Daniel Ben-Horin is the Co-CEO and founder of TechSoup Global, one of the first nonprofit technology assistance providers in the United States. Founded in 1987 with $2,500 in seed funding, Ben-Horin tapped volunteer resources on The WELL, one of the first online communities, to create CompuMentor. The early days of CompuMentor, including its birth on the WELL, are described in “The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier” by Howard Rheingold.

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  • Daniel Ben-Horin is the Co-CEO and founder of TechSoup Global, one of the first nonprofit technology assistance providers in the United States. Founded in 1987 with $2,500 in seed funding, Ben-Horin tapped volunteer resources on The WELL, one of the first online communities, to create CompuMentor. The early days of CompuMentor, including its birth on the WELL, are described in “The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier” by Howard Rheingold. Today, CompuMentor has become TechSoup Global with a staff of over 170 and a budget of $22 million. TechSoup Global now provides technology information to individuals and organizations in more than 190 countries, has provided consulting services in more than 50 countries and, through its global network of capacity-building NGOs, manages product donations to more than 80,000 organizations in 24 countries. TechSoup Global conducts a range of programs including the operation of TechSoup (a website focused on nonprofit technology), TechSoup Stock (providing donated technology products to nonprofits), the NetSquared conference and community, TechSoup for Libraries helping public libraries manage public access computers, and extensive technology consulting and training for schools and nonprofits. In his book, Blessed Unrest, Paul Hawken writes that the “…hybridization of business, philanthropy technology and nonprofit activity is exemplified in the work of Daniel Ben-Horin... ” In addition to guiding the evolution of the organization, Ben-Horin speaks frequently on issues related to the underserved's access to technology. Recent engagements include the keynote address at the ConnectingUp2007 Conference in Australia, and the closing panel at the SANGONeT Conference and Exhibition 2007 in South Africa. In February, 2009, Ben-Horin was a guest on KQED Radio’s “Forum” featuring live interviews with three leaders in “Tech Philanthropy. ” From 1980-84, Ben-Horin served as the Executive Director of Media Alliance in San Francisco during which period he also taught journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz. From 1969 to 1980, he was a working journalist, writing for The New York Times, The Nation, Harper's Weekly, Mother Jones, Redbook and many other publications. He holds a B. A. in Psychology from the University of Chicago. From 2004-2007, the Nonprofit Times included him on its annual list of “50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector. ” Ben-Horin was the subject of a "Boss" Column in The New York Times on November 26, 2007. In March 2006, Ben-Horin was interviewed by Mitch Nauffts, editorial director of Philanthropy News Digest. That interview, entitled “Philanthropy and the Next-Generation Web,” was published in The Foundation Center's 50th anniversary book, “Philanthropy and the 21st Century: The Foundation Center's 50th Anniversary Interviews. ” In April 2008, The New York Times story “When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission” featured the organization Ben-Horin founded and still runs as Co-CEO. At the September 2008 Clinton Global Initiative, TechSoup Global Co-CEO Ben-Horin joined Co-CEO Rebecca Masisak and Co-CEO Marnie Webb to announce the organization’s commitment to provide technological products and services to nonprofits worldwide, especially in developing countries. In April 2009 his comments led the San Francisco Chronicle story “TechSoup sees upside for nonprofits in downturn. ” On April 28, 2009, he received the 2009 “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network. NTEN describes the Lifetime Achievement Award “…as given each year to a person who has pushed the nptech community forward. This push might be in the form of innovation, or thought leadership. In the case of Daniel Ben-Horin, the 2009 recipient and Co-CEO of Techsoup Global, it's both. Everyone who works in our field owes him a debt of gratitude for revolutionizing how we get and share software and information. ”
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  • Daniel Ben-Horin is the Co-CEO and founder of TechSoup Global, one of the first nonprofit technology assistance providers in the United States. Founded in 1987 with $2,500 in seed funding, Ben-Horin tapped volunteer resources on The WELL, one of the first online communities, to create CompuMentor. The early days of CompuMentor, including its birth on the WELL, are described in “The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier” by Howard Rheingold.
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