Beth Kanter

Beth is an internationally recognised thought leader in networks, social media, data, and nonprofit leadership. She has more than 35 years working in the non-profit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for non-profits on every continent in the world (except Antarctica). She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was visiting scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from 2009 to 2013, and is adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Education. Her past and current clients include Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gates Foundation, Brainerd Foundation, Knight Foundation, Knight Digital Media Center, Edutopia, HHS, and others. She is the author of the award-winning Networked Nonprofit Books published by J. Wiley and published the The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout. She’s also the author of the Beth’s Blog, one of the longest-running nonprofit blogs in the US. (www.bethkanter.org)