There are many intern groups here in Dublin this summer and the interns here at Connector have been hard at work planning an intern event for all them. We wanted to create a night that brought everyone together, is fun, educational, and for a good cause.  Check it out here on Facebook.

The intern event will be benefitting the not-for-profit Barnardos, a local Dublin charity that serves the people of Dublin. The event will be on July 28^th from 6pm – 10pm at The Church. There is a suggested donation of €4 and every cent will go towards Barnardos. The Church has kindly donated a free welcome drink and finger food to all the interns that come and show their support for Barbardos.

We will also have several speakers for the night; a representative from Barnardos to talk about the work that they do, Bobby Kerr an entrepreneur that started the largest coffee company in Ireland, and Neil Leyden from the exciting new Irish global marketing project called Gateway Ireland.

We will be raffling off great prizes as well, including but not limited to a great 3 day trip around Ireland courtesy of Shamrocker Irish Adventures, 1 Bottle of Premium 18 year old Jameson Whiskey and much more!  We hope to see all the interns that are here in Dublin out for this special night of fun, community, and excitement.

You will receive a raffle ticket for every €3 donation or two raffle tickets for €5.

Andrew and Shelsea will be the MCs of the event for the evening and can’t wait to see you all there.

Connector Intern Dublin Event featuring Bobby Kerr from Dragons’ Den is a post from: Connector

Connector Comedy Cabaret for Charity is a post from: Connector

As part of the Irish Internet Association’s ‘Digitize the Nation’ campaign, Conor will be giving free consultations on Friday 21st of May between 2 and 6pm. Friday is the designated Social Media Day and conor is the current Chair of the iia Social Media Working Group.

We will be helping our guests to diagnose digital marketing problems and prescribe solutions based on the Connector 10C’s strategy.  Regardless of the size of your business we will decide a tailor made action plan to suit your need based on your business and budget.  Please email training [at] connector.ie to make your appointment.

Connector Clinic Social Media Consultations is a post from: Connector

Here are the guys Conor got to spend the weekend with trying to learn to be funny!  Have a look at the video and check out what Conor learnt during the Comedy Crash Course.

Connect with the Comedy Crash Course is a post from: Connector

Connector and Booze `n´Schmooze are partnering to organise Connector Nº20, an event themed around Online PR, with guest speakers who will talk briefly about how social media and new technologies are impacting in business today.

Booze `n´ Schmooze is a new free monthly networking event for  journalists, PRs and other media workers, which takes place every month at d|two Bar.  As usual, Connector is a monthly event for connecting people in Dublin and all are welcome to this event.

So register to the event  and join us to have fun, learn a little bit about Online PR and make connections next March 25th @ 6.30 pm.

Connector Meetup No.20 – Online PR is a post from: Connector

Look who I connected with @ Love Labs launch at the Science Gallery this evening … !  The one & only Chris De Burgh who opened the exhibition with a few nice thoughts on ‘love’ & his lovely daughter, the lovely Rosanna Davison, former Miss World.  Chris has sold 45 million records … WOW !  That’s a lot of Red Ladies.

Congrats to the Michael John Gorman & the brilliant Science Gallery team for another great event & don’t forget Connector is there on the 25th February for the Connector Tribes event @ 7pm.  Yes, some Tribal Love is on the way !

Connecting @ Love Lab Launch is a post from: Connector

The Champagne Bar in Ron Black’s on Dawson Street was buzzing with the sounds of new connections being made last Thursday evening as Connector No. 18 brought together dozens of people for a few drinks, a few laughs, and of course  plenty of social networking!  To check out the photos, click here >>

January’s event featured several rounds of speed networking for those interested in making several connections in a short amount of time as well as a few tables of Connect 4 for more casual connecting.  I think there was a record number of business cards exchanged at our eighteenth event!

Connector also raised (money) for Haiti at this free event, which will be donated through Adrian Garry’s trip to Haiti.  And of course thanks to our great volunteers from DIT Event management (1st years) who helped us on the night.

Connector No. 18 Review is a post from: Connector

Last Wednesday evening Connector hosted the first of many monthly movie meet-ups at Cineworld on Parnell Street.  The group that gathered was brought together by the Dublin Midweek Movie Club facebook group and was a diverse collection of Dubs who all share a love of film! 
We saw Irish director Jim Sheridan’s latest effort, Brothers, which was thought to be a good film by all.  Afterwards, most of the group made our way to The Church on Jervis Street for a post movie drink and a fun and lively discussion about all things cinematic. 

Connector plans to continue to host a monthly movie meet up on the last Wednesday of each month, alternating between blockbusters and independent/documentary films.  Please join the Dublin Midweek Movie Club facebook to stay informed and participate in choosing next months film!  We look forward to seeing a lot of new faces at this months meet up!

Connector goes to the Movies is a post from: Connector

A year after the great success of the First Dublin Facebook Megaparty, the second edition is coming. It will be this Saturday, January 30th, at The Purty Kitcken in Temple Bar. The party will start at 7.00, and the entrance will be free till 11.00. After that there will be a 10€ fee including a free drink.

Last year this party got to gather +1.000 people, and at the moment there are more than 300 people confirmed for the event at the Facebook group. Some of you could have noticed, it’s at the same time as Tradfest, and wonder: why? Well, because this is an international party, and proof of that is that the same event will be run in Rome and New York the same day.

DJ’s Eoin Long & Justin Walsh will perform at the party, and photos of Facebook users will be showed through a video loop. If you want your photo to appear there, you have to email it in advance as an attachment to megaparty@vivadublino.com.

Connect with Dublin Facebook users is a post from: Connector

One year more Tradfest is taking over the Temple Bar streets’ to bring the best of Irish tradition to the city centre. The fifth edition of this festival, organised by TASCQ (Traders in the Area Supporting the Cultural Quarter Limited), will run from 27th to 31st of January.

During 5 days Temple Bar will be full of activities suitable for all publics and some of them will be free! Tere will be workshops, concerts, film screenings, a photo exhibition and even a market.  But the most of the activities will be concerts, as this is originally a music festival, where the irish traditional music is the star.

Here it is a little advance… The Kilfenora Céilí Band, who performed at the launch of the Tradfest days ago at The Clarence Hotel.

Tradfest connects you with Irish culture is a post from: Connector