Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who responded to my tweet about my quest to find the perfect fit for our new Master of Ceremonies role. In that process, I’ve discovered the key to going viral: let it leak that you’re looking to hire someone. You will get more tweets, facebook mentions, and emails than you ever thought possible. I had meant to mention it on the blog, but there was such a huge response to that one little tweet that I had to keep mum about it after that. (Moral of the story: follow me on Twitter. Good things happen.)

Introducing…Cali Harris! I met her in Boulder two summers ago when I went to meet up with Gwen and Liz. She was immediately a kindred spirit. When I found out that she was interested in working with us (and in fact has a VISION BOARD with our studio on it!), my heart did a flippety flop.

When I was standing in the kitchen flipping pancakes for dinner one night (we tend to have breakfast at non-breakfasty times), the phrase “When I hire Cali…” unintentionally slipped out. John caught it. “Oh, so you’re hiring Cali?” Ummm…yeah. I guess I am.

And I did! We confirmed it Thursday, started the training wheels yesterday, and are currently falling even more madly in love with this little salsa-dancing fireball.

Cali is in charge of the relationship aspect of the studio — keeping our heart on our sleeve and making sure the experience is as little like a virtual one as possible. Even though we work with folks all over the planet, we want it to feel like we’re locals, from that first handshake to the eventual leap into internet launchery.

Yay, Cali! We’re so glad to have you on the team!