Connector Tribal Love @ The Science Gallery
by LauraD on March 16th, 2010
Following on from the many successful events held in the past few months, Connector’s “Tribal Love” event held in the Science Gallery was no exception.
The event aimed to give a platform to up and coming collectives and companies who relied on “tribes” in order to connect members sharing similar interests together both on and offline. The night was kicked off with an enjoyable hour of networking helped along by the stash of free Corona being handed out by Connector’s ever-enthusiastic volunteers. The mix of attendees was varied and the crowd was one of the biggest I’ve witnessed at any Connector event so far.
The night then progressed into a number of short presentations by tribes including; 121 Marketing , The Attic Studio, Laugh Out Loud, MonsterTruck, Darklight, Funky Seomra and many more.
The highlight of the night for me was Adam Drazin’s initial address. Adam is a lecturer in TCD specialising in social anthropology and ethnography. I found his talk to be both informed and hugely entertaining. His argument for the growing popularity of tribes (online tribes in particular) focused on the idea of a new form of social interaction rather than merely a new form of technology. He defined a tribe as somewhere in between a family and a state- a space where social interaction is ruled ultimately by politics and a sense of intimacy shared between members. The success of tribes is dependant on this shared sense of intimacy which leads to a sense of obligation to other members- a personal connection between tribe members and a sense of belonging to a particular tribe will often lead individuals to participate more actively in a community.
All tribes must seek to create a tangible community within which members will not only actively contribute both their time and knowledge but also share information of a more personal nature. By doing this, members feel a real connection to each other and the obligation to participate more fully in all areas of the tribes activity.
I thoroughly enjoyed the entire event and look forward to seeing how the work of each tribe will progress over the coming months. Many thanks again to Connector for organising the event!
Connector Tribal Love Invite
by Sarai Fernandez on February 25th, 2010
Connector Christmas Awards 2009 @ Lillies Bordello
by Conor on December 13th, 2009
Last night Connector presented the Connector of the Year Awards at Lillie’s Bordello at our second annual Christmas Party. We wanted to applaud the great work of Dublin tribes / online communities plus a guy and a girl who have done really well in the last year.
The prizes were presented by TV Presenter Michael Hayes & each winner received a framed certificate and a brand new mobile phone kindly sponsored by Nokia, Sony Ericsson & 3 Mobile.
The winners for ‘Tribe of the Year’ was Culch.ie, a community formed by Darren Byrne (pictured below). He has rounded up team of talented volunteer bloggers who write about all things pop culture & attend many arts & cultural events around Ireland.
In the Connector Male category David Mooney was the winner for his amazing work with Funky Seomra while the Connector Female award went to Natalia Kostrzewa, who couldn’t attend as she was out of the country.
Besides that, we have made some predictions for the Top 10 to watch in 2010. Have a look to their names (in slideshare below) and keep an eye on them, they’re doing interesting work and we wish them all the best in 2010!
Approximately 170 people came to the event & we raised approx. €850 TBC for Temple Street Children’s Hospital so thanks for all donations. The event was kindly sponsored by Peroni & RealexPayments and thanks also to Applied Signs & Display.
We were entertained & enjoyed a fantastic night where we had Apollina tribal belly dancer and also comedy performances from Will Lynch, Ronan Grace, Paudy Byrne & Mark Hanratty.
Last but not least, I would like to thank the Connector team who helped organise this and all the events during 2009.
Connector Awards 2009
by Conor on November 30th, 2009
Here at Connector, we’re all about connecting individuals but we’re equally fascinated with connecting Tribes, which are communities with shared interests. Back in May, we held our Connector Tribes event, and at Connector Launches we saw some new Tribes such as The Digital Times and Bloggertone launch themselves to the Digital Public.
At our Christmas Party we’d like to reward the ‘Tribes of the Year’ and today we’re delighted to announce our shortlist for Tribe of the year, congrats to:
Culch.ie
Dartmouth Square
D Light Studios
Synth Eastwood
Funky Seomra
RSVP – Register for this event on Facebook Events (or if you don’t have a Facebook account, Register Here >>)
We will also be announcing 2 Connector ‘Person of the Year’ Awards (Male & Female) on the night. The awards are for friends of Connector who have had a successful year worthy of some peer recognition. So why not come along to our Christmas Party with some friends and see who has been crowned with one of these new awards. We’ll also be giving our predictions for the people & tribes to watch in 2010, same as we did with our ‘Top 10 to watch in 2009‘.
The night is sponsored by Peroni and we can’t wait to celebrate our great year with you. We hope to see you there & before then, next week is Tribes Week and we’ve written about each of our five shortlisted Tribes. Check back here to see if you can spot your Tribe and you can check out our Tribes page for more info.
Connector will be giving a Tribes workshop in the new year which will include some really important advice on getting sponsorship, utilising social media to it’s full potential, community management and content creation including podcasts, webTV and blogging. Email conor or rob [at] connector [dot] ie for more information about this event.
Funky Seomra – Connector 'Tribe of the Year 2009' (Shortlisted)
by Conor on November 30th, 2009
As part of Tribes Week, we are featuring all of our shortlisted Tribes on the Connector Blog today. Each of these Tribes have been shortlisted for the Connector Tribe of the Year award. The winner will be announced at Christmas Connector.
Funky Seomra is a non alcohol and drugs free event held every month in the Concert Hall in the RDS. These events involve people of all ages gathering on the dance floor or chilling in the lounge, listening to music from all over the world.
As they say themselves:
The monthly event is fast becoming a hot ticket on the Saturday night club scene. People of all ages, from all backgrounds enjoy the festival night together. One participant, Annette, at the last event said ‘this is without doubt the best night of dancing I have ever had, I’ll be back again and again…and I can’t wait to tell all my friends’ Another participant, Patrick said ‘Its more than just a night out dancing, its like a festival night in itself, and its such a friendly atmosphere, I feel I can just be myself here..brilliant!’ Jessica, another participant had this to say ‘ To get to dance and interact with such a rich variety of people is wonderful! nowhere else do I get the chance to be in such a great atmosphere on a Saturday night and feel comfortable, thank you so much for creating this important event for Dublin’
Check out Funky Seomra’s presentation at Connector Tribes:
Connector No.10 Registration
by connector on May 11th, 2009
Registrations are being completed on Facebook and the usual attendance @ Connector Meetups is approx. 100 people.
