Connector #Appy Hour @ Nokia Pop-Up Store
by Sarai Fernandez on June 22nd, 2010
Connector is organising another great networking event at the Nokia Pop-Up Shop in Grafton St. on Thursday, July 1st at 6.30pm. We’re calling it ‘Connector #Appy Hour’ as our 23rd monthly event will have guest speakers, including Anthony Lawless from Nokia, and Edward Conmy from the Appy Awards. These new awards are for the best mobile apps in Ireland & the judges will be announced at the event.
We will have a raffle to give away some great prizes amongst the attendees. There will be also some fun networking games, music entertainment, food and drink throughout the evening.
To come to this event you will need to sign up to our Facebook Event and we look forward to seeing you at Connector #Appy Hour!
Connector’s 1st Social Media Survey Results
by Sarai Fernandez on May 26th, 2010
As you know, last week we were running an online survey to find out about social media use. Some of the results have been really surprising, for example 77% of those polled says they use social media to find out about events and organise their social life, and 67% access social media from their mobile.
Connector Weekly News 24-30 May
by Sarai Fernandez on May 25th, 2010
Last week we launch Connector Clinic, as part of the “Digitise the Nation Week” run by the IIA. We have also appeared on joe.ie, with the second part of our “Diary of a start-up“.
On Friday 28th Connector will be hosting another training course, the Digital & Social Media Workshop. It will be at the CFCP in Dublin 2. Click here to book a place!
The same day Connector is having its 22nd event: Connector Comedy Cabaret for Charity at The Good Bits. This time we’ll have an excellent comedy line-up. Unlike other events, there will be a 10€ entrance fee which will raise funds for Beautiful Gate.
Besides all our activities, this week you cannot miss the 3rd Bizcamp Dublin, on Saturday, May 29th in the Guinness Storehouse.
And on wednesday 26th at 18.30, the Science Gallery will organise a conference called Burn Calories Not Carbon: Gavin Harte on Climate Change, to encourage all of us to do more exercise while protecting the enviroment.
The same day the PRII will be organising a forum called “Igniting the Leinster Rugby Brand“ which will be examining the traditional and online strategies and tactics Leinster Rugby has put in place to build and connect with its supporter base including fans, sponsors and the local business community.
We’ll be back next week with more cool stuff!
Connector 2.0
by Sarai Fernandez on May 24th, 2010
At Connector we’re celebrating the blog’s second birthday this week. Yes, it has been two years since Conor started writing the Connector blog about all the interesting people and communities he met in Dublin. After that, the networking events came and some time later we started with the consulting and training services.
As a result of being so busy we’ve not being blogging so much, but with our 2nd birthday we want to commit to publish relevant content to share our knowledge of social media besides the new connections with people and communities. We are planning to start publishing webinars, videos and other training material that we hope you find useful.
We’ll give you more info later this week.
Connector Comedy Cabaret for Charity
by Sarai Fernandez on May 18th, 2010
The entrance will be €10, and all the benefits will go to Beautiful Gate, an NGO which works with communities in the township of Philippi in Cape Town. They take care of vulnerable and orphaned children – many of whom are suffering from HIV/AIDS and other illnesses.
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!
Connector Nº21- The Entrepreneur Show After-Party
by Sarai Fernandez on April 23rd, 2010
Connector Meetup No. 21 will be held at Lillie’s Bordello on Friday April 23rd from 7pm-11pm. We are partnering up with The Entrepreneur show to offer the delegates a social networking night out in one of the best clubs in Dublin.
Check out & register for the event on Facebook!
Connector @ The Entrepreneur Show
by Connector on April 23rd, 2010
This is the cool background that our friend Alvin from Fresh Design has designed for the stand Connector at The Entrepreneur Show this weekend April 23rd and 24th at the RDS in Dublin.
If you’re going to The Entrepreneur show, come down to visit the Connector stand, which will have a networking area and where the staff will give you all the information you need about the new training courses and other Connector activities.
‘Career Connections’ connect with Microsoft and Google
by Connector on April 14th, 2010
Connector has organised a very special event ‘Career Connections’ on Tuesday 20th April @ the Science Gallery, Trinity College.
Students and graduates are facing an uphill struggle to find a job these days.Sadly, Connector cant help you all ‘connect with a job’, but we do have the connections to help you get ahead of the pack in the hunt for a job.
This promises to be a great night, showing students how to pursue careers in the competitive job market.
Speakers include Bryna McCool: Senior Recruiter at Microsoft HR Ireland, Lindsay Browning: recruitment specialist at Google and expert careers coach: Greg Fry. Conor Lynch, the founder of Connector will also be along to talk about the use of social media to market yourself to employers.
Focusing on the theme ’you have the qualifications…now what?’ Connector wants to give students the best chance to land a job when they get out of college.
The event kicks off at 7 with doors open at 6.45. The event will conclude with some networking and a chance to meet the speakers.
Remember to bring your student cards, as this is a student only Connector event.
Check out the presentation below and register on our Facebook page to attend.
Rosin Lyons, DCU
Connector Training – Course No.1!!
by Sarai Fernandez on April 1st, 2010
Connector has gathered together a diverse group of people keen to learn the basics of social media marketing and how to get the most of it. Today Connector is running its first training course, called “Introduction to Social Media Marketing” at Cassidy’s Hotel in Dublin 1.
We are looking at the Connector blog, Conor’s Facebook profile, the Connector Facebook Fan Page, and friends of the Facebook Group; Conor’s LinkedIn profile, where we joined the Connector LinkedIn Group, Connector Twitter and WordPress.
Two of the attendees, Nessa O’Hara and David Curry, were the lucky winners of 2 free seats. Connector is still giving your the opportunity to win 2 free seats in the next 3 courses which are being held in April. To find out more about the contest, click here.
