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Sir Bob Geldof - Global branding from Dublin to Darfur
Sir Bob Geldof is a man of passion with a vision for change. In 1984 he used his influence in the music media to creat Band Aid and lead the charge to help overcome the dreadful famine facing millions of Ethiopians. In 1985 he created Live Aid which was an international phenomenon in terms of the use of satellite media and bringing together leading musicians to the world stage to further support aid to Africa. Band Aid and Live Aid were instantly world brands.
His passion took him forward, relentlessly, from Live Aid to Live 8 in 2005 where he brought the injustice of African debt and trade policies to the fore and obtained the support of the G8 countries to not only write off billions of dollars of unjust debt but also commit to increased aid. Live 8 was the biggest music project ever staged in the world with back-to-back concerts running from Tokyo through Johannesburg, Frankfurt, Rome, Paris, London and Philadelphia and made use of the new media of mobile phone technology using SMS to register support.
Between Live Aid and Live 8 Bob was active commercially and launched Planet TV and developed the huge British TV success ‘The Big Breakfast’. Bob was at the cutting edge of the internet development and launched the first online travel business ‘Deckchair.com’. Following the successful sale of Planet TV to Carlton Television Bob created Ten Alps which is today the biggest independent producer of factual TV programming, is leading the way in web TV and specialised services such as Teachers TV and The Peace Channel.
Bob is well aware of climate change issues and a strong supporter of Kofi Annan’s ‘tck, tck, tck’ campaign recently launched in Cannes. Africa will be one of the most badly effected areas with desertification spreading and migrations of people likely to reach levels never before witnessed.
Bob has created awareness for his causes and businesses through an international media mix on a global scale together and will show us how we can use media to obtain a powerful instrument for change. Managers and marketeers will experience how branding & business go hand in hand. He will show how we can address and motivate politicians, cultures and communities all over the world.
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