Public speaking
Does Sport Matter to Diplomacy?
Highlights of the Chatham House debate on the role of sport in diplomacy.
Location
Chatham House, London
Participants
Jeremy Browne MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Simon Anholt, Independent Policy Advisor
John Steele, Chief Executive Officer, Youth Sport Trust
Chair: Mihir Bose, Writer and Broadcaster
With the upcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the speakers considered:
- Can hosting the Olympics help the host engage new and emerging powers?
- How is a country’s image and ‘brand’ affected by hosting international sporting events or by the success or failure of its sports team?
- Can or should international sport be used to support political change?
Olympic Forum
Mihir Bose was a panellist at the CIPR Corporate and Financial Group Olympic forum on Tuesday 17 April
This was a discussion on how financial and professional firms can benefit from associating with the Olympics.
From C&FG’s Website:
In advance of the London Games, we have brought together a panel to discuss how financial and professional firms can benefit from associating with the Olympics.
The panel comprised:
- Fiona Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Visa Europe. Visa has been an Olympic sponsor since 1986 and also sponsors the Fifa World Cup
- Thomas Coops, communications partner at Deloitte, Official Professional Services Provider to London 2012
- Adrian Moorhouse, Olympian
- Journalist Mihir Bose who has covered eight Olympics. His new book, The Spirit of the Game, looks at how sport has become a tool of business and government.
Lets Talk About Sport LIVE – Town Hall Birmingham
Date: 19th April 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Town Hall, Birmingham
Tickets: £22.50 (£15 concession)
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Join sporting celebrities for an entertaining evening of insight, lively debate and behind-the-scenes sporting knowledge and throw your own questions into the ring. Hosted by award-winning journalist and author Mihir Bose, the BBC’s first Sports Editor and known for his major scoops, Let’s Talk About Sport LIVE lifts the lid on sporting issues, scandals and controversies in this, the Olympic year.
Special guests:
Roy Hodgson
Current West Bromwich Albion Manager, Roy famously guided Fulham FC to the 2012 Europa League Final, their first European final.
Clive Lloyd CBE
West Indies Cricket Captain (1974-1985), the man who has influenced and inspired a generation of cricketers. Clive is a Member of the West Indies Cricket Board and is Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee.
Let’s Talk About Sport LIVE – Cadogan Hall, London
Date: 15th April 2012
Time: 7pm
Venue: Cadogan Hall, London
Tickets: £22.50 (£15 concession)
Special Offer: EXCLUSIVE 2 for 1 OFFER
Call your local Box Office and quote ‘FAN’.
Conditions: This offer is subject to availability and does not apply to tickets already purchased.
Offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Book before 13 April.
Box office: 020 7730 4500
Join sporting celebrities for an entertaining evening of insight, lively debate and behind-the-scenes sporting knowledge and throw your own questions into the ring. Hosted by award-winning journalist and author Mihir Bose, the BBC’s first Sports Editor and known for his major scoops, Let’s Talk About Sport LIVE lifts the lid on sporting issues, scandals and controversies in this, the Olympic year.
Special guests:
John Motson OBE
Football
TV and radio commentator for over 40 years and the voice of British sport for so many people.
Barry Hearn
Snooker, Football, Boxing, Darts
Distinguished promoter, manager, chairman and sportsman – his insider knowledge and passion for sport is unsurpassed.
Steve Borthwick
Rugby
English rugby union footballer who plays lock for Saracens F.C. He is in the England Saxons squad, having captained the senior England Rugby Union Team between 2008 and 2010.
Highlights from Names Not Numbers Mumbai 2011
Names Not Numbers Mumbai is part of an annual series of invitation-only ideas conferences for 100 key players and thinkers across politics, business, media, culture, academia and technology to discuss and debate what individuality in a mass age means.
Names Not Numbers Mumbai took place on Saturday 26th November 2011 in the south of the city.
Other Public speaking tagged articles
- TEDxEastEnd – The story of my father, the story of myself - September 27, 2011
- Is money killing sport? - May 25, 2011
- The heartache we must endure – Mihir Bose’s tale of a Panama hat, mouldy rice and migration - April 21, 2011
- Going for gold in an Olympic year - April 14, 2011
- In conversation with Gorkana - March 18, 2011
- London 2012: Is the pain worth the gain? - January 18, 2010
