On Friday we will spend two hours with Professor Darren Kelly on tour of Dublin’s Docklands.   As he explained to us, Dublin’s Docklands are Ireland’s “Silicon Valley” – meaning an area of Ireland in which technology companies concentrate their offices and headquarters due to the presence of employee talent that supports high technology and a favorable geographic…

MCE/MCE+1 – Blog Post Prompt – Thursday August 1, 2019 – DocuSign and Google Name: Connor Damon DocuSign:  in preparation for your site visit to DocuSign, DocuSign is a start-up from Silicon Valley in California that has evolved into one of the world’s leading e-based document signing technology companies.  As the linked article shows, DocuSign…

MCE/MCE+1 – Blog Post Prompt – Wednesday July 31, 2019 – Ireland and Croke Park Name: Connor Damon Your First Impressions of Ireland:  For our first blog post in Ireland, let’s focus first on your initial impressions of Dublin from our first day in town.  What caught your attention during this first day in Ireland…

This is an exciting and enjoyable prompt.  Later on today, we will be sitting on the runway in the airport in Chicago at the moment before our plane takes off for Ireland.  This is always one of the most memorable and reflective times of a trip to a place that you are looking forward to visiting….

So – as we close off our time in Pittsburgh, let’s focus on takeaways for your personal and professional development from the Pittsburgh part of the course. In terms of professional development, maybe it was a company or organization that you enjoyed seeing and might want to work with again or perhaps one of the contacts you…

My mother’s parents are named James and Diana. Her mother, Diana, was born in 1944 in Glassport, PA, and her father, James, was born in 1946 in Carnegie, PA. My father’s parents are named David and Pamela. His mother, Pamela, was born in 1952 in Youngstown, OH, and his father, David, was born in 1950…

 So – for your blog post, focus on a challenging part of Irish history or culture that you want to learn more about while you are there and discuss why you are interested in this.  While I am in Ireland, I would like to learn more about the Irish potato famine that occurred in the mid…

What is your personal connection to Ireland and/or Dublin?  How did this connection help convince you to spend this part of your summer making this 12 day trip? My personal connection to Ireland is that my maternal grandfather is 100% Irish. Although he was born in the United States, his grandparents were all born in…

MCE/MCE+1 – Blog Post Prompt – Thursday July 25, 2019 – Andrew Reichert Your Name: Connor Damon Real Estate and Opportunities for Commercial Development:  The interesting aspect of Andrew’s real estate career is that he was born and raised in Eastern Pennsylvania near Philadelphia (ask him if he grew up near Doylestown).  While at Pitt…