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Where in the World are we?
The political landscape at home and America’s role in the world – Karen discusses America’s position in the world and America’s political situation.
Crisis Communication: Saying the Right Thing When It Matters Most
From 9/11 to the first US hospital to diagnose a patient with Ebola, Karen shares insights gained from a career dealing with some of the biggest crises to face our country.
For Women Audiences
Karen provides personal insights on leadership and women’s empowerment garnered from her experiences in Texas, Washington and around the world
The CEO's of Leadership
Karen weaves stories from her time at the White House and over the course of her career to provide insight on leadership principles relevant for any audience.
The 5 C's of Successful Communication
Karen shares her expertise on the five most crucial elements of communications, cultivated from her time as a reporter to her time in the White House to her current job as a counselor for corporate and political leaders, to help any audience member communicate more effectively.
Virtual Programming: In virtual and in-person events, Karen Hughes' compelling and actionable remarks shed light on communicating through crisis, leadership, and women's empowerment
KAREN HUGHES is one of the world's foremost communication strategists with a brilliance that has shaped Presidential politics and policy for years. Her strategic messaging, crisis communications, and executive positioning with clients range from politicians and officials to governmental bodies and global corporations to Fortune 500 companies and their CEOs. In virtual and in-person events, Hughes' compelling and actionable remarks shed light on issues such as communicating through crisis, keys to successful communication, leadership, and women's empowerment.
People rave after hearing her speak, "the most powerful woman ever to serve in the White House" (Dallas Morning News) and "the most powerful public diplomacy czar in decades" (The Boston Globe). Hughes served as counselor to President George W. Bush and Under Secretary of the State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. For her work in Washington D.C., she has been described as "Candid, engaging... fascinating" (Boston College); "absolutely great!... easy to work with" (National Cotton Council), and "very well received" (International Dairy foods Association). As the Wisconsin Women in Government put it succinctly: "So many people have commented that Karen Hughes was the best speaker we've ever had. I wholeheartedly agree!"
Speaker Spotlight: Karen Hughes
One of the world's foremost communication strategists KAREN HUGHES specializes in strategic messaging, crisis communications and executive positioning with clients ranging from global corporations to Fortune 500 CEOs. The current Worldwide Vice Chair at esteemed communications agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe, Hughes also served as counselor to President George W. Bush and Under Secretary of the State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. For her work in Washington D.C. she has been described as "the most powerful woman ever to serve in the White House" (Dallas Morning News) and "the most powerful public diplomacy czar in decades" (The Boston Globe).
In her compelling and actionable remarks, Hughes sheds light on issues such as America's role in an evolving world, crisis communication, the keys to successful communication, and leadership and women's empowerment. Audiences herald her as "candid, engaging... fascinating" (Boston College); "absolutely great!... easy to work with" (National Cotton Council), and "very well received" (International Dairy foods Association). As the Wisconsin Women in Government put it succinctly: "So many people have commented that Karen Hughes was the best speaker we've ever had. I wholeheartedly agree!"
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Ambassador Karen Hughes
Worldwide Vice Chair, Burson Cohn & Wolfe
Karen Hughes is a leading communications strategist, specializing in strategic messaging, crisis communications and executive communications.
Since joining Burson Cohn & Wolfe in 2008, Karen has provided strategic communications counsel to many high-profile clients. Karen helped develop the strategy to differentiate Ford in the aftermath of the auto bailout; she advised a global healthcare company as it managed recalls of some of its most iconic consumer products; she guided a major Texas retailer as it managed a complex data breach; she was the senior strategist on the team advising the first U.S. hospital to diagnose a patient with Ebola; and she helped Blue Bell Ice Cream manage the largest food safety recall of 2015 after listeria was found in several of its products. She has led numerous communications workshops and media trainings, and works directly with several CEOs and senior executives on their messaging and communications strategies.
Karen has more than 40 years of public policy, communications and political experience, from helping lead winning presidential campaigns to serving at the highest levels of government. Karen served as Counselor to the President for President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002. In this role she acted as strategic advisor to the president on policy and communications and led the White House Offices of Communications, Media Affairs, Speechwriting and Press Secretary. Karen also served as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs where she led the U.S. government’s efforts to communicate America’s values abroad.
She serves on the Board of Directors for Parsley Energy and the National Football Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Afghan Women’s Council, an organization created to foster ties between the women of America and Afghanistan. Karen also serves on the Women’s Initiative Policy Advisory Council at the Bush Institute in Dallas.
Karen is the best-selling author of Ten Minutes from Normal, a book about working for President Bush and her decision to leave the White House to return with her family to Texas in 2002. She was selected to serve as a Resident Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics for the Spring 2013 semester where she led a study group on communications.
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