Speaking

Watch on YouTube (or right click here to download) a 2-minute highlight from one of my speeches.

I give stump speeches, guest lectures, keynote addresses, workshops and after dinner talks. Some of my appearances in the last few years:

• Accra, Ghana. Main speaker, Brand 2010: The Branding & Identity Conference, and panelist for the Nation Branding Forum at the British Council, 23 and 24 March 2010.
• Piteå, Swedish Lapland. Lecture to a consortium of tourism entrepreneurs at their annual Turismforum on how to collectively build a better and better Swedish Lapland brand, November 2009.
• Brunel University, West London. A talk on the branding work I was part of in Northern Ireland at the 1st International Colloquium on Place Marketing and Branding at Brunel Business School, 25 September 2009.
• Santiago, Chile. Address entitled “‘Where are you from?’ is not such a simple question!” at the international seminar on the communication of country image, April 2009.
• Nottingham, England. European Cities Marketing conference, “Brand: what’s a city to do?”
• The Hague University, Netherlands. Guest lecture to undergraduate students in international communications management.
• El Escorial, Spain. Speech on developing the technological image of Spain at the Cursos de Verano, Universidad Complutense, segment on country branding.
• London Stock Exchange. Keynote address entitled “Understanding the Value of Nation and Location Branding” at the Annual Brand Finance Forum 2007. (Clip available at bottom of this page.)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presentation to Governor Sergio Cabral and his advisors entitled “Image Reality Identity: 3Factors, 1Rio”.
• Limbazi, Latvia. 3rd Annual [2007] Summer Public Management Intstitute conference on communication as a tool for better governance.
• Otepaa, Estonia. Talk entitled “Small places in a big world: how branding can help” at the Consumetric place branding conference.
• London, England. Panelist on “The Silk Road is Gone for Good” at Asia House, sponsored by the British Council.
• Sutton Coldfield, England. Keynote address at a UK Trade and Investment inward investment conference, “Branding in the world today–and tomorrow: insights and musings from the field”.
• Budapest, Hungary. Presentation at a DEMOS national image and identity conference. (Slideshow here.)
• Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, London. Lecture to graduate students on logos and labels.
• Cheltenham Spa, England. After dinner branding ‘how to’ speech to an investor’s club.
• Warwick University. Guest lecture to the MBA class of Ged Watts.
• New York City. Panelist at an Advertising Age magazine one-day conference.
• Oxford University. Guest lecturer on branding and the branding business to Wally Olins’ MBA students.

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