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A Week Down in The Lone Star State

As I sit here in my spacious office overlooking greenery, provided by Houston’s abundance of trees, the odd rather dated looking office building and a solitary American flag flying in the distance it is difficult to comprehend where the past eleven...

Published 18-Jun-2013 19:40 by Morven Logan

Filed under: internship, saltire, gas, Texas, business development, Marketing, Scottish, America, Energy, entrepreneurship, Scotland, Business, Glasgow, work environment, women, photographs, flexpipe systems, aberdeen university, houstonston, analysis, service company, morven logan, commercial, women in oil and gas, Oil &amp, women in management
Curious about George, Web Traffic and the Freedom Trail

It is always hard to reflect on your first week of starting something new. You are still excited, adapting to new surroundings, taking in a new environment, and to a great extent, how can you know what to expect? After staging a 24 hour day on Saturday...

Published 14-Jun-2013 1:18 by Carys Hughes

Filed under: Boston, Marketing, University of Glasgow, National trust for Scotland Foundation USA
Hello Texas! An introductory post....

Hi Folks! My name is Morven Logan and I am the sole Scottish intern working at Flexpipe Systems in Houston, Texas. The placement is centred around the product marketing of the company's composite pipeline offering to the oil and gas industry. No doubt...

Published 09-Jun-2013 23:49 by Morven Logan

Filed under: Houston, Texas, Marketing, Scottish, America, Energy, Scotland, Business, oil and gas, lone star state, flexpipe
Taxi To The Runway

On reflection from the Leadership Day, I know that I am in the right place with the Saltire Foundation. I was extremely impressed with the input provided by Pamela, Rebecca & Alasdair about their experiences last summer. I was also impressed with...

Published 07-Jun-2013 18:21 by Omari Whyne

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Marketing, Strategy, Networking, leadership day, Edinburgh Airport, Omari Whyne
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...

Published 26-Jun-2012 18:48 by Lisa Cameron

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...

Published 19-Jun-2012 20:45 by Lisa Cameron

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...

Published 08-Jun-2012 21:08 by Fraser Porteous

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...

Published 02-Jun-2012 1:30 by Kirsty Chalmers

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...

Published 15-Aug-2011 17:27 by Louise McCallum

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...

Published 08-Aug-2011 22:49 by Kirsty Chalmers

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...

Published 08-Sep-2010 15:06 by Lynn Aitchison

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...

Published 06-Sep-2010 16:16 by Christopher Jones

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...

Published 03-Sep-2010 17:37 by Lynn Aitchison

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...

Published 02-Sep-2010 16:02 by Kirsty Nisbet

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...

Published 01-Sep-2010 11:49 by Christopher Jones

Filed under: Marketing, Strategy, Lab49, New York, University of Glasgow, Aeronautical Engineering, Christopher Jones, Wrestling