tobiaseigen

tobiaseigen

I was Community Manager on the Global Legal Empowerment Network team from October 2014 until May 2020. Now a product manager for Discourse.org, the company that makes the open source software used here to host community discussions. I remain a moderator here and continue to help out with some technical aspects of maintaining this platform. Read my post announcing my change of hats.

I would be happy to receive personal messages via the forum any time! Don’t hesitate to drop me a line to say hello, or to discuss IT issues relevant to your legal empowerment work, how to use Discourse, and improvement ideas for the software.

Tobias has been helping nonprofits use the Internet since the first days of dial-up modems. With a focus on capacity building, especially in Africa, Tobias has done everything from setting up hardware for journalists in West Africa to building an online platform for more than 1700 organizations. Adept at “interpreting” technology for nonprofits and helping them to develop online strategies to serve their vital work, Tobias has advised and trained international organizations such as Transparency International as well as tiny grassroots groups. In 1999, Tobias founded Kabissa – Space for Change in Africa, a nonprofit organization with the mission to help African civil society organizations put ICT to work for the benefit of their communities. Tobias has lived and worked in the US, Kenya, Germany and the UK, and is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Sussex.