Press Room

We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1987 on the belief that technology is a powerful enabler for social change. Today we have more than 200 employees, an annual operating budget of $30 million, and operate run in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe through a network of independent capacity-building NGOs. Learn more.

Daniel Ben-Horin
Founder and Chief Instigator
Topics
- Civic engagement
- Technology for social benefit
- Civil society resilience
In the News
- “Impact: the Lovechild of Innovation and Collaboration — TechSoup Global Summit One year Later“ Stanford Social Innovation Review blog
- “Innovation Obsession Disorder — Propagation is as Important as Innovation“ Stanford Social Innovation Review blog
- “Beyond The Easter Bunny: Ambassador Sparks Open Government Web Challenge“ The Huffington Post
- "The Kids Are Alright: Campus Party, Silicon Valley Tech Festival Rocks NASA" The Huffington Post
- Ben-Horin Named Ashoka Senior Fellow
- “A Serious Side of Fun” New York Times
- “Globalizing Great Social Projects” Microsoft on the Issues
- “Does Size Matter? How Tech Can Strengthen a NPO's Reach” The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Engagements
- "Leading Large-Scale Change: Lessons from the Arab Spring" The Compass Leadership Summit
- Technologies and Communication at Conference Sektor 3.0, Warsaw
- European Congress on E-Inclusion 2010 ‘Delivering Digital Europe in Public Libraries’ Brussels
- European Foundation Centre Foundation Week
- Tech4Society, Ashoka Conference, Hyderabad
- Clinton Global Initiative Annual Conference, New York

Rebecca Masisak
CEO
Topics
- Social enterprise models
- Global civil society
- Technology capacity
In the News
- “Six Years Later — Building a Connected Civil Society" Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog
- “Not Just Links but the Chain” Alliance Magazine
- “TechSoup Sees an Upside for Nonprofits in Downturn” San Francisco Chronicle
- “When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission” The New York Times
- Masisak appointed to Telecentre.org Foundation Board of Trustees
- Masisak receives the Full Circle Fund’s Full Impact Award in Technology
- “Columbia CEO: Going Global with a ‘Game-Changing Effort’” Columbia Business School
- “TechSoup Global: A Tale of Two Dramatically Different Networks” Beth’s Blog” Beth's Blog
Engagements
- ConnectingUp Annual Conference 2012, Sydney, Australia
- BoardSource Leadership Forum, San Francisco
- Northern California Grantmakers Annual Philanthropy Institute, San Francisco
- European Foundation Centre Foundation Week, Brussels
- NDI10 – Digital Participation Conference, London
- International Telecentre Forum, Manila
- Grantmakers East Forum, Berlin
For interviews or speaker requests, please contact:
Glenn Hirsch,
+1.415.633.9403
pr_at_techsoupglobal.org
Twitter: @techsoup





