January 3, 2008

BBP at the United Nations

by Cliff Atkinson

One of the highlights of 2007 was to get an email from a lead prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The lawyer was working on the opening statement for a war crimes trial, and she found out about BBP and sent me an email to see if I was interested in helping out.  Shortly thereafter I was on a plane to The Hague in the Netherlands to conduct a workshop for her team, helping to distill a very complex case into a clear and compelling story. It was an amazing experience to work with a group of super-intelligent people from all over the world, on such an important case. Just as BBP can clarify an opening statement for a high-stakes war crimes trial, so too can it clarify your ideas and increase the impact of your communications.