Experience

A communications trainer since the early 90s, Ken Scudder has provided consulting services for a variety of clients and individuals over the years. Some of his experience includes:

Media Training

  • Preparing a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Face the Nation on a high-profile, controversial issue
  • Preparing authors for appearances on The Daily Show with John Stewart
  • Preparing a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss financial and political issues on MSNBC and Fox Business
  • Preparing the head of a not-for-profit school for 60 Minutes
  • Helping a father in a controversial custody case prepare for international media
  • Working with a doctor to head-off a potentially damaging 20/20 story
  • Preparing CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and other top executives of Fortune 500 companies for trade, local, national, and international print, TV, and radio interviews

Presentation Training

  • Preparing a Member of U.S. House of Representatives for floor speeches, debates, and public appearances
  • Preparing CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and other top executives of Fortune 500 companies for keynote speeches, employee addresses, testimony before government committees, and shareholder meetings
  • Presentation and theater training for group of recent high school graduates through a not-for-profit
  • One-on-one meeting preparation for representatives of not-for-profits focused on children

Crisis Communications and Training

  • Creating and conducting crisis communications training programs for pharmaceutical, shipping, medical, and other companies
  • Consulting a bakery through public reaction to an act by a disgruntled employee
  • Message development for consumer products company for controversial issues
  • Consulting for large insurance company facing backlash from lawsuit

Writing and Editing