May 13, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
May 20, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #8
Guest Speaker | ISTVAN ALPEK | Primus Capital, CFO
Topic | What if my projections result in a loss in one year or more years? Will I still be able to win financing? How can I forecast my revenues and profits when the future is so uncertain?
Explaining the role of a finance manager | Photo by Erika Sólyom
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
May 21, 2010 | Friday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
U.S. STUDENTS' VISIT OF THE America Corner Budapest
American Corner Budapest Presentation
by Erika Sólyom | AC Budapest Director
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
A delegation of American students from Emory & Henry College come to visit Corvinus University. The American Corner will hold a session for the US students where Hungarian students are invited to discuss issues of education with the US visitors. Erika Sólyom will explain the mission as well as the events, activities fo the American Corner Budapest.
May 25, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Host| SALLY WHITE | English Language Fellow | Budapest
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
Theme | Tributes in May
STORYCORPS & MORE | 2010 may | event#6
Talking about Memorial Day | Photo by Erika Sólyom
...on the LAST TUESDAY of the month,
a NEW REGULAR PROGRAM at the AmericanCorner Budapest
for those who would like to PRACTICE ENGLISH and have FUN...
Do you want to hear stories of everyday people in the United States? At the StoryCorps and More events, we will listen to recorded stories and can have discussions about the stories we hear, and our own stories. StoryCorps is an independent, nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. StoryCorps participants informally interview friends or family members and are recorded for the project. Each story is told in less than five minutes.
May 27, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #9
Guest Speaker | Istvan Preda, CEO, MB-Partners, M&A Advisory
Topic | How can I sell my deal to investors?
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
May 29, 2010 | Saturday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
FINAL WORKSHOP SESSIONpresentationsFINAL WORKSHOP SESSION #10 Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English.
The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
May 31, 2010 | Monday
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
H I G H S C H O O L OUTREACH
Author's Day at Radnoti Miklos High School
American Writer | BRUCE HOLLAND ROGERS
Bruce Holland Rogers, multiple award-winning American writer is performing a reading of his very short stories in English (and one in Hungarian) in Radnoti High in front of senior high school students.
Bruce Holland Rogers has a home base in Eugene, Oregon, the tie-dye capital of the world, but until July of 2008 he had been living in London, England. His fiction is all over the literary map. Some of it is SF, some is fantasy, some is literary. He has written mysteries, experimental fiction, and work that's hard to label.
May 13, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Host | EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Guest Speaker | KRISZTIÁN KORBULY | Ingatlan.com, CEO
Topic | How can I attract key managers to my start-up company? Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #7 The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Guest Speaker Presentation | Photo by István Farkas
May 11, 2010 | Tuesday
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
H I G H S C H O O L OUTREACH
America Day at Toldy Ferenc High School
American Corner Budapest Presentation
by Erika Sólyom | AC Budapest Director
Amongst many programs about the United States, one of the presenters of Toldy's America Day was the American Corner Budapest. AC Budapest held a session in front of 30 high school students and their English teachers at Toldy High School in Budapest. Erika Sólyom explained explain the mission of the American Corner Budapest to the students and discuss opportunities to get involved with the American Corner's events and activities. The program ended with a quiz about ACs worldwide.
May 6, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| BANDOR NAGY
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs WORKSHOP #6 Guest Speaker | PÉTER FODOR | Finext Startup
Topic | Sales and Marketing
I Keep Six Honest Serving Men - Their Names Are: What, When, Where, Why, How and Who! The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Introduction of Mr Fodor by Bandor Nagy | Photo by Erika Sólyom
May 4, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 – 6:30 PM
TALC | Tuesday American Language Club #12
Free Discussion with Native Speaker(s)
Guest Speakers | RICHARD W. BRUNER
Topic | Journalism and Future of Printed Press
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
US journalist Richard Bruner hosted the current TALC English language club which was dedicated to issues related to journalism, including topics such as World Press Freedom Day, publishing, future of printed media and the like.
The future of newspapers by Dick Bruner | Photo by Erika Sólyom
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
April 29, 2010 | Thursday
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
H I G H S C H O O L OUTREACH
Guest Artist | JAY MILLER | www.jaymiller.info
Topic | Environmental Detective
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
This program introduced mime, comedy, music, storytelling, and audience participation to improve human understanding of the planet, of the diversity of its peoples, and processes that affect the quality of life on Earth.
Environmental Detective entering the scene | Photo by Erika Sólyom
"Recycling, Reusing, and Reducing" to conserve our precious resources were concepts weaved into the show. Participating Hungarian high school students from Radnoti High School visited a habitat of endangered species where the audience creates the creatures.
Jay Miller in the endangered elephant scene | Photo by Erika Sólyom
There was a story of a boy's eternal relationship with a mountain pond and a tale of how a grandmother's love and vision leads her to plant fruit trees for future generations. Students also focused on a slide presentation of Mother Earth's Magnificent Natural Wonders in contrast with the toxic ooze and polluted habitat.
Audience participation in the Recycle! scene | Photo by Erika Sólyom
Following Jay Miller's Environmental Detective presentation, Hungarian students met with American college students and discussed issues of environmental protection in a form of interactive activities.
Group activity on environmental protection | Photo by Erika Sólyom
April 29, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #5 Guest Speaker | PÉTER ÁRVAI | CEO | Prezi
Topic | Our product is better than the competitor's. Why do I need to analyze 'them' in my business plan? The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Péter Árvai's presentation | Photo by István Farkas
April 28, 2010 | Wednesday
11:20 AM – 12:40 PM
Guest Speaker | JOHN O. BALIAN | Cultural Attaché, US Embassy | hungary.usembassy.gov/
Topic | The why-s of the US Constitution
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
Location | Corvinus University | New Building "C" | Közraktár 4-6. | Ground Floor | Lecture Hall "IX"
Mr. Balian's introduction of the history of the US Constitution | Photo by Erika Sólyom
This program has been co-organized with Prof. Katalin Farkas Bede from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Corvinus University of Budapest. Over thirty students attended Mr Balian's presentation who touched upon important concepts related to the US Constitution such as separation of power, citizen rights, bicameral systems, federal/centralizing vs centrifugal tendencies and the like. In his talk, Mr Balian emphasized the fact that the US Constitution is a living document and is in the consciousness of all American people.
Political science and international relations major students | Photo by Erika Sólyom Mr. Balian and Prof. Farkas Bede | Photo by Erika Sólyom
April 27, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Host| SALLY WHITE | English Language Fellow | Budapest
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
Theme | Earth Day
STORYCORPS & MORE | 2010 april | event#5
...on the LAST TUESDAY of the month,
a NEW REGULAR PROGRAM at the AmericanCorner Budapest
for those who would like to PRACTICE ENGLISH and have FUN...
Do you want to hear stories of everyday people in the United States? At the StoryCorps and More events, we will listen to recorded stories and can have discussions about the stories we hear, and our own stories. StoryCorps is an independent, nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. StoryCorps participants informally interview friends or family members and are recorded for the project. Each story is told in less than five minutes.
Discussion on carbon footprint | Photo by Erika Sólyom
April 22, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #4 Guest Speaker | EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Ed Sanborn's presentation | Photo by István Farkas
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Bandor Nagy and the workshop participants | Photo by István Farkas
April 15, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #3 Guest Speaker | ZOLTÁN KOMÁROMI | Country Manager | IDC Hungary
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management.
Opening presentation by Mr. Komáromi | Photo by István Farkas
The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
regular programs | MOVIE NIGHTS #5 title |DIVAN | Documentary by Pearl Gluck | 77 minutes
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
In May 2009, the American Corner launched its second regular program series called Movie Nights. All the MOVIES are shown IN ENGLISH.The film screenings are FREE. All visitors are WELCOME. Present documentary is screened as an event of the Week of Nations at Corvinus University. Present event is also part of the Budapest Corner's Event Series of Tolerance, dedicated to Passover (Pesach), a Jewish holiday in the month of April.
About the Film
“To reclaim an ancestral couch upon which esteemed rabbis slept, Pearl Gluck travels from her Hasidic community in Brooklyn to her roots in Hungary. Along the way, a colorful cast of characters gets involved – the couch exporter, her ex-communist cousin in Budapest, a pair of matchmakers, and a renegade group of formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews. Divan is a visual parable that offers the possibility of personal reinvention and cultural re-upholstery.” (Quoted from www.palinkapictures.com)
Director's Statement
"It was my father who gave me my first video camera in 1996 as a gift for my trip to Hungary on a Fulbright grant. Five years later we end up in an editing room together viewing footage for Divan, a film he does not approve of and does not want to participate in. And yet, Divan is at its heart a father/daughter tale - he, the unwilling protagonist, which makes me the unwilling antagonist.
In some ways, it should come as no surprise that I took up film to tell stories. The camera was always a presence in my family history, my father behind the super 8, a silent witness to both dissolution of a family and also its ultimate realignment. But, where I come from, it's not part of the norm to watch movies, let alone create them, because it is considered a diversion from a life of piety, devotion, and modesty. Hence, the paradox of my cinematic project: on the one hand, film has informed my entire life, on the other hand, it was entirely forbidden.
Indeed it was in Hungary while conducting oral histories that my Hasidic past began to haunt me. The ruptured trajectory of my own family kept returning. In awe of the ruins of the Hungarian Jewish landscape, I was forced to confront my act of leaving the Hasidic community of my youth. Ever an ethnographer, I turned the camera inward. When I finally got to my great great grandfather's house and saw the famous couch upon which the Kossony rebbe slept, I saw the medium for understanding my own complex relationship with my Hasidic legacy. The couch became a magical homage to the rebbes, a sacred memory object, and a concrete tool for a personal and communal cultural archeology. It gave me the possibility of yearning, contemplating, and reflecting on the world I left behind.
While grappling with this loaded legacy, I met other people who also left the Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox world. Their voices form a chorus, that takes this film out of the realm of the strictly autobiographical and into a larger communal narrative. By interweaving the elements of my personal story with the chorus as well as the physicality of the couch itself, I sought to create a three-layered tapestry of a post-modern Hasidic tale, embracing the elements of mystery, devotion, and joy. After a long journey across the Atlantic, the divan emerges from its crate, and posits no easy resolution. Instead, I see it offering the possibility of culturally re-upholstering the framework of "home vs. exile" with the richly textured fabric of engagement.” (Quoted from www.palinkapictures.com)
April 8, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #2
Guest Speaker | SÁNDOR KISS, Rubik Exhibition Co. Ltd.
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Presentation of Sándor Kiss from Rubik Exhibition Co. Ltd. | Photo by Andrea Kammerer
The puzzle(s) | Photo by István Farkas
Ed Sanborn's presentation about financial considerations | Photo by Andrea Kammerer
Guest speaker Chris Shane introducing the concept of landfill sites | Photo by Erika Sólyom
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
Present language club was dedicated to Earth Day and environmental protection. Topics on recycling and sustainability were discussed and re-discussed. Or recycled?
Group discussion on ideas for recycling | Photo by Erika Sólyom
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
Chris Shane listening to group discussions on sustainable development | Photo by Erika Sólyom
April 1, 2010 | Thursday
6:00 - 9:00 PM Host| EDWARD H. SANBORN IV | Sanborn Capital Management
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
WORKSHOP #1
Guest Speaker | BANDOR NAGY, CEO, Hungarian Korfball Academy
How to prepare a professional, growth oriented, strategic business plan and win financing for your company
April 1 – May 29, 2010
The two-month long, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs organized by the US Embassy started on April 1st, 2010 at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University. The workshop is conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management. The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th, 2010 and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Getting started | Bandor Nagy, Ed Sanborn and John O. Balian | Photo by US Embassy
Group work for introductory presentations | Photo by US Embassy
Group presentation | Photo by US Embassy
March 31, 2010 | Wednesday
7:30 PM
JAZZ CONCERT at IF CAFÉ | www.ifkavezo.hu
Commemoration of WOMEN's HISTORY MONTH
Vocal | KATE McGARRY
GUITAR | KEITH GANZ
With the support of the U.S. Embassy Budapest and the American Corner Budapest, IF Café hosted a jazz night for jazz singer Kate McGarry. For more information about the artist, please visit her website at www.katemcgarry.com
Keith & Kate | Photo by Judit Hirschberg
Opening remarks were delivered by Jeffrey D. Levine, DCM at the US Embassy. The concert attracted a full house of 60 people. Present in the audience was John O. Balian, Cultural Attaché from the US Embassy.
Opening remarks by Jeffrey D. Levine, DCM, US Embassy | Photo by Judit Hirschberg
Both Kate and Keith had a superb performance. Kate McGarry's album If less is more, nothing is everything was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for the category of "Best Jazz Vocal Album."
Artist Kate McGarry and John O. Balian, Cultural Attaché, US Embassy | Photo by Judit Hirschberg
“I’ve always been drawn to the space of silence between the notes. It’s in the silence that the secrets of songs reveal themselves.” | Kate McGarry
March 30, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Host| SALLY WHITE | English Language Fellow | Budapest
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
Theme | Women's History Month
STORYCORPS & MORE | 2010 march | event#4
...on the LAST TUESDAY of the month,
a NEW REGULAR PROGRAM at the AmericanCorner Budapest
for those who would like to PRACTICE ENGLISH and have FUN...
Do you want to hear stories of everyday people in the United States? At the StoryCorps and More events, we will listen to recorded stories and can have discussions about the stories we hear, and our own stories. StoryCorps is an independent, nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. StoryCorps participants informally interview friends or family members and are recorded for the project. Each story is told in less than five minutes.
Participants listening to the story of Amelia Earheart | Photo by Erika Sólyom
At present StoryCorps & More language club participants listened to stories related to women such as a school segregation story by Sandra and Sylvia Mendez or stories about Female WWII Pilots.
Guest participants from the US Embassy's Internship Program | Photo by Erika Sólyom
Strategic Business Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs
How to prepare a professional, growth oriented, strategic business plan and win financing for your company
April 1– May 29, 2010
The U.S. Embassy announces a two month, weekly workshop for entrepreneurs starting Thursday, April 1st, 6:30 p.m. at the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University http://www.americancorner.hu/ The workshop will be conducted by Edward H Sanborn IV, Sanborn Capital Management.
The course consists of ten, interactive, three-hour long sessions in English. The last regular session is May 27th and the participant presentations will be held on Saturday, May 29th. Participants will prepare a Strategic Business Plan to be presented in a competition to a panel of expert investors in the last sessions. The course will include speakers with actual experience in the week’s current business planning issue.
Please note that applicants who miss the deadline or turn in an incomplete application package will not be considered for 2010 Spring. The course is open to all interested applicants free of charge.
Minimum Requirements:
·Four completed years of college
·Advanced English language knowledge
·Interest in business and entrepreneurship
·Sufficient time for necessary research and SBP team meetings on the weekends or other nights during the week
Desirable:
·Own business or business idea
·Open-minded and dynamic personality
·Community service
The interviews are going to be conducted the week of March 22nd. The deadline for application is March 19th, Friday, 5:00 p.m. Please send your résumé and motivation letter toStrategicBPAC@gmail.com
Personal Profile, Edward H Sanborn IV
Born in the United States of America, I received my Bachelors degree from Dickinson College in 1968. I then spent the next ten years with Xerox Corporation as a salesman and then as a manager with profit and loss responsibility. My first experience in the world of finance was through the investment bank Morgan Stanley in San Francisco. Beginning in institutional sales--placing large investments with banks, pension funds and insurance companies--I ultimately moved to the corporate finance side of the business. Returning to Golden Gate University I completed my MBA with a minor in legal studies and soon formed my own investment advisory firm in 1984. Sanborn Capital Management was successful in raising funds for corporate venture capital projects and real estate primarily in California. That success led to a move to Hungary at around the time of the transition in 1990. First serving as an advisor in privatization, I began making direct investments into real estate and corporate opportunities in Central Europe with a primary focus in Hungary. Notable among a couple of dozen transactions was the founding and expansion of Euronet, a pan European ATM operator, and its eventual flotation on the NasDaq exchange in America; also, the founding of the thriving internet portal- Index.hu Rt. As an experienced “Angel” investor I have continued to nurture promising young companies such as IND Group, a leading European banking software developer founded in Miskolc, Hungary.
The Strategic Business Workshop for Entrepreneurs is supported by Sanborn Capital Management, the Embassy of the United States of America and the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus University.
BRIDGES SERIES
programs that aim at connecting hungarian and american cultures -- through history, people, events, exhibitions and films
March 9, 2010 | Tuesday
6:00 PM
WORLD WATER DAY Commemoration | PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENING & RECEPTION
Photo Exhibition |
BEAUTY OF WATER | East Coast Rain
Photographer |
IVÁN KARÁCSONY
In commemoration of World Water Day, the American Corner Budapest office has organized a photo exhibition opening entitled BEAUTY OF WATER | East Coast Rain. Opening remarks were delivered by Eric Schnotala, Consular Officer from the US Embassy, who emphasized the importance of water as one of the most important resources for mankind. Dr. Sándor Kerekes, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Corvinus University as well as Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences, introduced photographer Iván Karácsony.
CLOSING SPEECH OF PHOTOGRAPHER IVÁN KARÁCSONY | Photo by Vencel Groswald
The speech of the photographer closed the event that attracted over 40 people. The photos portrayed various scenes from the East Coast related to water: rainy city shots from New York, small American towns on a lake or Niagara Falls. The unifying theme was the beauty of water.
OPENING REMARKS BY DR. KEREKES | Photo by Vencel Groswald
March 4, 2010 | Thursday
9:00 – 9:45 AM
10:00 – 10:45 AM
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATION
HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACH
Radnóti High School Visit
Guest Speaker | MICHAEL SIMMONS
Location | Radnóti High School | Budapest
MR. SIMMONS TALKING ABOUT EMMETT TILL | Photo by Erika Sólyom
STUDENTS LOOKING AT THE "FREEDOM" BOOK AFTER THE PRESENTATION | Photo by Erika Sólyom
On March 4th, as part of the Budapest Corner’s high school outreach programs, Mr. Simmons gave a presentation about the Civil Rights Movement to an audience of 70 high school students in Budapest. When he was just 19 years old, Mr. Simmons joined the African American Civil Rights Movement, which fought against discrimination, segregation, and violence against African Americans in the US South in the 1960s. He was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, also known as SNCC. One of the main points he emphasized in his presentation was the role of young people in the Movement. In addition, in commemoration of Women’s History Month, the last segment of Mr. Simmons presentation underlined the significant role women took in the Civil Rights Movement.
March 2, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 – 6:30 PM
TALC | Tuesday American Language Club #10
Free Discussion with Native Speaker(s)
Guest Speakers | STEPHANIE ABROT, UC San Diego & CHRISTY LOPEZ, UCLA
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
PRESENTERS OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR | Photo by Erika Sólyom
The tenth TALC English language club was dedicated to the Chinese New Year and its celebration in America. In the first segment of the program, the two invited speakers, both Asian Americans from California, talked about the history, the symbols and the traditional activities of the Chinese New Year, especially as it is celebrated in California.
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS | Photo by Flóra Csontos
The second part of the TALC session, similarly to past meetings, was a free discussion between participants and invited guest speakers in the form of interactive exercises. The special guest of the evening was Mr. Edward Loo , PAO at the US Embassy in Budapest.
INTERACTIVE GROUP SESSIONS WITH MR. EDWARD LOO | Photo by Erika Sólyom
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
February 25, 2010 | Thursday 5:30 – 7:30 PM
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATION
regular programs | MOVIE NIGHTS #5 title |LEGACY | a film by tod lending
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
Academy Award-nominated LEGACY is the unflinching chronicle of one family's triumphant journey out of poverty and despair. For more information about the film, please visit www.pbs.org/legacy
February 23, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Host | SALLY WHITE | English Language Fellow | Budapest
Theme | African American History Month | Martin Luther King
STORYCORPS & MORE | 2010 february | event#3
...on the LAST TUESDAY of the month,
a NEW REGULAR PROGRAM at the AmericanCorner Budapest
for those who would like to PRACTICE ENGLISH and have FUN...
Do you want to hear stories of everyday people in the United States? At the StoryCorps and More events, we will listen to recorded stories and can have discussions about the stories we hear, and our own stories. StoryCorps is an independent, nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another's lives through listening. StoryCorps participants informally interview friends or family members and are recorded for the project. Each story is told in less than five minutes.
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | Limited seats available
TALKING ABOUT THE SPEECH OF DR. KING | Photo by Flóra Csontos
During the third session of Story Corps & More, participants listened to five different accounts of the Civil Rights Movement. The accounts included segments of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech as well as personal stories about race and racism. The evening concluded with an interview with Mavis Staples, a gospel singer for the Movement. The last song participants listened to was "Eyes on the Prize."
happy birthday to the one-year-old budapest corner!
THE KINARA CANDLE HOLDER USED AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN KWANZAA CELEBRATION
happy birthday to the one-year-old budapest corner!
February 18, 2010 | Thursday
5:30 – 7:30 PM
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH COMMEMORATION & RECEPTION
Guest Speaker | MICHAEL SIMMONS | International Human Rights Activist
Presentation | The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
Location | American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building Fővám tér 13-15. | Ground Floor
The February 18th event started with official opening remarks to celebrate the first year anniversary of the American Corner Budapest office. The Corner was opened exactly one year ago, on February 18th, 2009, with the cooperation of the US Embassy and Corvinus University. Welcome notes were delivered by John O. Balian, Cultural Attaché of the US Embassy in Budapest, Dr. Norbert Kis, Vice Rector for International Affairs at Corvinus University and Erika Sólyom, AC Budapest Director.
WELCOME NOTES | Photo by Flóra Csontos
On the one-year anniversary of the opening of the American Corner Budapest, in commemoration of Black History Month in the US, life-long human rights activist Michael Simmons gave a presentation on “The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement”. When he was just 19 years old, Mr. Simmons joined the African American Civil Rights Movement, which fought against discrimination, segregation, and violence against African Americans in the US South in the 1960s. He was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, also known as SNCC (pronounced “snick”). One of the main points he emphasized in his presentation was that the African American Civil Rights Movement was a movement of young people – mainly in their late teens to early twenties. He encouraged the young people in the audience to understand that for things to change, in any situation or country, it is not necessary to wait around for an elder to come and lead them. To make changes in the world, it is always enough for young people to take the lead and show their elders that a different world is possible.
INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER, MR. MICHAEL SIMMONS | Photo by Flóra Csontos
Mr. Simmons painted a picture of what life was like for African Americans in the segregated US South and shared stories of his own personal experiences in the movement, describing the danger both activists and ordinary African Americans faced during the struggle to claim their rights, including not being able to count on the police to stop violence against them. His presentation included showing a segment of the award-winning documentary of the Civil Rights Movement, Eyes on the Prize (the full documentary is available for viewing in the American Corner library). The segment described the Freedom Rides, a series of organized bus rides from Washington DC to New Orleans, in which black and white activists would ride the buses together, in defiance of a custom of segregation in public transportation that continued as normal, even though laws had been passed prohibiting such segregation. Mr. Simmons described the background to the Freedom Rides, which will have their 50th anniversary next year.
MR. SIMMON'S PRESENTATION OF "EYES ON THE PRIZE" | Photo by Flóra Csontos
In describing the legacy of the civil rights movement, Mr. Simmons felt that one of the most important lessons to be learned from the African American Civil Rights Movement is that history should not stand in the way of progress. This does not mean that people should not fight against injustice when it occurs. However, events that happened in the past should not continue to keep people apart for years and years. People, especially young people, should not let historical events stop them from building bridges to the future.
GUESTS AT CORNER BITHDAY RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION | Photo by Flóra Csontos
February 17, 2010 | Wednesday
1:00 – 2:30 PM
American Corner Budapest Information Round-Table
American Corners Around the World | Az Amerikai Kuckók szerepe és feladatai | In HUNGARIAN
Presenter | ERIKA SÓLYOM | AC Budapest Director
Lincoln Bicentennial | Lincoln bicentenárium | In HUNGARIAN
Presenter | RÓBERT CSEHI | Ph.D. Candidate, CEU
RÓBERT CSEHI TALKING ABOUT THE US CONSTITUTION | Photo by Erika Sólyom
Guests | "Roma Mainstream Media Internship Program" Interns
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
Location | American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
Fővám tér 13-15. | Ground Floor
The first Information Round-Table session in 2010 was hosted by the Budapest Corner Director, who will spoke about the main mission of the American Corners as well as the past and future activities of the American Corner Budapest office. In the second part of the program, in commemoration of President's Day (February 15th, 2010), invited speaker Róbert Csehi gave a presentation on American presidents, with special emphasis on the Lincoln Bicentennial. The invited guests were Roma interns who participate in the "Newsroom Diversity Program" at the Center for Independent Journalism in Budapest.
February 16, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 – 6:30 PM
CAMP COUNSELLORS USA | www.ccusa.com CCUSA Information Session | In HUNGARIAN
Presenters | CCUSA Local Representatives | KRISZTINA TILL & MÓNIKA KARÁCSONYI
Those at least 19 years of age and with good English skills joined the CCUSA Information Session held at the American Corner Budapest office to get more information about CCUSA work programs. The session started with a presentation by Krisztina Till and was followed by a Q & A segment.
Registration required | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu | LIMITED seats available
Location | American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
MÓNIKA KARÁCSONYI and KRISZTINA TILL, CCUSA LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES | Photo by Flóra Csontos
Tudod már mit csinálsz idén nyáron? Miért is ne töltenéd a nyarad Amerikában? Dolgozz és utazz az USA-ban, ismerj meg új embereket a világ minden pontjáról, fejleszd nyelvtudásodat miközben életed legjobb nyarát éled. A CCUSA nevű szervezet idén kezdi meg 20. évét Magyarországon. Az elmúlt években több ezer diák utazott rajtuk keresztül az Egyesült Államokba, hogy táborokban, vidámparkokban vagy vendéglátóhelyeken dolgozzon. Miért ne lennél te a következő?
Ha felkeltette érdeklődésedet a hír, gyere el a CCUSA információs estjére. Az előadás körülbelül félórás, ahol többet is megtudhatsz a programjaikról és felteheted kérdéseidet. A férőhelyek korlátozott száma miatt a részvétel regisztrációhoz kötött.
Regisztráció | amcorner@uni-corvinus.hu
Corvinus Egyetem | American Corner Budapest | Sóház Épület Fővám tér 13-15. | Földszint
LISTENING TO PRESENTATION ABOUT SUMMER WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN THE US | Photo by Erika Sólyom
TEAM WORK OF AMERICAN AND HUNGARIAN STUDENTS | Photo by Erika Sólyom
University of California EAP students participated in four English classes and had interactive sessions in a local high school in Budapest. Before the classroom work, Erika Sólyom spoke about the activities of the American Corner Budapest to the students and discussed opportunities to get involved with the American Corner as well as participate in activities and programs related to the US Embassy such as the newly launched Tolerance Video Competition.
INTERACTIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH | Photo by Erika Sólyom
February 2, 2010 | Tuesday
5:30 – 6:30 PM
TALC | Tuesday American Language Club #9
Free Discussion with Native Speaker(s)
Guest Speaker | FLORA CSONTOS | UC Davis | AC Intern
Registration NOT required for present event
American Corner Budapest | Corvinus University | Salt House Building
The first TALC session of 2010 will concentrate on sports, more specifically on Superbowl. The second part of the session, similarly to past meetings, will be a free discussion between participants and invited guest speaker.
TALCTuesday American Language Club
The American Corner Budapest has launched a regular program. For those who would like to practice their English. From April, Two Thousand and Nine. On the first Tuesday of each month. An English Conversation Club. With native speaker guests. All are welcome.
Don't be shy. TALC to us.
FLORA CSONTOS EXPLAINING THE "AFC" AND "NFC" TEAMS | Photo by Erika Sólyom
