Monthly Archives: October 2010

Facebook presentation

You are invited to a Presentation on:

Making it Social – An Overview of Facebook’s user, advertiser and developer platforms.

Speaker:  Colm Long, Operations Director, Facebook and Derry’s Digital Ambassador

Date:                     Monday 1st November 2010
Location:              Room MG203B, University of Ulster, Magee campus
Time:                     12noon to 2pm

Programme:
12noon – 12.30pm: Registration and Lunch
12.30pm-1.30pm: Presentation
1.30pm-2.00pm: Q&A

Colm Long
Colm joined Facebook as Director of Online Operations in January 2009, leading online operations and sales at its EMEA headquarters, which has just opened in Dublin. He has strong management experience with multi-national technology companies including Google, where he held several senior roles including Director of Online Sales and Operations for Northern Europe and Director of Sales Operations for Emerging Markets. He also was on the team that established Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin. Previously, Colm worked in senior positions at Barclaycard International and French online stockbroker, Self Trade.  A native of Derry, Northern Ireland, Colm earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Linguistics from University of Brighton

Very quick design project based on drawing

When you have an idea you need to draw it out to 1. get it out of your head, so you can think of another one, 2. test it, 3. show someone else.

Design a logo for a new ladies perfume called JCB

Design a logo for a manufacturer of heavy machinery called Autumn Flower

Do three sketches of each logo

Be finished in 10 minutes

10minsdesigndrawing3.jpg


Colm Long – facebook

As many of you will know, Facebook’s Head of Operations and Derry-native Colm Long has been appointed as the city’s Digital Ambassador. What you might not know is that he’ll be speaking at Magee on October 15th – and you’re invited.

Here are the details:

INNOVATION IN ACTION
Friday, 15th October
8:00-9.30am
The Great Hall, University of Ulster, Magee, Derry

Attendance is free however spaces are limited. Please register your attendance by emailing knowledgeclub@ulster.ac.uk or call Julie Moorcroft on 028 71 375660.