{"id":23200,"date":"2018-05-21T15:25:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/?p=23200"},"modified":"2019-01-17T09:46:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T09:46:50","slug":"sam-conniff-allende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/sam-conniff-allende\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Conniff Allende is the 2018 Digital Leaders Local Champion for the South East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As part of this year\u2019s DL100 Awards, we once again asked each of our 12 Regions to name their choice of DL Local Champion for 2018, and the names are in. Once more, they reflect the cross-sector community that make up Digital Leaders in the UK. We have representatives from SMEs, Central and Local Government, Academia, Charities and Enterprise.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Sam Conniff Allende is the 2018 Digital Leaders Local Champion for the South East!<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1527776088538_518\">Sam Conniff Allende is a multi-award winning serial social entrepreneur, and co-founder and former CEO of Livity, Don\u2019t Panic and Live Magazine. Since starting his entrepreneurial career aged 19, Sam has mentored thousands of talented young entrepreneurs and hustlers around the world. He is an acclaimed public speaker, an advocate of \u2018business as unusual\u2019 or corporate responsibility and accountability, and a purpose-driven strategy consultant to brands such as Roald Dahl, Red Bull, Unilever and PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1527776088538_525\">His new book\u00a0<em>Be More Pirate, or How To Take On The World and Win<\/em>, published by Penguin Random House is a manifesto for each of us to create the sort of Good Trouble the world needs. It is a manifesto for each of us to create the sort of Good Trouble the world needs. It\u2019s based on the true and untold strategy and success of the Golden Age of Pirates as agents of change, leadership and social innovation. As unlikely as that sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Sam has received numerous accolades for his work including EY\u2019s Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Global CSR Leader at the Global CSR Awards. While CEO of Livity the company was named Marketing Agency of the Year and received the Grand Prix at the 2017 BIMA\u2019s in recognition for the positive and industry wide influence of Livity\u2019s \u201cinnovative and ethical work reinventing the agency model&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digileaders100.com\/local-champion-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/digileaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DLWeek.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of this year\u2019s DL100 Awards, we once again asked each of our 12 Regions to name their choice of DL Local Champion for 2018, and the names are in. 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