PopTech : Blog : Introducing Emily Qualey; Last Post from Kristen

Introducing Emily Qualey; Last Post from Kristen

Kristen Taylor ( Bio / Posts ) | Thursday, May 13, 2010 UTC

The PopTech community is an extraordinary one—filled with people whose words are as strong as the actions they take toward creating a better world together.

It has been my great privilege to serve as your chief blogger here on the PopTech blog, as part of my role as the Director of Community for PopTech. In the past year, we have made great strides weaving online threads of interaction as ephemeral as continuing Twitter conversations, as serious as in-depth guest blog posts that examined new work in the social good sector.

The small staff of PopTech (we are a dozen, a generous baker’s dozen all in) is comprised of fascinating and talented people that I respect as colleagues and in many cases, as friends. Andrew, Leetha, Beth, Louis, Keryn, Fil, Jen, Ollie, Heidi, Cordelia, Sarah, Annie, Dan, Colleen, and Emily—happy to have worked beside you.

As a staff, we often point to the Social Innovation Fellows as inspiration on a daily basis for our work, and one of the greatest parts of my PopTech role has been to interact with them as they rocket skyward. I hope they know I am their biggest fan and ally in the challenging work they have chosen.

I am now moving on to new projects and adventures, but know that I remain part of the PopTech extended family—I will see all of you at the PopTech 2010 conference in person or on Twitter—and I continue to watch this field that you are shaping into a force for good.

And now, let me introduce Emily Qualey, who knows the PopTech community well and lives in Camden, Maine. She has been part of the PopTech conference team for years, and more recently, has made the PopTech Tumblr blog a very exciting online reflection of what we are watching and find exciting and interesting.

Emily Qualey

Please welcome her as your guide to PopTech online; she will be a wonderful one as we move through an exciting summer of new videos, content, and events on our way to the October conference.

Most especially, thank you for all your smart comments, thoughtful suggestions, and excellent, quiet work building this community of ours into a strong network we are all proud to be part of.

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