Paula at Poptech Fellows program
Category: WildlifeDirect news, wildlifedirect | Date: Oct 17 2009 | By: paula
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.
Tags: Kenya, Maine, Paula Kahumbu, Point Look out, PopTech, USA, wildlifedirect
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