WIP Weekly Round Up – 9th December 2011
Looking to catch up on the conversation in Ireland, Northern Ireland and DC? Check out our weekly series where we bring you the top five stories, events and opinion pieces that caught our eye this week.
1) WIP Xmas Party – 21st December! Calling all WIP Alumni & Friends, the WIP Christmas party will be held on the 21st December at BT1 in Belfast. As usual, the only cost of entry is an unwrapped gift for the Family Appeal – and they request that no soft toys this year. We hope to see you there!
2) DCU Raising & Giving goes from strength to strength. Congratulations to Daithí Bán de Buitléir for another successful event with the new DCU society that he co-founded after returning from DC. Last night Daithi and his friends organized the RAG Rumble, a boxing competition that brought in over €4,000 for charity. You can keep up to date with their activities by following them on facebook here. Daithí can be seen in the photo above, on the right in red, after one of the fights.
3) Slate Civil War Stories. For those US history buffs out there, we recommend this excellent short podcast series of Civil War Stories – a collaboration between the Memory Palace and Slate.com. Highlighting unusual human stories from the US Civil War, this has brought great aural enjoyment to the WIP Office this week. The three episodes so far highlight the day-trippers who went to watch the Battle of Bull-Run, the amazing story of Elizabeth Van Lew (with guest appearance form then General US Grant), and Thaddeus Lowe the Civil War aeronaut.
4) A little bit of Challenge & Inspiration. We were directed to this short video about the history and potential for Northern Ireland to impact and influence the world by Michael O’Hara (Belfast born, Massachusetts Based – Chief Marketing Officer: GSMA) and we really like it. Have a look & start thinking about what we can make!
5) Some times its important to stop & listen. This is an old story (Jan 07) about Joshua Bell, grammy award-winning violinist that popped up again across Facebook this week. Mr Bell donned a Nats cap and started busking at Metro Center. Check out the video here & Pulitzer Prize winning story too.
