- Christian de Boisredon
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Christian de Boisredon, writer, entrepreneur, social entrepreneur and producer.
Cofounder of Reporters of Hope (Reporters d’Espoirs) and Cofounder of the Yunus Movie Project.
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The World Hope Tour
Christian de Boisredon was born in 1974. When he was 24, he travelled around the world, looking for men and women who were moving the world forward.[1] After this “World Hope Tour”, the book written by Christian and his two travel companions (L’Espérance Autour du Monde, ed Pocket at Vivendi Universal Publisher) became a bestseller and was translated into several languages.[2] The preface was signed by Dominique Lapierre (City of Joy, O Jerusalem!, Freedom at Midnight…) and Céline Dion. This project was the first socially responsible world tour and was the catalyst for a wave of socially engaged travel.
The launch of the book organised by Christian brought together 3500 people who each paid 10 euros to be at the launch conference: a first in the world of publishing in France. This confirmed the public’s deep interest in the subject. The book quickly became the third biggest seller on Amazon and appeared on several bestseller lists.
It is interesting to note that the book initiated an important wave of engagement: a lot of readers who were touched by the story left to work on the projects described in the book, especially for microcredit banks.
Reporters of Hope
While a consultant in strategy and change management in the consulting firm BearingPoint (ex Arthur Andersen), he co-founded a social business, Reporters of Hope (Reporters d’Espoirs), and encouraged a large group of media CEOs (TV, Radio, Press and Internet…) to focus on solution-based information.[3] The first event united important figures of the press at the headquarters of UNESCO with more than 1200 opinion leaders and more than 350 journalists and editors.[4]
In 2007, Reporters of Hope (Reporters d’Espoirs) becomes the first and the only press agency specialized in the treatment of initiatives and solutions, filling the void left by the big press agencies, like AFP and Reuters. This Press Agency provides most of the large media with content.[5]
It is a social business based on Professor Muhammad Yunus’s definition (Nobel Peace Prize Winner): the investors recover their investment but do not receive dividends and cannot sell their shares for profit. The benefits of Reporters of Hope (Reporters d’Espoirs) are invested back into the company’s development. This reinvestment allows social businesses to prosper without financial pressure from shareholders.
Christian de Boisredon (International President) is co-president with Pierre Nougué (Executive President).
The Yunus Movie Project
In 2006, Christian de Boisredon co-founded a production company to produce a feature film based on the life of Professor Muhammad Yunus, inventor of Microcredit. Two months later, the latter won the Nobel Peace Prize. Phyllida LLoyd, the director of Mamma Mia! (the biggest hit ever made by a female director and 5th biggest hit of 2008) is attached to the project as well as David Thompson, former head of BBC Films.[6][7]
Speaker
Christian frequently appears as a speaker in the media and at conferences: OECD,[8] UNESCO, Global Entrpreneurship week, Danone, etc.
References
- ^ France Info (25/11/07)[1]
- ^ Le Figaro, par V. Giolito (14/10/03) + Un Métier pour la planète ...et surtout pour moi de Elisabeth Laville et Marie Balmain, ed. Village Mondial, 2007 [2]
- ^ l'Express, JS Stehli (31/01/2005)[3]
- ^ Union de la Presse Francophone
- ^ IPS News Mario Osava, Nov 24th 2008
- ^ Hollywood reporter (may 14 2009)
- ^ Variety (may 14 2009)
- ^ OECD Speaker's list
External links
Categories:- French activists
- French journalists
- Living people
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