Connector Social Media Survey
by Sarai Fernandez on May 17th, 2010
As this week the IIA is organising the “Digitise the Nation Week”, at Connector we want to know more about how you use social media. That’s why we have created this short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DRCXLKH
We would really appreciate if you could fill it in and then pass it on your friends!
Review of iia Audio Video Culture Event
by Nicola OReilly on April 27th, 2010
On the 22nd April 2010 the IIAs Social Media Working Group held an event entitled Audio Video Culture: Behind the scenes of audio & video content online. Conor the current Chair of Social Media Working Group at the IIA was the chariman for this event.
Speakers from RTE, RaboDirect, Channelship, Mason Hayes and Curran, CEUD NDA, Google Ireland and YouTube all spoke at the event and helped to make it a great success. Pictured is Sebastian Missoffe from YouTube in action from Conor at the top table!
There was very positive feedback with most feeling they learned a great deal about audio and video content online.
Connector Weekly – 19th April
by Nicola OReilly on April 19th, 2010
Connector is set for another busy week of connecting! Here is a roundup of the main events for this week:
On 20th Connector will hold its Digital & Social Media Workshop. This strategy workshop will help participants understand how social media is changing our culture, and importantly, the way consumers share information and make buying decisions.
After that, Connector will also be hosting Career Connections a event only for students at the Science Gallery at 6:30 pm. With this event Connector is helping to connect graduates with potential employers. Many graduates this year will find it hard to get a job but those at the Students Event won’t be amongst them. Recruitment experts from Microsoft and Google will give advice about graduate programs, career choices and personal branding. Greg Fry from Careers Coach will be speaking at the event too.
Public Affairs Ireland presents a half-day event in Dublin on the 21st. It will be of interest to people who would like to have a better understanding of how new media, the web and email can enable better access of information and provision of services to the public.
Conor, as the current chair of the IIA, will introduce the Audio Video Culture: Behind the Scenes of audio and video content online on Thursday April 22nd. This will offer an in-depth look at how to maximise the impact of video and audio content for your business.
On 23rd & 24th Connector will hold a stand at The Entrepeneur Show. The Entrepreneur Show is designed to inspire visitors to do new and better business. It will host an array of speakers from all sectors of business, to inspire you in your business development. Connector will be present in several panels and will also have a stand in the show, helping through the recession to learn new skills, connect to those in the know and help broaden their career prospects next weekend. Come down to check out the Connector Stand!
And don’t miss The Entrepreneur Show After-Party that Connector will host in Lillies Bordello, on Friday 23rd from 7pm. Connector will be offering a unique and fun way to network throughout the night!
More updates next week.
Weekly Connector – 25 Jan 2010
by Conor on January 25th, 2010
By Conor Lynch & Sarai Fernandez
It’s not easy being a Connector and last week was particularly busy with long group meetings & training. I had seperate meetings with ‘The Board’ in NCIRL, an ‘Anonymous Group’ in Ranelagh & the annual meeting of the Chairs of the iia Working Groups in the Digital Hub.
I received a card from the Guinness Storehouse ‘honouring’ me with the title of ‘Ambassador’ for their 10th birthday year. I can get in free only if I bring down friends who can then get 10% off the entry ticket. That’s not very much at all for an ‘Ambassador’ to SHOUT about – a better idea might have been to invite down the Connector group for one of our monthly events & generate conversation that way ?
Events Calendar
Every week Dublin hosts so many events that it can be hard to choose. And at Connector we want all you to keep connected with the coolest events, conferences, seminars, workshops and more that are being held in the city. That’s why we will now start to issue a weekly blogpost including all the interesting stuff we have been connected with, so keep an eye out for them every week.
Dublin Midweek Movie Club
The Dublin Midweek Movie Club will be meeting on wednesday 27th to watch “Brothers” by Irish director Jim Sheridan and starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman. After the film the group will go to The Church to discuss the movie over a drink.
As you know, we are hosting our Connector Nº 18 at Ron Blacks next Thursday January 28th. For those interested, you can take part in our second time to have ‘Speed Connector’. This is like speed dating or speed networking & you’ll have 3 minutes to connect with somebody else and then … move on! Don’t forget to bring your business cards and prepare your elevator pitch … there’s no time to waste. we will also have a ‘Connect 4 Contest’. You can register here.
Dublin Facebook Megaparty
Fun will continue on the 30th during the Second Dublin Facebook Megaparty, at the Purty Kitchen from 7.00. For more details, join the Facebook Group!
February Events
Those are the must-be in January, but you can start booking some events for February now – Connector ‘Tribal Love’ is on the 25th & is in the Science Gallery. The Dublin Web Summit is on the 4th or the Brainfood Store the 24th. Both are conferences for the digital sector and both of them will have a very interesting networking after-party with Connector.
March Events
Want more? On March 4th the Irish Internet Association Social Media Group will have a half day event. Keep an eye in our blog for future details … have you any ideas for Connector Events? We’d love to hear from you!
Irish Internet Association Social Media connections
by Conor on September 23rd, 2009
Last week I was pleased delighted honoured to take over as Chair of the Irish Internet Association’s (iia) Social Media Group. Standing down was Brendan Hughes who is eCommerce Manager for FBD. Brendan is a really likeable character and did a great job for the last year but is stepping down due to pressures of looking after his ever increasing family ! Best of luck to Brendan (pictured on the extreme right of Aodhan & Michelle) who is staying involved as a group member which is great.
I will keep you posted on progress throughout the year where our objectives are to ‘Connect, Inform & Promote’ using white papers, events and hopefully some new initiaitves currently being explored. We will have a series of social media events and details will be posted here and on the iia web site.
Connector@ iia Annual Congress
by Conor on May 21st, 2009
It was a busy day at the iia Congress today meeting lots of old friends and making many new connections. Some notable new contacts is the Irish head of Facebook, Colm Long (pictured below on stage) with whom I spoke briefly in a real ‘Facebook Connect’ moment. In the afternoon, myself and the iia Social Media Working Group held 3 workshops entitled ‘Create a Social Media Strategy in 45 Minutes’.
Here is some of the group with Barry Power & his brother of the Barry Power Golfing Academy, pictured with his workshop notes, the basis of his new social media strategy. In the other 2 workshop groups we helped Salesjobs.ie & Tropical Places start to develop their strategies. Considering we were not briefed in advance of the 3 case studies to work on and having just 45 minute sessions with about 30+ attendees per session, I think we did very well !
How did we do it ? Well it was a great team effort from the group (Conor Lynch, Joy Redmond, Matt Matheson, Keith Shirley, Eoin Kennedy & Campbell Scott) chaired by Brendan Hughes from FBD & facilitated by Krishna De who both gave introductory presentations. Then the team broke into 3 smaller groups for 10 minutes each on Twitter, Blogging & Social Networks and used the simple framework I devised for step by step strategic development. I call this ‘Connector’s 5C’s for Digital & Social Media Marketing’.
I will check in on Barry soon and see has he been driven on or has he got stuck in the rough ? Also pictured are Eoin Kennedy & Keith Shirley. Thanks to all who came into the workshops. More soon >>
Connect with the Irish web community
by connector on October 11th, 2008
What a great night out at the first ever IWA in Dublin last night and the details of the winners are here >>
Highlights were many and congratulations to all the winners & to Damien Mulley for organising such a great & valuable event. Fingers crossed I can get my hands on one of the Web Awards in the coming years … looks like I may have to lobby for an Internet Marketing category 
It was great to get to meet young John Collison there and himself and his brother must be such an inspiration to the youth of Ireland. (They created and sold a web business for several millions euros while both teenagers).
