Chris Tuttle is a Senior Internet Solutions Consultant with Blackbaud, the leading international company providing software and services for the non-profit industry.  Chris works primarily with non-profits in the United States implementing some of Blackbaud’s Internet Solutions offerings, including NetCommunity and GROW, as well as online marketing, email strategy, social media, advocacy and integrated fundraising campaigns.

Chris brings to his work over a decade of experience working for and with non-profits, both as staff and consultant, with a wealth of initiatives and proven successes, including;

- Developed a national campaign bringing attention to harassment and discrimination faced by LGBT youth in schools that involves over half a million participants each year in nearly 5,000 schools across the US, the Day of Silence.  This campaign continues today and is considered the largest single youth-led day of action on LGBT issues in history.

- Planned and led development of an online social community for students to share local organizing efforts with over 40,000 unique users.

- Has trained over 5,000 people in a variety of fields and topics, including Community Organizing, lobbying elected officials, online organizing and community building, email marketing, successful social media strategies, Google Analytics and Search Engine Optimization, among others.

- Provides email communications strategy, campaign development, and A/B Split Testing for small and large organizations alike, as well as small businesses through individual consulting.

- Leadership role in on-the-ground GOTV efforts for major state ballot initiatives in 2000 and 2004, in Oregon and Florida, organizing thousands of volunteers on phone banking and door-to-door canvassing.

Chris currently travels nationally working with clients to develop successful online community websites that can help them to more successfully engage constituents, build relationships, raise money, increase email subscribers, engage advocates and volunteers, and overall build an organization.

Chris is also a self-diagnosed geek, jigsaw puzzle and Sudoku lover and Kermit The Frog collector and imitator.  #geek

Be sure to keep up with Chris–er, me–is by engaging with me on the Twitters, @ChrisTuttle.