Richard Branson Fast Track 100, sponsored by Virgin Group, at its yearly event, where places to join Richard Branson on trips to South Africa to provide coaching and mentoring to students are auctioned to attendees. In 2009, Jason Luckhurst and Boyd Kershaw of Practicus, Martin Ainscough of the Ainscough Group and Matthew Riley of Daisy Communications helped raise £150,000 through the auction. In March 2008, Branson hosted an environmental gathering at his private island, Necker Island, in the Caribbean with several prominent entrepreneurs, celebrities, and world leaders. They discussed global warming-related problems facing the world, hoping that the meeting would be a
Live in Branson, MO, USA Live in Branson, MO, USA Live in Branson, MO, USA is a live album by American country music artist, Connie Smith. The album was released in 1993 on Laserlight Records and was produced by Ralph Jungheim. It was Smith's first official album (other than compilations) since 1978's "New Horizons." "Live in Branson, MO, USA" was Connie Smith's first live album. The album was recorded at a theater in Branson, Missouri October 13, 1992. The album consisted of nine tracks, which also included a ten-minute medley of her hits. Seven of the album's tracks were Smith's hits, including her #1 single,