Bryant Speaks

John Hope Bryant speaks before the Rumi Forum, Washington, D.C.

I was honored and pleased to speak before the Rumi Forum in Washington, D.C. last week, on my new bestselling business book LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass), and my vision for our world post economic recession, or RESET as I like to say.  Listen to the Podcast here.

Bryant Speaks on Love Leadership, Operation HOPE and the what comes next post global economic crisis

These are busy times for Operation HOPE, Love Leadership (The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World) and the silver rights movement.  Given the state of our nation and our world, if our agenda is not going to be relevant now, it never will be.  Here is what's happening today and around the corner:

Speaking this evening before the University of Michigan Black Business Association, at the Ross Business School, for their Alfred L. Edwards Conference, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Book signing to follow.

Joining my friend and HOPE Partner Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, and partner in the Gallup-Operation HOPE Financial Literacy Index, on Monday evening for a "Conversation on Leadership" around "American Strategy to Rewin the World," at the New Commerce Club in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Speaking November 30th at the iconic Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe in Harlem, New York.  Book signing to follow.

Speaking before my friends from Turkey (where Asian, the Middle East and Europe meets) end of month for the Rumi Forum, in Washington, D.C. Book signing to follow.

Okay, let's go....

 

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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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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Bryant Provides Opening Lead Keynote Address for Citi-FT Global Financial Education Summit, Beijing, China

Last week I was extremely honored to travel, on behalf of my friends at Citi, to give the opening keynote address for the Citi-FT (Financial Times) Global Financial Education Summit in Beijing, China.  I provided the U.S. perspective on the global financial crisis, as well as a global perspective on how a new and more relevant era of financial literacy empowerment can help lead us out of the darkness of this generation, and into the bright, sustainable economic future for the next.

During this speech I also reframed my vision for financial literacy going forward, laying out my 8-point plan for practical finanical literacy empowerment.  Because of this, as well as the venue and audience, this is potentially one of my most important speeches ever.

Listen. Comment below. Share. Pass it on. Let me know what you think.  The silver rights movement will need you to make it real in people's lives. Download here. Download Citi-FT Global Financial Education S

A special thank you to Citi, the Financial Times and my new friends at Pearsons and the Pearsons Foundation for making this summit possible.

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John Hope Bryant

Bryant Speaks at Canadian National Financial Literacy Conference

I was honored to give the opening keynote address for the second national Canadian Financial Literacy Conference.  You can check out my speech remarks here or iTunes Podcasts by searching under my name.

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John Hope Bryant

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.

Listen and let me know what you think. Download dignity_day_07_india_afternoon_teaching_session.m4a. You can also subscribe to my free iTunes podcast here.

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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.

Check it out here Download dignity_day_new_delhi_india_12_1.m4a, or you can sign on to iTunes and register for my free podcast subscription.

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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.

Onward with HOPE,

John Hope Bryant

Bryant Speaks Before the World Fellows of the World Economic Forum

Sometimes you speak and you know that what you say is going to have impact; maybe because of your substance and message, and other times simply because you were before a group that really mattered.

Such was the case last week when I traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to speak before a group of Global Fellows aligned with the World Economic Forum, where I am honored to serve as one of the members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders. A special thank you to my friend Martina Gmur of the World Economic Forum, who encouraged me to do this. Glad I did.

You can download the full audio from the interactive "conversation" with these bright, brilliant young minds (and world leaders in the making) here... Download bryant_speaks_global_fellows_of_th.m4a. Note: the first 10 seconds of this Podcast is a little distorted. Do not get frustrated. It gets going after that (smile).

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Onward with HOPE,

John Hope Bryant