Bio

silberman_headshotMichael Silberman is a founding Partner of EchoDitto, a leading strategic online communications and technology team that works with its clients to leverage new media and participatory technologies to affect positive social and environmental change. He also served as the 1Sky climate campaign’s Internet Director during its first year, where he planned, led, and implemented a successful nationwide internet organizing, communications, and fundraising strategy. Other recent work includes exciting projects with the Wilderness Society, Seventh Generation, and Mother Jones.

Prior to co-founding EchoDitto, Silberman was the National Meetup Director for Howard Dean’s renowned presidential run in 2004, where he developed an online organizing and technology strategy that mobilized 189,000 volunteers in over 1,200 cities worldwide via the internet. Silberman is a frequent writer and speaker on the effective use of technology for converting online activity into real-world action. He also gained valuable organizing and political experience at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and in the Clinton White House at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). He graduated on skis with a B.A. from Middlebury College.