
practices Astanga Yoga and occasionally dreams of
joining Cirque du Soleil.
You can send email to Susan Tenby at
susan@onlinepolicy.org.
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