Achill
2004
- The international participants
- The international participants
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Achill
2004 - The international participants |
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| Anna
Isaksson |
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| Things I like to do: | Hi, my name is Anna Isaksson. I am studying the Program of International Business and Economics at Umeå University. I am living in a flat in Umeå with 2 of my friends but am originally from Härnösand, a small town in the middle of Sweden. In my sparetime, I am the leader of a gymnastic-group, I work out pretty much but most important, I am spending time with my friends. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: |
I believe that we all will bring the same strengths to the project, because we are probably all there to learn the same things. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | My expectations
are to have a good time, to meet new people and learn more about intercultural
relations. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I am looking forward to meeting you all in Achill! See you soon! |
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Daniela
Dung |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | Team spirit, Creativity, Communication skills, and my organizing ability already checked out in lots of ad hoc projects. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I hope to change theoretical knowledge about intercultural Business situations and communication into practical skills. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I am a social competent team worker who’s looking forward to live the European Vision in cooperation with you and I think I am kind of multi tasking compliant. |
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| Why I am the perfect partner for you: |
| Things I like to do: | I
like travelling around getting to know interesting people, good food (occasionally cooked by myself), sports like snowboarding and motorbiking but also good books. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | My comprehensive
education in multimedia sciences and the experiences in pracice running my own business in a multilingual environment. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | Getting to know interesting people and be part of an interesting project. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | Am I? |
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Benjamin
Baschab |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I’m noisy which isn’t a disadvantage if you work at the research. I’ve some experience in E-bay and online research and I like to work in teams. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I expect this project to be different from other classes and to learn something more feasible. I hope to improve my communication skills and to get to know some new people from other cultures. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I like working in a team, I got some experience and I can work very hard to reach our aim. |
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Poya
Motai |
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| Why I am the perfect partner for you: |
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| Things I like to do: | In
my spare time I love playing basketball, swimming and occasionally jogging.
I also like going to the movies (favorite actors: Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise…) hanging out with my friends, traveling and partying. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I’m
a good listener and can subordinate myself (if necessary). Besides, I’m
used to working in a team (basketball…J) which will be an advantage
for our work. I’m easy to talk with, highly focused and very ambitious
to make this project a success! |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I expect this project to be an enriching experience for all of us. I’m anxious to get to know many different people and to improve my language skills as well as my social competence. Furthermore, I look forward to seeing the fantastic landscape of Ireland. Well, and I hope we’ll have a blast… |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I won’t give up no matter what may come! And I’m highly motivated to cooperate with you and to gain experience in working with different cultures. |
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Emma
Zander |
| Things I like to do: | My
name is Emma Zander and I am 22 years old. I am an outgoing happy person
who enjoys meeting new people.
In my spare time I like working out and I normally go to aerobic classes. I also take singing lessons and sometime I go horseriding. Last but most important I love going out with my friends and also meeting up with my boyfriend. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I have
travelled quite a lot earlier in my life and I think this is a strength
when we now are going to Achill on this project. I have learned to take
care of myself and adjust to new situations easily. For example, I have
worked as an au pair in London and then I had to adjust to the English
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| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I think I will help out with bringing the group together and also make people look at things in a possitive way, which could be good in the cold and rainy country of Ireland |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I am looking forward to support the International Business Simulation with my experience as a worker in different companies abroad (e.g. Ireland and Canada). My experience as a consulter in a German Four-Star-Hotel 2 weeks ago will also be helpful. I have a good knowledge in accounting and beside that I always now where to get the best deals. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | My hope is to improve my business English vocabulary and my communication skills with business partners from foreign countries. Beside that I just want to have a good time. It would also be nice to find some nice contacts in different countries, maybe to stay in tough with through my business career. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | As a convinced European I am looking forward to join this intercultural event with a lot of enthusiasm. I will bring the typical German reliability mixed with one part of humour and one part of a tough “unfeeling” Accountant. |
| Julia
Randow |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | Experience
in Ebay and other E-Business services. Good knowledge of the internet, web design and online-research. I’m reliable, straight to the point and I’m really looking forward to work on this project. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | My first
expectation is fun…I think it’s a great opportunity to work
on an international project like this with the “bonus” of meeting
a lot of new people (hopefully in Ireland ;-) I also expect to learn a lot about international business and intercultural relationships. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | If you’re looking for an open minded and reliable person with some experiences I might be the one. |
| Things I like to do: | In my sparetime I love to hang out with my friends, work out, read and take long walks. My greatest passion is China and the chinese language. Whenever I have some sparetime I try to learn chinese. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | My greatest strengths are: I'm good at cooking. I'm easy to get along with and I feel as well that I can easily get along with different kinds of people. I'm persistant whenever I set up goals I make sure to reach them. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | To learn
more about working whit people form other countries To improve my english and to have fun. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I like to work in group, I feel that I can adjust quite well, by that I mean that I can both be a leader or a follower, depending on what is needed. Working in groups is much more effective because you can both divide up the work and gather many different opinions in order to get the best results. |
| Andrea Hinsberger |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | Usually I am very stress resistant. I like to work in a harmonious climate, so I am glad to have the talent to compose between people in conflict situations. Beside this I haven’t any problems in getting constructional criticism, because I think this makes you better and better. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I am sure that this course will be a precious experience for me. Having international practical training, getting in contact with new people and in the end a result we can hopefully be proud of would leave none of my desires unfulfilled. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I am very curious and look forward to collect as much experiences as possible from this project. |
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| Things I like to do: | Hi, My name is Marie Nilsson. In my spare-time I like to be with my family and friends, do some sports and I also enjoy cooking. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | What I believe that I bring to the project is my effectivity and my will to get things done thoroughly. I am very much looking forward to this trip and to seeing you all in Achill! |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I believe that this project is a great opportunity to learn more about different nationalities and working with other cultures. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I have learned the importance of listening to other people and their needs, which I believe is essential in this kind of international teamwork |
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| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I am creative and a good team worker. I will bring my international experiences and my organizational talent. And I also have experiences with Ebay. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I hope to improve my presentation skills and my Business English. Furthermore I expect this project to give me an overview what it is like to work in an international company. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I am flexible, reliable an I am good in team working. Besides, I am very good in organizing. |
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| Things I like to do: | My
name is Jonna Meijer and I´m 21 years old. I have a little cat that brings me lots of love and right now she's laying on top of the computor, haunting the narrow. |
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| My expectations regarding our project: | I love
travelling, it´s a passion, but as a student you can´t afford
it too often.But when I heard about the trip to Ireland, I thought it was
worth spending the little money I have and the economic support from my
parents made the whole thing possible. I hope that the trip will bring me
lots of new experiences when it comes to coorporation and international
questions. I´m really looking forward to getting there, meeting you all and enjoying the wonderful weather I've heard about .See you soon./Jonna |
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Laurence Borgmann |
| Things I like to do: | Project work, travel, ballroom-dancing |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I hope to bring in my experience with international project management and my personal contacts on Achill Island. Am I allowed to count “impatience” as one of my “strengths”? If so, I have that to contribute to make sure that things actually get done in time so that others do not have to worry so much about deadlines. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I expect this excursion to be very creative and more productive than ordinary courses in that the participants can take responsibility for the outcome by contributing their ideas and putting them into practice. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I guess I will have to say: “because I am pretty reliable – for example, I usually answer email messages within a relatively short delay.” |
| Things I like to do: | Hello! My name is Johan Sandberg and I’m 22 years old. Like the rest of the student from Sweden I’m studying International economics at the university of Umeå. I am very interested in sports, especially football, but I also like to party and hang out with friends. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | As a person
I am positive and flexible guy that pretty much takes the day as it comes.
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| My expectations regarding our project: | Looking forward to seeing you all in Achill! |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: |
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| Things I like to do: | Traveling around the world like a boyscout; meeting friends |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I got professional
experience in computer science and website design and a little bit in PR
– work for inter.research e.V. in Fulda / Germany.
I can support you concerning technical problems, I got also some years experience buying and selling articles in eBay. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I'm looking forward to meeting so many people from different countries at achill. I want to improve my English, it is a little bit rusty. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I'm a team worker and I think I'm good in explaining complex technical relations to non-professionals. For two and a half
years I have been working at inter.research e.V. |
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| Things I like to do: | Hi
everybody!!! My name is Johanna Widholm, I'm a 23-year old girl from Stockholm. In my spare time I love to hang out with my friends and family. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | The strengths I will bring to the project is that I'm a positive, outgoing girl who like meeting new people, doing new things. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I have a lot of expectations on this project to see how we will interact with the other people of this project, to get to see Ireland, experiencing new things. |
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| Things I like to do: | What
I really like to do is communicating with people... getting to know them,
exchanging ideas, trying to reach consensus... And of course I like reading,
as books are one of the best ways to give other people a piece of one's
mind. Apart from that, I like experiencing nature - which is why I look forward to travelling to Achill! |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | Actually I am one of those people who find it easier to talk about their weaknesses. But if there's no way round it, I should probably say that I am patient with others (and probably with myself, too), good at analysing problems and finding solutions, a good organiser (although my time management is hopeless) and a strong communicator. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I would
like to meet lots of people, work in an English-speaking environment once
again, learn more about web page design (as I am still heavily dependent
on others' support when I use need to make small changes to web sites) and
to be part of a real European experience. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | As my CV
is fairly international (I attended the University of Edinburgh as an undergraduate,
taught German at the University of Birmingham, I presently coordinate the
participation of RheinAhrCampus Remagen in an annual Summer School Program
with Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina), I do have some international
experience that I can contribute to the project. Apart from that, I can offer you my enthusiasm for late-night work, my Microsoft Office skills and my experience in European project work. |
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| Things I like to do: | Sorry I think I am a workaholic and it is great if work and pleasure, interesting people, beautiful landscape, intercultural experiences in theoretical and practical terms come together. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | Planning and organizing projects in a local and European context, findinding solutions in critical situations, being flexible and curious, communication skills, being in a good mood (in general) |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I want to enrich my intercultural competence, do European networking, to combine theoretical knowledge with practical work, have an interesting time with interesting people |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | planning, organizing, cooperating |
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| Things I like to do: | In my sparetime I like to exercise in different forms, boxing, aerobics and thing like that. I like to visit my friends and go to the cinema, and ofcourse as a student I like to party sometimes. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | My strenghts that I can bring to the project is that I am easy to get along with, I like to undertake new challenges, I am good at organizing things. I think that I can motivate people the achive better, I like to have things done straight away and not wait with them. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | My expectiations of this trip to Achill are to improve my English skills both orally and in written form. I am also looking forward to meeting some new people and perhaps learning a bit about their customs and the way they live. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | In a group I can be the leading type but it depends on the situation. I would like to see that the group work together as a whole and not just as individuals, to perform the different assignments. I usually like to work in groups so I am really looking forward to this trip. |
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| Things I like to do: | In
relation to this project: to document all the things you can´t remember afterwards. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I´ve spent a lot of time with computers and the question, why these machines wont work when we need them. Particularly my experiences in multimedia, especially digital video / author systems... |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I hope that we will have a nice time together. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | "A
picture tells you more than 1000 words!" ...and a MOTION picture tells you more than..... |
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| Things I like to do: | Ride!
Bike, Snowboard, anything that slides or rolls :) (Soon the lucky owner
of a KTM) And of course, what would life be without music (the good sort). |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I have
been there before ;) ...and I'm good at solving tech problems. I can be
both fun, curious and responsible from time to time. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I take it as it comes... Hope we get to try surfing again :) |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I can make things happen if they don't do it by themselves. |
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| Things I like to do: | Travel, Listen to contemporary classical Music, Eat out |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I will
contribute my experience from past projects on Achill and my background
concerning the application of new media. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I expect an intercultural and creative learning environment, which results in new ideas, perspectives and learning experiences for all participants. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I think I can blend in diverse settings. I have been involved in a number of international projects at my Institute inter.research e.V. I am convinced that my experiences gained there will be of use for you as well. |
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| Things I like to do: | My name is Alexander Gogoll. In my spare time I like to be with my friends and do some sports especially cycling. |
| My strengths that I will bring to the project: | I have
got a good knowledge of computer technology, the internet and web technology.
I am working efficiently and I am good at solving problems. |
| My expectations regarding our project: | I like travelling, I am looking forward to meet people from other countries and to have fun. |
| Why I am the perfect partner for you: | I guess I am reliable and it is easy to work together with me. |
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Co-ordinator:
Dr.
Laurent Borgmann, Remagen
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update:17.07.2008 |
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