Connector Intern Event 2010 Review
by Shelsea Rawson on July 29th, 2010
When I plan events, it’s always more fun if it is planned for a good cause. There is something to be said for doing an event with the purpose to help another. With this intern event, Barnardos was our charity partner. Barnardos mission is to challenge and support families, communities, society and government to make Ireland the best place in the world to be a child.
To help this intern charity event come together we received sponsorship from The Church, Jameson and Shamrocker Tours. The Church allowed us to invade their club downstairs while providing us with welcome food and a free glass of wine or beer. Shamrocker donated a trip for three days around Ireland, a chance for an intern to see other parts of the country. Jameson graciously donated several bottles of their famous whiskey, along with a lunch for four, and an 18 year old bottle all for us to raffle off; along with providing our guest speakers a bottle of their gold whiskey.
Our speakers for the night were Orla Tighe and Neil Leyden.
Orla Tighe is the fundraising manager for Barnardos. She told a moving story about a little boy she had met that is in programs at Barnardos, she talked to the struggles that he has in his life and how Barnardos helped this boy and his family move towards a better life.
Neil Leyden is the project manager at Gateway Ireland. He spoke to what Gateway Ireland is striving to do. They are focusing on promoting Ireland to the world and harnessing the vast majority of people in the world with an Irish connection. He focused on people with an Irish connection around the world and how they can bring these people together for a common purpose through various social media outlets.
The event all in all was a success; we talked, mingled, danced, enjoyed ourselves, and most of all did it for a great cause. We learned about the cause and we learned about how vast the Irish culture is spread no matter where you are in the world.
We would like to give a big thank you to all of our sponsors and our speakers for coming out last night. It was a great time and we could not have done it without you.
And thanks also to Jason Roe from BTW who kindly helped us raise more money for Barnardos at his event also in The Church. Their collection brought in approx €250 which is brilliant for a meetup and much appreciated by us and Barnardos.
Connector Intern Dublin Event featuring Bobby Kerr from Dragons’ Den
by Andrew Sides on July 15th, 2010
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 28th 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.
Kasabian connect @ TheChurch.ie
by Conor on October 18th, 2009
Here is a short video I made showing the great atmosphere when Kasabian played The Church recently for Arthur’s Day. They certainly rocked the altar !
Thanks to Niall Whittle for doing the editing on this clip & thechurch.ie for the tickets we got to give away.
Connector Lunches No.1 & No.2
by Conor on October 3rd, 2009
Connector Lunch No. 1 @ GBK, South William Street, Dublin 2.
This first Connector Lunch was enjoyed by Conor Lynch, Claire Boyles & Jason Roe as we had a couple of late cancellations. It was in the Gourmet Burger Kitchen or GBK on South William Street. Our lunch was enjoyed while sitting out in the sun and it was good to catch up with Jason & Claire. GBK do €5 burgers before 5pm and a lunch menu from only €10 if you want to check it out. Thanks guys !!
Connector Lunch No.2 – Jo’Burger, Rathmines Road, Dublin 6.
This lunch in Jo’Burger was courtesy of Joe Mack vis Joe’s friend Sinead Ryan. They just wanted to let everyone know that the Rathmines restaurant is open for business and serving a new menu from next week. I was joined by Greg Fry & Rob Cumiskey & we had a good old natter about the projects we are working on together. Thanks for lunch Joe !
Lunches No. 3 & Lunch No. 4
We also have offers from The Church, MYO in the IFSC & The Purty Kitchen in Dun Laoghaire. We are happy for anyone to come and join us for lunch – we will randomly pick who gets the free lunches and negotiate a great deal for anyone else who turns up from restuarants want to participate.
Lunches will be on Thursday or Fridays for the next couple of weeks & please email conor [at] connector.ie for more information or follow connector_ie on Twitter.
Connector @ Arthurs Day !!
by Conor on September 25th, 2009
What a cracking night out !! I will post more photos & videos asap but for now please check out my Facebook profile, Qik mobile videos & my Twitter account for more details.
Kicking off at the Wilson Hartnell PR offices at 5pm and lasting till midnight, this was one great night out ! From WHPR we were brought by cab to a mystery location which turned out to be The Bank on Dame Street.
Jamie Callum performed a good set and I got a meet a few other Guinness guests for some complimentary pints of
Guinness & platters of food. The 17.59 toast was cool & televised live around the world from the Guinness Storehouse. Thanks to Kate from WHPR & Dan from the Diageo team for looking after us so well & Caroline for keeping me so entertained with her banter between the music acts !
Then it was down to TheChurch.ie to meet up with the rest of the gang for Kasabian live. Great atmosphere and a great show with me filming with my mobile and camera almost on top of the bar. Cheers also to Rob Cumiskey for live reporting from The Church all evening. Finally, thanks to all who expressed interest in the ticket giveaway and sorry we could not get more people in !
A night to remember for all concerned & this was one seriously great global marketing initiative so congrats to all concerned … and of course … Happy Arthur’s Day !
These mobile videos were made with the new Nokia N86 & pictured kindly taken by John Lowes.
The Connector Intern Party!
by Jamie Richardson on August 12th, 2009
It think it’s safe to say that the Connector Intern Party was a success!
Andrew and I worked very hard all day getting The Church’s Tower Bar ready for our special party!
Guests started to arrive, and the night was in full swing! We had a sign in table where guests received a pre-stamped postcard of The Church that they could send back to their families from around the world. We also handed out variously colored buttons with the Connector “C†on them for some mixing and mingling later on.
Soon enough the Tower Bar was brimming with the variety of international students that are living/working/studying in Dublin for the summer!
Personally, I had a wonderful time! It was refreshing to see some new faces and make connections with a variety of new people! I really enjoyed myself, and would like to thank all the volunteers who helped us with the event night! They made my job much easier!
Cheers!
Jamie
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First off I would like to start off and thank The Church right off the bat. All of their staff did a great job cleaning, organizing, and catering to our needs for the party. Next I will send my thanks out to our lovely ladies who were involved with the photography, and signing guests in. They did a wonderful job and deserve a big hand.
I was very satisfied with the turnout because I honestly had no idea how many people would show up. It is great to sit above the bar and observe people who have to move people out of the way just to get to the bar. This made me smile and I realized that we threw a kick ass party for students!!
Lastly I would like to say how much I enjoyed working with Jamie on this event. She was a great co-worker, and as a team we worked well together to throw this bang. I look forward to planning more parties in the future for large amounts of people.
~Andrew~
Connector BBQ @ The Church
by Jamie Richardson on July 31st, 2009
Last night’s Connector BBQ turned out well thanks to The Church, Bulmers Light, and of course all the guests that came to enjoy a night outside. We were fortunate enough to avoid any rain that would damper the night’s BBQ on The Church’s outdoor Terrace.
With no set agenda for the evening, the Connector BBQ was a relaxing night with great food from The Church’s barbecue grill and sponsored drinks from Bulmers Light. Fresh air provided the perfect atmosphere for a laid back night of connecting! What a great way to celebrate the 12 months since the first Connector Meet-up!
Thanks again to everyone who joined in for the BBQ, and we hope to see you at the next Connector event! We hope you liked our fun new Connector badges!
Connect w Bulmers Leopardstown Live feat. The Coronas
by connector on July 29th, 2009
Connector has a great opportunity available for you! 10 free tickets to Bulmers Leopardstown Live to give away for friends of Connector courtesy of our pals at Bulmers. The show is on Thursday August 6th and features great music from The Coronas!
For more information about Bulmers Leopardstown Live go >here>>
If you are interested in getting one of these 10 free tickets to Bulmers Leopardstown Live, contact Connector asap on conor@connector.ie
Connect @ the Connector Intern Party
by Jamie Richardson on July 27th, 2009
Being an intern for Connector isn’t just something that happened by chance. Well, perhaps it was chance that landed me with Connector and Conor Lynch, but the part about being an intern here in Dublin was very much intentional. Confused? Allow me to explain.
Andrew Sigle and I pursued internships in Dublin through a program run by a company named EUSA. Essentially, we were placed in internships based on our majors in college. And now here we are, Americans, working for Connector for the summer!
Andrew and I, however, are two of many interns in Dublin this summer gaining work experience. There are quite a lot actually! Due to this wide array of people from across the U.S. doing a variety of internships throughout Dublin, we wanted to host an event in order to bring everyone together for a fun night of making connections.
Come join us on Wednesday July 29th @ The Church
Connect with sunglasses.ie
by Andrew Sigle on July 22nd, 2009
I met sunglasses.ie recently and they were generous enough to let Connector borrow novelty sunglasses for photos at a Connector events.  Watch out next week for the photos from Connector BBQ (No.12.)
The owner of the company, Niall McCrudden, along with Jon Hanlon are pictured above with a company t-shirt. This company sells all different types of sunglasses over the Internet.  Sunglasses.ie is  known for great deals as well as reasonable prices.
Coincidently enough, Niall is really involved in social media and connecting with other bloggers as well. He played a part in connecting Jonathan from Canon with actor Liam Cunningham for the Digital Film Awards. It’s all about the connections !!!
Check them out @ Sunglasses.ie
