Open Coffee for January 2012
This months Open Coffees are on at:
The Bodega, Cornmarket St, Friday 13 January at 10:15am
There are no presentations or demos lined up this week, just open networking.
And at the Rubicon Centre, CIT, Bishopstown on Friday 27th January at 10:15am
To get OCC of to an inspiring start in 2012, Stephen Bean, photographer, movie maker, lecturer and media producer for UCC is going to give us a talk.
Come along for coffee and the talk will start at 10:30. More about Stephen here: and photography at UCC here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Photography-at-UCC/143207142438614 . Stephen has an astonishing breadth of experience from war photography to photographing silver tea pots (do you know how hard that is?!) to filming interviews and caves so bring along you image media questions for him.
Want to talk at Open Coffee?
If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback
at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing
corkopencoffee@gmail.com
Open Coffee with Cork Coder Dojo
There will be a special Open Coffee on this saturday 17th December @11am at the
National Software Centre, Mahon with Cork Coder Dojo.
The Coder Dojo is a weekly meetup where young people aged 6+ can learn the basics
of web development and build sites/apps with the help of the volunteers there.
Their web address http://www.codrcamp.com
Follow them on twitter @CoderDojo
This should be a great neworking event for all, and for people who usually
dont get to go to open coffee.
Cork Open Coffee December 9th
This week’s Cork Open Coffee is on at The Bodega this friday at 10:15am
There are no presentations or demos lined up this week, just open networking.
Want to talk at Open Coffee?
If you would like to give a talk or show off a new product for some feedback
at an upcoming Cork Open Coffee, please get in touch by emailing
corkopencoffee@gmail.com
Talk to you all on Friday
Free Windows Phone Training
Microsoft are doing a full days free training in Cork on December 9th . Obviously iOS and Android are leading the mobile battle but with Nokia having adopted Windows Phone, the o/s is going to be a player in the mobile market.
Nokia, although plummeting, still has the highest market share at just over 25% compared to Apples share of 3.9%. http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/20/nokia-sees-lowest-market-share-in-14-years-gartner/
If you’re interested in attending, good idea to bring your laptop for the hands on labs and have downloaded the at Windows Phone tools SDK in advance.
Should be a worthwhile day, details and agenda below:
Microsoft have got a full day of Windows Phone training happening in Cork on 9th of December which is coming up quickly.
Josh Holmes and James McNamara will be the trainers for this jam packed day.
Open Coffee BBQ
BBQ is booked for Friday 23rd September at 8pm at SOHO, 77 Grand Parade, Cork. The bar-b-que will take place on the fourth floor on the private barbecue deck and bar. There are still places available and it should be a brilliant night.
The menu for the evening will be as follows
BREADS: A selection of fresh breads.
DIPS: Chef’s recommendations of dip’s
BAKED POTATO: BBQ’d piping hot baked potatoes.
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COLESLAW: Julienne of carrot and Dutch cabbage lightly seasoned and finished with real mayonnaise.
PASTA SALAD: Rigatoni pasta bound with sun-dried tomatoes, black olives and our house dressing.
MIXED LEAVES: Baby mixed leaf salad drizzled with a SoHo lemon and lime dressing.
POTATO SALAD: Classic potato salad, potato. Mayonnaise, chive and redonion.
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CHICKEN SKEWER: Marinated boneless chicken breast and vegetables topped with SoHo’s amazing herbsauce.
SAUSAGES: Grilled Irish Ispini sausages.
CHEESE BURGER: 100% Irish beef, infused with a delicate blend of herbs & spices topped with red cheddar served on a bap with lettuce, tomato & red onion.
KING PRAWNS: King tiger river prawns bbq’d to perfection.
If your interested in going just email corkopencoffee at gmail.com. Tickets are €20 each and places are limited.
Workshop: Successful Email Marketing in the Digital Age
The National Software Centre are hosting an email workshop and networking event!
Successful Email Marketing in the Digital Age
Thursday May 27th 2010
11:00am – 12:00noon
The Atrium, NSC Campus, Mahon, Cork
Email remains one of the most powerful, cost-effective and measurable tools available to businesses. At this workshop Newsweaver’s Denise Cox and Liam O’Callaghan will provides tips and insight into how companies can benefit from using email to communicate with customers and prospects.
They will address in detail:
- How you can save money on your marketing budget
- Setting yourself apart from the competition
- Why it is so important to build a good database and how that improves results
- How small businesses can get scale – first impressions are key
- What makes a good newsletter and why someone reads it
- How to manage your email to develop valuable business relationshipsAnd remember this is not just for those in marketing!
Newsweaver is Europe’s leading email newsletter solutions provider and Denise Cox is Newsweaver’s email communications specialist.
Registration is necessary for this event, please register by emailing fwall@corkbic.com
Cork Open Coffee May 14th
Hi Occers,
This weeks Cork Open Coffee is taking place this Friday the 14th at 10am in The Rubicon Centre in Bishopstown in Cork (Map).
There are no demos or talks lined up this week. If you have a new site or app that you’d like to show off and get some feedback on, get in touch.
Bizcamp Dublin takes place on May 29th in the Guinness Storehouse. BizCamp is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, share experiences, and possibly create something new. Definitely worth a trip.
Cork Open Coffee is also looking for any businesses that might like to Sponsor some future Open Coffee events, this means for a small amount we’d be able to get in some Coffee and nibbles from local businesses, especially Mr. Cotton Coffee.
Talk to you all on Friday,
Don’t forget to follow @corkopencoffee on Twitter!
Videos from Your Country Your Call at Cork OpenCoffee
Two videos of the Jump crew in action.
Initial talk to everyone:
Sub-group Brain-Storming:
Cork Open Coffee Friday 11th at 10am
This weeks Cork Open Coffee is in the Rubicon Centre, CIT Campus Bishopstown on Friday 11th from 10am – 12pm.This the last Cork Open Coffee of 2009.
There will be 2 demos on Friday. John Dennehy will be talking about his great time tracking application at http://www.assemblypoint.com and Paul Brugger will be talking about a new Twitter application called @Localnumber which allows you to search and instantly receive contact phone numbers for businesses types in your area through Twitter.
Some great coffee and nibbles will be there on the morning, free to all thanks to sponsorship from Paul Brugger from City Local Cork. The Coffee is from Mr Cotton Coffee and the nibbles are from Denise O Callaghans Delicious gluten free bakery.
Hope to see you all there tomorrow and feel free to bring any friends or other interested parties, ALL WELCOME.
Cork Open Coffee Friday May 29th
This weeks Cork Open Coffee, Friday May 29th is in the Rubicon building next to CIT from 10am-12pm.
Here is a basic map to the Rubicon Center. http://www.comhar.com/Direct_Rubicon_Centre.html
The demo/talk slot is from Joe Walsh from Empart Technologies. Impart technologies provide situational based assessment using standard Internet based tools.
Joes business has recently been accepted on to the Genesis Enterprise programme in the Rubicon and would like to share the businesses plans so far with Cork Open Coffee and hear your views.
Thanks again to the Rubicon for kindly hosting us.
See you there,
Gordon.
