Yesterday, we submitted our final business analyses and presented our final presentations for the Innovation Blitz Project. I’m proud of how our group was able to effectively combine our individual strengths to produce a strong, focused report for our idea. The Innovation Blitz Project was overall enjoyable, and has helped me realize how I can…

For our last day before our presentations, we had our final guest speaker. Stephen Dillion, founder of Startups.ie. Startups.ie is a forum based website where entrepreneurs can connect with all types of experts in certain fields to help start up or grow their business. Additionally, Mr. Dillion is an organizer for the Startup Awards, where…

After breakfast today, we were given time to finalize our complete business/external analyses papers and presentations for Friday. For our next endeavor, we voted on whether we would visit the National Botanical Gardens of Ireland or the Gallery and Gardens. The survey said… Gardens only. After the interesting bus ride across Dublin, we were able…

We started the day off with breakfast at Arthur’s Cafe, and immediately went to class and discussed a case study and worked on our final presentations. The case study discussed PlayPumps, an innovation combining water pump systems and child playground machines for an innovative way to filter and pump water for nations that struggled to…

Today, the Woodcock Global Honors Fellowship visited the foothills and town of Glendalough, and the town of Kilkenny. Within Glendalough, we visited a sheep farm run by a man and his two sons, and witnessed a demonstration of how the sheep are herded. What impressed me was the organization of the farm, and the connections…

To end our first week in Dublin, we revisited Croke Park to watch a quarterfinal game of Gaelic Football between the hometown Dublin and Roscommon. The atmosphere was as exciting as Keon, our tour guide, said it would be. Most of the stands beyond our seats were filled with fans donning baby blue uniforms in…

Our second excursion in Ireland was to the seaside village of Howth, a past fishing community with an attraction to tourists. After the hour ride on public transport, the Woodcock Global Honors Fellowship began the trek through the neighboring Dublin suburb. The first detail I noticed was the use of blues, pinks, and yellows alongside…

Today, we woke up earlier than before to hop on a charter bus and drive three and a half hours to the Cliffs of Moher as a part of a full-day excursion to the west coast of Ireland. Upon arrival, the sheer mass of the cliffs was impressive in itself, and the views throughout the…

Globalization has become a buzz word in the business world. Globalization is the process taken by businesses to make connections across the world with other companies, families and communities. The pros of globalization include the development of a worldwide community, the crossover and learning of different cultures, and the expansion of sharing information with those…