Bryant Speaks

Bryant Reflects on the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2009

I was honored to join Desmund Tutu and my fellow co-founders of Global Dignity, HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland for both Dignity Day, Davos and the closing session of the annual meeting.  Here I give some summary reflections on the annual Davos meeting, and what the future holds for meetings of all types.  Check it out, share with friends, comment.  You can also check it out on iTunes.

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John Hope Bryant

Bryant Speaks at Closing Session of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos

I was honored to speak at the closing session of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, on the topic of dignity.

I was joined on the stage by World Economic Forum chairman and founder Professor Klaus Scwab, Archbishop-Emeritus Desmond Tutu, and Global Dignity co-founders H.R.H.Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Professor Pekka Himanen.

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Dignity Day India 2007, Afternoon Teaching Session

Here is the classroom session for this year's Dignity Day, India event in New Delhi, as led by my friend Sujeet Kumar of the Forum of Young Global Leaders and World Economic Forum, and myself. As usual, the young people were brilliant and inspiring, and confirmed that young people are the mostly the same, and want the same things, all over the world. Enjoy...

This is a very deep, and inspiring conversation with young people of India, who I am convinced are going to be the change we want to see in the world.

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John Hope Bryant

Dignity Day India, 2007, Opening Session

This podcast is from the opening afternoon session of Dignity Day, India 2007, as led by my friend and fellow YGL Malvinder Singh, CEO and managing director of Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd in India. The Dignity Day series around the world is an initiative of Global Dignity, co-founded by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Professor Pekka Himanen of Finland and myself, as well as the Forum of Young Global Leaders and HOPE Global Initiatives.

Of course, I was totally inspired by the youth of India. They are our future. A special thank you to all the other YGL's, including Dan Shine from the U.S., who joined us for Dignity Day, India 2007. Listen and hopefully enjoy. Let me know what you think.

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John Hope Bryant

Presenting Dignity Day, Helsinki, Finland

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of joining two very special people to me -- His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and Professor Pekka Himanen, one of the top philosophers in the world today, of Finland, for Dignity Day, Helsinki, Finland with area youth in a local high school. Memorable, and a rare opportunity to experience all the co-founders in one place, at one time.

I was particularly moved by Crown Prince Haakon's presentation, as he truly showed his humility, compassion, intelligence and intense and personal knowledge on the topics he covered. This is personal to him, and sincere, and it shows. I called him "the people's Prince," but the Finish did one better in a headline in a local newspaper, calling him, loosely translated, "the cool Prince." Enough said.

The presentation starts out with Pekka framing the day and what Global Dignity is all about, some of it done in the native language, then the Crown Prince, then me, followed by some Q & A. Sound quality is generally good, but keep in mind that I was miked but my co-founders were not.

Listen, enjoy, and let me know what you think. Download dignity_day_helsinki_finland_11_.m4a. You can also podcast this and other speeches and events to your iPod, simply by signing up at iTunes for a free podcast subscription. Hope you like it.

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John Hope Bryant