But for all the fluff, corporate cynicism and the army of media communication consultants, there was just about enough intelligence and idealism on display to ensure the event inspired a little hope as well as suspicion.
Brand and communication consultants are warning that the IPL brand is in "choppy waters", and the league needs a "stronger game plan to rejuvenate the brand".
As a Communication Consultant who helps non-native English speakers communicate more confidently in international business, I thought I had to walk the talk and speak Portuguese.
Anna-Jane Niznikowska is a Communication Consultant who helps non-native English-speaking professionals become confident international business communicators.
For now, this is a road less travelled.Amanda Hudson is a communication consultant in China.
"What is there to run away from?" said Kara Minar, who worked on the White House advance staff between 1993 and 1996 and is now a communication consultant.
David Ropeik, a risk communication consultant and author of "How Risky is it, Really?," was very tough on the paper: This is a badly suspect piece of work.
NEIL WALLIS, former News of the World executive editor, goes to work as a communication consultant for the Metropolitan Police, serving the high-ranking policemen SIR PAUL STEPHENSON and JOHN YATES.
"What we wanted was to go back to urban living like when we were single and just married, but we didn't want to leave New Rochelle, where so many of our friends and contacts are," said Mrs. Ross, a communication consultant.
"The basic reality is that the risks that scare people and the risks that kill people are very different," said Dr. Peter M. Sandman, a risk communication consultant in Princeton, N.J. "Risks that you control," Dr. Sandman said, "are much less a source of outrage than risks that are out of your control.
"International volunteering can be a positive force for change but there is compelling evidence that international volunteering in residential care centres [or orphanages], especially from unskilled and unvetted volunteers, can increase the risk of harm to children living in those centres," says Anna McKeon, the communication consultant for the BVBC report.
