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 Philadelphia-area Friend with a love out of outreach and ministry and a passion for looking afresh at Friends' testimonies, language and practices. He is editor of Friends Journal, a monthly Quaker magazine, and publisher of the online community site, QuakerQuaker.org. An early adopter of user-created media, Martin has been building online communities since 1995; in 2008 O'Reilly Media published "Web 2.0 Mashups and Niche Aggregators." He writes about tech issues on MartinKelley.com and spirituality at QuakerRanter.org.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
Past Workshops and Presentations
2011:
Speaker, Abington Friends Meeting, "Lessons on Vocal Ministry from Early Friends," talk given at First-day school adult class. Jenkintown, Pa., November 6, 2011.
Class guest, Earlham School of Religion. "Writing for Today's Media Market" taught by J Brent Bill. May 24, 2011. Richmond, Ind. via video.
Panelist, Pacific Northwest Quarterly Meeting, "Simplicity, Integrity, Clarity: What is Plain Speech Today?" Washington State via video. April 16, 2011.
2010:
Speaker, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, "Finding Fellowship Between Friends Through the Internet," part of the "Friends 2.0: New Tools for Our Faith" speaker series. Arch Street Meetinghouse following Interim Meeting sessions, Philadelphia, Pa. September 11, 2010.
Panel Speaker, Writer's Conference sponsored by Quakers Uniting in Publications. Richmond, Ind., via video. April 2010.
Associate Teacher, Pendle Hill, for a weekend workshop "Convergent Friends and the New Monastics." Pendle Hill Conference Center. Wallingford, Pa. May 2010.
2009:
Speaker, "An Introduction to Convergent Friends." Salem Quarter Meeting. Greenwich, N.J. 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, Calif. 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.
2007:
Presenter, Religion and Technology Teachers Peer Network (Friends Council on Education). Center City Philadelphia, Pa., December 2007. Also available as Google Slideshow Presentation
Co-presenter, with C Wess Daniels, for a panel on the Convergent Friends movement. Ohio Yearly Meeting annual sessions. Barnesville, Ohio, August 2007.
2006:
Teacher, "Quakerism 101". four-session course for Moorestown Friends Meeting. Moorestown, N.J. October -November 8, 2006.
Co-faciliator, On Fire: Renewing Quakerism Through a Covergence of Friends. Interest group, FGC Gathering. Tacoma, Wash., July 3, 2006.
Invited Guest, Quakerism classes, William Penn Charter School. Philadelphia, Pa.. April 2006.
Leader, Food for Fire weekend workshop, New York Yearly Meeting's Powell House conference center. Old Chatham, N.Y. February 2006.
2005:
Co-leader, Strangers to the Covenant (five sessions), workshop for high-school Friends, FGC Gathering. Normal, Ill., July 2005.
2004:
Teacher, Quakerism 101 (six sessions), Medford Friends Meeting. Medford, N.J. September-November, 2004.
2003:
Teacher, "Living in the Light" Quakerism 101 course (one session), Central Philadelphia Friends Meeting. Philadelphia, Pa. March 2003.
Contact
Email: martink@martinkelley.com
Phone: (609) 365-0123
I was hired to redesign the website of a cemetery that represents a fascinating slice of South Jersey history. In the 1880s, a group of Jews escaped Russian pogroms, came to America and started a "return to the soil" movement that led to the establishment of an agricultural colony in the small Salem County crossroads of Norma, New Jersey. Before long they established Alliance Cemetery.
