Michael Gilbert is an internationally known consultant to foundations and nonprofits, an innovator and researcher in the field of nonprofit communication, and a social entrepreneur.

He is author and editor of most of the publications we offer here, including: Communication Centered Technology Planning and The Guide to Nonprofit Email, and he also authored The Campaign Cookbook. He is the Publisher and Editor of Nonprofit Online News, which he started in 1997 as a means to keep himself and his colleagues informed and which has since become a premier newsletter of the field. He is often credited with helping ignite a revolution in nonprofit communication with his Email Manifesto and he is well known for his provocative and incise commentary.

Mr. Gilbert is equally well known for his challenging and inspiring speeches. He delivered the Keynote Address at the very first Silicon Valley Conference on Nonprofits and Technology. He has been a popular speaker with many organizations including the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Planned Parenthood, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Feel free to browse through a partial list of his Past Speaking Engagements.

Mr. Gilbert was the Founding President of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, which has grown into a successful professional association. He was the CEO of Social Ecology, a bleeding edge nonprofit software company.

Mr. Gilbert has directed several groundbreaking research projects; including the Nonprofit SiteAnalyzer Reports, the first Nonprofit Email Survey, and the Nonprofit Email Study, as well as numerous private studies.

Mr. Gilbert has served as Executive Director or Chief Executive of six organizations, as a board member or officer of more than thirty, and as a communication and management consultant to over 1000 organizations in more than 20 countries over the last 23 years. He was born in Sweden, lives and works in Seattle, and counts Berlin as his home away from home.