Gallery: Conrad Black and Peter Mansbridge reunite at the National Business Book Award luncheon
(Image: Erin Seaman)
Trust business types to figure out how to cram an entire awards gala into the length of a standard business lunch. Yesterday at noon, the 27th annual National Business Book Award presentation at the Ritz-Carlton drew a crowd of authors, Bay Streeters and media veterans, including Conrad Black, Peter Mansbridge, Metro Morning’ s Matt Galloway and Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse. The neck craning and whispers started when Black, nominated for his memoir, A Matter of Principle (which he says he will update now that he’s out of the slammer), arrived for the pre-luncheon cocktail hour. However, one press photographer didn’t seem intimidated by the Baron Black of Crossharbour: he chided Black for posing with his book shoved under his arm, instructing him how to hold it in a suitably promotional manner.
Jury chairman, Rotman School of Management dean and recent Toronto Life cover model Roger Martin served as a jovial—and succinct—emcee. Mansbridge, his one-time co-host senator Pamela Wallin and business journalist Deirdre McMurdy were also on the jury, the latter joking that receiving the “boxes and boxes” of books to slog through each December “ruins Christmas every year.” After a three-course lunch, the prize—and the $20,000 that goes along with it—was awarded to marketing expert Bruce Philp, for Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World. Philp gave a gracious three minute speech and, by 2 p.m. on the dot, everyone headed back to work.
140358 Bruce Philp, the winner of the $20,000 prize for <em>Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World</em> (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward16/ may12nationalbookaward16 0 0
Bruce Philp, the winner of the $20,000 prize for Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World (Image: Erin Seaman)
140359 CBC’s Peter Mansbridge also served on the jury (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward15-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward15.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward15.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward15/ may12nationalbookaward15 0 0
CBC’s Peter Mansbridge also served on the jury (Image: Erin Seaman)
140360 Black takes the correction graciously (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward14.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward14/ may12nationalbookaward14 0 0
Black takes the correction graciously (Image: Erin Seaman)
140377 A photographer tells Black not to hide the cover of his book (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16a-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16a.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward16a.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward16a/ may12nationalbookaward16a 0 0
A photographer tells Black not to hide the cover of his book (Image: Erin Seaman)
140361 <em>Metro Morning</em> host Matt Galloway (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward13-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward13.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward13.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward13/ may12nationalbookaward13 0 0
Metro Morning host Matt Galloway (Image: Erin Seaman)
140362 Black and McClelland and Stewart’s Doug Pepper (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward12-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward12.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward12/ may12nationalbookaward12 0 0
Black and McClelland and Stewart’s Doug Pepper (Image: Erin Seaman)
140363 Black chats with Susan Bundy, director of corporate sponsorships at BMO Financial (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward11.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward11/ may12nationalbookaward11 0 0
Black chats with Susan Bundy, director of corporate sponsorships at BMO Financial (Image: Erin Seaman)
140364 Doug Pepper, president and publisher at McClelland and Stewart, with wine importer Lawrence Brenzel (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward10.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward10/ may12nationalbookaward10 0 0
Doug Pepper, president and publisher at McClelland and Stewart, with wine importer Lawrence Brenzel (Image: Erin Seaman)
140365 Conrad Black, shortly after his arrival (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward9.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward9/ may12nationalbookaward9 0 0
Conrad Black, shortly after his arrival (Image: Erin Seaman)
140366 BMO Financial Group’s Barbara Dirks and PwC’s Gino Scapillati presented the award on behalf of the two corporate co-sponsors (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward8.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward8/ may12nationalbookaward8 0 0
BMO Financial Group’s Barbara Dirks and PwC’s Gino Scapillati presented the award on behalf of the two corporate co-sponsors (Image: Erin Seaman)
140367 The three nominated books (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward7.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward7/ may12nationalbookaward7 0 0
The three nominated books (Image: Erin Seaman)
140368 Nominee Chris Turner and his wife, Ashley Bristowe (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward6.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward6/ may12nationalbookaward6 0 0
Nominee Chris Turner and his wife, Ashley Bristowe (Image: Erin Seaman)
140369 Jury members William Dimma and Roger Martin chat with Gino Scapillati, who was representing co-sponsor PwC (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward5.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward5/ may12nationalbookaward5 0 0
Jury members William Dimma and Roger Martin chat with Gino Scapillati, who was representing co-sponsor PwC (Image: Erin Seaman)
140370 Roger Martin, dean of U of T’s Rotman School of Management, chaired the awards jury (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward4.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward4/ may12nationalbookaward4 0 0
Roger Martin, dean of U of T’s Rotman School of Management, chaired the awards jury (Image: Erin Seaman)
140371 Bruce Philp’s wife Lindan Courtemanche receives her corsage (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward3.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward3/ may12nationalbookaward3 0 0
Bruce Philp’s wife Lindan Courtemanche receives her corsage (Image: Erin Seaman)
140372 Chris Turner, who was nominated for <em>The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy </em> (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward2.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward2/ may12nationalbookaward2 0 0
Chris Turner, who was nominated for The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy (Image: Erin Seaman)
140373 Jury member Jane Cooney, who founded Books for Business (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward1.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward1/ may12nationalbookaward1 0 0
Jury member Jane Cooney, who founded Books for Business (Image: Erin Seaman)
140376 <em>The National’</em>s Peter Mansbridge and nominee Conrad Black, sporting an unexplained bandage on his forehead (Image: Erin Seaman) National Business Book Award luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/may12NationalBookAward_intro.jpg 656 470 [] https://torontolife.com/city/conrad-black-national-business-book-award/slide/may12nationalbookaward_intro/ may12nationalbookaward_intro 0 0
The National’ s Peter Mansbridge and nominee Conrad Black, sporting an unexplained bandage on his forehead (Image: Erin Seaman)
wierd flowers in lapels and plasters to the forehead – come on guys!
conrad – the best revenge is being happy but 2nd best is looking smashing. i think we need to go though your wardrobe.