Dear Friends
I just wanted to let you know that I am at PopTech and it is amazing. I wish my entire team from Nairobi and all our WildlifeDirect bloggers could be here with me!
In the PopTech Fellows program I will be talking about WildlifeDirect and working with a team of professional marketers, strategists, communicators and planners to learn more about what we can do to take WildlifeDirect to the next level.
We are all at Point Lookout Resort and Recreation Center near Camden and they days are filled with exercises and meetings. It is going to be very intense and I am really looking forward to the results!
Andrew Zolli is an expert in global foresight and innovation, studying the complex trends at the intersection of technology, sustainability and global society that are shaping our future
Andrew Zolli runs PopTech and he told us that we had each one of us 16 fellows had been selected from hundreds of applicants and that his team had investigated each and every one of us to determine if we would be the perfect team. I wasn’t alone in feeling deeply honored that they had selected me. The other poptech fellows are doing earth shattering social innovations in energy and ecological solutions, education, medicine and design. It’s overwhelming. The PopTech team are fantastic – we already have a few nicknames like “Mushroom man” and I’m being called “Kenya”. You can meet all the other PopTech Fellows here
We were blessed with a spectacular sunset after our first day at the PopTech fellows. Wow!
I will continue blogging and tweeting about Poptech here and on Twitter at @paulakahumbu. You can follow other Poptech tweeters by searching #poptech and following @poptech
You can also read Erik Hershmans blog here
Before I sign off I want to thank Ollie Wilder (great name) and his parents and family who have taken me under their wing in Camden over the last week. I especially want to say “Thank you” to Trink and Kent for adopting me into your amazing family.
Donations made here are
Feb 28th Liza H USD 11.00
5 Comments
Wow, this sounds fantastic, Paula. The photos of Camden are great, too. I’d go there in the summer, though.
Looking forward to more of your tweets about the experience.
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Paula, we’re so glad you are one of our Fellows this year!
Out of all of the amazing Fellows, it particularly suits you to stand next to the animal sculptures at our retreat center
Look forward to your stage presentation next week—
Paula:
Glad you are enjoying the Fellows program – it is meant to be one of a kind. Looking forward to hearing your story in person.
Bill
Thanks Bill Kristen and Sheryl, I really appreciate your kind words. It’ snowed yesterday – it was a blizzard!
Paula, Kent and I love reading your enthusiasm, but we miss your lovely smile around our house. What a perfect guest you are and of course you very quickly turned into a cherished family member, adaptable, always giving, whether making us delicious quantities of your special muesli or holding us spellbound at the kitchen table with your wide knowledge and compassion for life – all kinds. The Fellows program is very very lucky to have you there. All of you out in the world who love Paula – count us among you!
Trink