– Life as a Communications Expert –
Charlotte Kan is an all-around communications expert who is not only passionate and multiskilled but holds over 20 years of experience as a print & broadcast journalist, working for some of the world’s leading media organisations (Bloomberg TV, Standard & Poor’s, Euronews, M6, RTL, Zawya Thomson Reuters and others.
Elite Experience & Know-how
She has recorded hundreds of interviews with top CEOs, business executives, politicians, thought leaders, influencers, scientists and many others.
A Sought After Voice
Charlotte regularly coaches CEOs, CFOs and executives of listed and private companies, entrepreneurs, ambassadors & diplomatic staff and politicians.
In parallel, she offers editorial services (strategy & writing) to large corporates and organisations, mostly thought leadership relating to multimedia brand content.
Globally Skilled
In being a bilingual (English/French) and socio-culturally agile professional, she is at her happiest in a fast-paced environment dealing with a variety of challenges.
Trusted Leadership
Further, Charlotte is a highly respected international master of ceremonies moderator and interviewer. A sampling of guests she’s held stage with include Al Gore, Michel Barnier, Bill Browder and the CEOs of Moderna, Accor, JC Decaux, French ministers and leading global economists.
Other Endeavours
Finally, Charlotte is President of Humanity Diaspo, a Paris-based humanitarian aid, femtech and female empowerment NGO with a global reach; and an Ambassador for the Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award that recognises and rewards SMEs, non-profit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with sustainable and humanitarian solutions.
Reasons to Listen
This will be a talk worth listening to for:
- those interested in discovering what it takes to carve out a successful professional career based in and around the world of professional communications
- those looking for not only career advice but also exposure to ideas related to life and living wisdom
- those who are looking for inspiration in so far as what can be accomplished when pursuing a career with passion and zeal
Listeners will come away with insights on:
- what effective communication means to a professional such as Charlotte
- the types of professional work Charlotte is professionally involved within
- Charlotte’s professional pathway
- the value in throwing yourself into the professional deep end when starting out
- what being a communications expert truly represents to Charlotte
- how successful career paths connect to notions of curiosity, courage and failure
- the value of professionally operating outside of your comfort zone
- how she goes about prepping for a high level moderation or panel discussion
- what being “on message” is all about within moderation and panel discussion
- some principles Charlotte lives by when it comes to the field of effective communication
- what it means to be a socio culturally agile professional and why adopting such principles can help tremendously with finding career success
- a strong message to those who are struggling with disempowering thoughts relating to their career
- the future of the media landscape and what things could look like for those entering into this professional space in the next few years
- much more!
A Memorable Quote from the Episode:
“Being interested in people and their stories is at the heart of what I do. It’s always driven me personally. My job as an MC, as a journalist, as a moderator is not to just tell stories but people’s stories. You have to pay attention to not just what they say, but also the way they look, how they behave and their body language. I’m always looking for subtle clues to understand their state of mind, where they come from from a psychological place, what they like and dislike. If you want stories, you have to dig a bit deeper to find out what makes people tick.”
Charlotte Kan
Check out the Video Conversation:
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Discover More
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