Martin has given workshops and panel presentations on tech issues and on renewal movements in the Religious Society of Friends.
Biographies
TECH:
Martin Kelley is a Philadelphia area web designer who has been building online communities since 1995. An early adopter of user-created media, he was blogging in 1997 and picks up every social media service. In 2008 O'Reilly Media published "Web 2.0 Mashups and Niche Aggregators," his first published tech publication. A professional web developer and consultant, he builds sites and writes about tech issues on MartinKelley.com.
QUAKER:
Martin Kelley is a South Jersey Friend with a love out of outreach and ministry and a passion for looking afresh at Friends' testimonies, language and practices. Before becoming an independent web developer, Martin Kelley worked for Friends General Conference and Friends Journal. He is the publisher of QuakerQuaker.org, a community site for the Convergent Friends movement. He thinks the Quaker message is more relevant than ever but worries we're not being bold enough to gather George Fox's and Isaiah's "great people."
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
Co-leader, "Convergent Friends and the New Monastics." Pendle Hill Conference Center, Wallingford, PA. Scheduled May 2010.
Past Workshops and Presentations
Speaker, "An Introduction to Convergent Friends." Salem Quarter Meeting. Greenwich, NJ. September 13, 2009.
Facilitator, "Friends Testimonies, What Canst Thou Say?" Two-part session. Young Friends Summer Gathering (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting). Camp Onas, Ottsville, PA. August 25, 2009.
Co-leader, "Reclaiming the Power of Primitive Quakerism." Weekend workshop. Ben Lomond Friends Center. Ben Lomond, California. February 2009.
Presenter, "Friends Schools and Web 2.0" (video). Panel discussion for Friends Council on Education. At Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA. January 2009.
Presenter, Religion and Technology Teachers Peer Network (Friends Council on Education). December 2007. Center City Philadelphia, PA. Also available as Google Slideshow Presentation
Teacher, "Quakerism 101". four-session course for Moorestown Friends Meeting. Moorestown NJ. October -November 8, 2006.
Co-faciliator, On Fire: Renewing Quakerism Through a Covergence of Friends. Interest group, FGC Gathering. July 2006.
Invited Guest, Quakerism classes, William Penn Charter School. East Falls, Philadelphia PA. April 2006.
Leader, Food for Fire weekend workshop, New York Yearly Meeting's Powell House. Old Chatham, NY. February 2006.
Co-leader, Strangers to the Covenant (five sessions), workshop for high-school Friends, FGC Gathering. July 2005.
Teacher, Quakerism 101 (six sessions), Medford Friends Meeting. Medford, NJ. September-November, 2004.
Teacher, "Living in the Light" Quakerism 101 course (one session), Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting. Center City Philadelphia, PA. March 2003.
Contact
Email: martink@martinkelley.com
Phone: (609) 365-0123
