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More Babson Takeaways

Here are some more bullet-point takeaways from my enlightening time at Babson: · When designing experiences, keep in mind that people love choice, personalization, and rituals · We may think we do a good job of understanding our customers’ viewpoint, but there is often an opportunity...

Posted to Fellow by Jeff Conley on 05-Nov-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Leadership, Babson, Strategy, marketing, customer, pricing

Heckling street acts is my forté.

London is all consuming. It sucks you up into its little bubble and doesn’t appear to be losing grip whatsoever. With week 2 down and week 3 already well underway, the pull London has on me is stronger than ever. From a young age I talked of all the places I could see myself living, and along with...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lisa Cameron on 26-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, London, Friends Reunited, brightsolid, social life

SOHO!

Week 1 is down and I can happily say I would relive it ALL over again. Firstly I think it’s safe to say that we have landed on our feet here. The stunning Bloomsbury will be our home for the majority of our stay and as Dara has mentioned we are so central it’s crazy. Oxford Street Topshop...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lisa Cameron on 19-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, London, Friends Reunited, Find My Past, Bloomsbury, brightsolid, Genes Reunited

Meet me in St Louis!

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Due to May being exam-time in Scotland, Summer has seemed an eternity away for quite some time. Last Saturday’s Leadership Day in Glasgow, organised by the Saltire Foundation, reinforced that it was approaching much faster than I had realised, and that...

Posted to Undergraduates by Fraser Porteous on 08-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, America, Monsanto, St Louis, Missouri

...a bit of reflection from a 2011 scholar and some tips for the 2012 scholars

I have been speaking to a lot of scholars who are about to head off for their adventures this summer and it got me thinking about my own experiences last summer. I am so envious of you all and would love to be doing it all over again! I thought before all the wonderful blogs from around the world start...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kirsty Chalmers on 02-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Marketing, Advice, Illinois St Andrew Society, Chicago, 2011, intern, CHICAGO SCOTS, kirsty chalmers, scholar, tips, reflection

Caught by a Dragon!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Hi all, During this second week at work I could be found running around the store looking for the cheapest prices on Back to School products or sitting in on an international call with my boss Iwona Sarachman, head of Corporate Affairs to discuss Town Meetings...

Posted to Undergraduates by Louise McCallum on 15-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: week 2, Marketing, Tesco, Poland, CSR, Wawel Dragon, Iwona Sarachman, Internal Communications, University of Edinburgh, Schindler Factory, Jewish Quarter

Tartan Times, Scottish Picnic and More Storms

This week has been incredibly busy at work, partly as mentioned before, because of the number of events coming up and partly because we had to get the Tartan Times out this week, a quarterly newspaper style update about everything CHICAGO SCOTS related sent to the some 5000 people on their mailing list...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kirsty Chalmers on 08-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, week 5, rain, Illinois St Andrew Society, University of Strathclyde, Skerryvore, CHICAGO SCOTS, thunderstorms, kirsty chalmers

It all feels a bit Surreal...???

Well I have been back on Scottish soil for four days and it has all felt a bit surreal. It must be the change in time zone but traveling home had a strange dreamlike quality. I seemed only to register that I was indeed home in Scotland when I saw my mum at the airport and then got back to the house to...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lynn Aitchison on 08-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: opportunity, internship, saltire, Saltire Foundation, Boston, Liberty Mutual., Marketing, Scottish, Business., Scots, liberty Mutual. marketing, cambridge, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, Scottish Development International, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing., Benefits, Commerical Marketing

The End

As I write this I am sitting in Glasgow eating my last Devil Dog. My body clock says it is next Saturday…… The last week in NYC definitely proved to be the most frantic of all as I juggled the completion of the global marketing plan with saying goodbye to friends and coworkers, last minute...

Posted to Undergraduates by Christopher Jones on 06-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, Strategy, Lab49, New York, University of Glasgow, Aeronautical Engineering, Christopher Jones

Leaps and Bounds

It is amazing to think that a little over eight weeks ago I was fretting about what to wear to work (as I am sure most of us; even the boys were doing,) running round the house packing my suitcase and reviewing all the documentation I needed to enter the US and then checking it all over again for good...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lynn Aitchison on 03-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: opportunity, internship, Saltire Foundation, Boston, Liberty Mutual., business development, Marketing, Scottish, America, week 8, Business., Scots, liberty Mutual. marketing, U.S.A, Global Scot, cambridge, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, Scottish Development International, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing., Commerical Marketing, Cape Cod

All Things Come to an End

Our last day at Wood Group is almost upon us! I really don't want to leave...As much as I want to see my family and friends, I've really had a great time over here and it will be hard to leave. This experience has really helped focus my career goals, when I started I knew I was interested in...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kirsty Nisbet on 02-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Marketing, communication, wood group, USA, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde University, the future, the end, corporate communications, MS 150, Career Choices, wrapping up

He came. He saw. He played ultimate frisbee

In the words of one of my favourite sports announcers of all time…business really has picked up both in and out of Lab49 Tower. The finishing touches are being applied to both the global marketing plan and my website content, with our final presentation slated in for Friday morning. I have also...

Posted to Undergraduates by Christopher Jones on 01-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, Strategy, Lab49, New York, University of Glasgow, Aeronautical Engineering, Christopher Jones, Wrestling

Final Week

After 8 weeks, going through Circular Quay on my daily commute and looking out onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House - never gets old. Even the locals take a second to look out the window at the view as we pass through in the morning. My final week at Telstra International is here and I've...

Posted to Undergraduates by Natasha Walls on 01-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, Heriot Watt, australia, sydney, telstra international

The 2 months the rest of my life will have to live up to

Capital Markets, Agile Project Management, Marketing, Networking, Caution Cards, Devil Dogs, Strategy Consulting, Financial Services, Hero Sandwiches, Conference Calls and much more. All fixtures of my last 7 weeks and all things I knew little to nothing about 7 weeks and 1 day ago… Every major...

Posted to Undergraduates by Christopher Jones on 28-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Marketing, Strategy, Lab49, New York, University of Glasgow, Aeronautical Engineering, Christopher Jones

The start of the winding down period... Week 7.

Its crazy but I still can't believe there is only one full week of my Liberty Mutual Group Benefits internship left. It is a sad thought that I will have to leave next friday; I will greatly miss my new friends and the lively City of Boston. I have truely enjoyed my summer here, there has been so...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lynn Aitchison on 25-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Boston, Culture, business development, Marketing, America, communication, week 7, Business., liberty Mutual. marketing, cambridge, Liberty Mutual. Boston, contribution, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing., Challenge, Market