Debra Askanase is the current Community Marketing Manager at FirstGiving.com, an online giving platform for nonprofit organizations and individual fundraisers. At FirstGiving, Debra is responsible for creating online and social media engagement strategies for FirstGiving.com, implementing and supervising social media campaigns, and working with the entire FirstGiving community of fundraisers and nonprofit organizations to promote incredible online giving experiences. Debra is also the founder and Engagement Strategist at Community Organizer 2.0, a social media consulting firm to businesses and nonprofit organizations. Community Organizer 2.0, a social media consulting firm to businesses and nonprofit organizations. Before founding Community Organizer 2.0, Debra worked for 20 years in nonprofit organizations in many positions, among them executive director, program director, fundraiser, and community organizer. She has a B.A. from Emory University and a M.B.A. in International Business from Bar Ilan University. Debra's award-winning professional blog, www.communityorganizer20.com, offers advice, strategies and opinions about using social media in the nonprofit sector. Community Organizer 2.0 won Web Host Magazine's Editor's Choice Award for Practical Application of Web 2.0 Concepts, and was highlighted on the Slideshare Blog as one of Seven Amazing Nonprofit Slide Decks. In addition, she was named one of the Top 29 Nonprofit Bloggers to Follow by the 300,000 Twitter followers of Twitter.com/nonprofitorgs. She can be often be found chatting away on Twitter @askdebra.