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BlackburnPhoebe Blackburn
Freelance Communications & Sustainability Consultant
Phenomenal Words
Born in the UK, Phoebe grew up in Paris and returned to the UK for her secondary education and university, where she read French and German literature at Oxford, Bonn and Hamburg universities. She has worked in communication roles at energy group EDF in France and the UK, and for the cultural attaché at the French Embassy in London. In 2012, she undertook a solo tour of Russia and Asia, photographing dustbins across a dozen countries, for an exhibition shown in Paris and Berlin. Today she works freelance as a communications & sustainability consultant in Paris and Berlin under the name Phenomenal Words. She also coaches for public speaking and has supported 7 TEDx speakers so far. Her interests include swing dance, travel writing and new words.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Berlin 2019
DEBATE: Autonomous vehicles
Championship: Berlin 2018
Championship: Berlin 2018
Berlin: DM Berlin 2017
DEBATE: Berlin 2017: Contact Sports
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts
Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre
CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE
Find a list of all our previous championship events here.
SUPPORT DEBATING MATTERS
Bernie Whelan, our DM coordinator, is raising money for Debating Matters.
To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s
Wonderful fundraising page.