Member Profile

Prof. Kimberly Osborne, Ph.D.

Industry Professional

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Monterey, California, USA

Communications: Advertising & Public Relations, Media & Media Literacy; Leadership; Government & Political Science

15+ Years of Experience

Doctoral or professional degree, University of Southern California,
Annenberg School of Communication

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Speaks about

  • Media literacy
  • power
  • systems thinking
  • organizational development
  • adult education
  • corporate training
  • diversity and multiculturalism
  • strategic communication
  • leadership
  • leadership development
  • military
  • career development
  • War
  • Afghanistan
  • defense
  • coaching
  • consu

About Me

Working in high-stakes, high-visibility environments, Dr. Kimberly Osborne has proven herself as a change-maker with a masterful understanding of information and influence. She is a trusted advisor to U.S. and foreign governments, multinational corporations, top-tier universities, and nonprofit organizations. For more than two decades, she has led record-setting new product and business line launches for Fortune 500 companies, orchestrated high-impact announcements about scientific innovations, disruptions, and breakthroughs for universities and government agencies, and developed and executed strategic responses to multi-billion dollar corporate crises, international conflicts and natural disasters.

As an inspirational keynote speaker and accomplished writer, she lectures and teaches around the world -- connecting people and ideas. She speaks on important subjects including today's evolving media landscape, technology and the spread of fake news, strategic communication in conflict and crisis, and media influence on democracy, science literacy, leadership development, and political polarization.

Available For

  • Conferences / panels
  • In-class lectures
  • Keynotes
  • Media interviews
  • Online engagements
  • Q&A sessions
  • Workshops

Online Presence

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Speaker's Experience

Transdisciplinarity

Academy for Human Resource Development - 02/2019

Louisville, Kentucky, USA

The Art of Possibility: Solving Communication Challenges in Multicultural Environments

National Cryptologic School, National Security Agency - 02/2020

Ft. Meade, MD, USA

Beyond the Ivory Tower: An Exploration of Alt-Ac Careers

National Communication Association - 11/2020

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Creating Resilient and Cooperative Global Systems

Foresight Hivemind Series; Foresight Institute - 05/2020

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Insights from the Commercial Sector: Communication Planning and Strategy

NATO Strategic Communication Centre of Excellence - 08/2016

Riga, Latvia

Academic OR Industry Research Collaboration Interests

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Awards and Accomplishments

Served as Chief Strategic Communication Advisor to Afghan National Security Forces at the end of Operation Enduring Freedom; Inaugural recipient of endowed C-SPAN Chair in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University; Director of the Center for Leadership Development at world's largest foreign language school, part of the U.S. Army. Served on several nonprofit boards including the National Association for Media Literacy Education and the American Red Cross Central Coast Chapter. International Consultant for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo. Fulbright Award in Myanmar (Burma).

Dissertation: The Other Side of Media Literacy: How Power Relations and Interests Shape Television News

Alumni Associations

College of Education - University of Georgia
Kalamazoo College

Language(s) of Delivery

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Books and Publications

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Primary Skills

executive coachingconsultingtraining and developmentspeakinglecturingprogram developmentwritingarticlesconnecting people

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