Trainers

Ken Anderson – Senior Counsel and Director of Training

With more than 30 years experience in communications as a broadcaster, editor, communications director, media spokesman and consultant, Ken is a seasoned editorial writer, communications strategist, publicist and media relations specialist. On behalf of Delta Media, he provides counsel and training to leaders in the media, cultural, education, government, transportation, security, environmental, health and industrial sectors. Ken’s training clients range from organizations such as Justice Canada and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to the Ottawa Citizen and the University of Ottawa. A former broadcast journalist with radio stations and networks in Alberta and Ontario, Ken is responsible for Delta Media's Communicate with Confidence Seminar Series, including customized training in Positive Media Relations, Powerful Presentation Skills, Strategic Communications Planning and Targeted Media Message development. Ken is a graduate of the University of Guelph (Ontario) and serves as an international judge for the International Association of Business Communicators’ Gold Quill Awards.
 

Laszlo Szabo, Senior Trainer

Laszlo has worked in the communications business, on both sides of the microphone, for over twenty-five years. He studied Journalism and Communications at Laval University in Quebec City, before joining the CBC as public affairs reporter in 1975. He also worked as a reporter with the Canadian Press news agency in Montreal. Beginning in 1980, he served two federal Ministers as press attaché and communications advisor and later held several management positions with the Canada Post Corporation, including senior spokesperson and divisional Manager of Communications. Laszlo regularly leads training seminars and workshops with a number of corporate and institutional clients including Justice Canada, the Canadian Police College and Emergency Preparedness Canada. Fluently bilingual, he also acts as media consultant to the Société des relationnistes policiers du Québec (SRPQ).

 
Timothy M. Kane, Chairman and CEO

Tim founded Delta Media following nearly two decades with leading advertisers, advertising and public relations agencies, as well as governments in Canada and abroad. He is recognized as a strategic and creative communications planner who is attuned to public and political environments.

In addition to his responsibilities as chairman of Delta Media Inc., Tim has served as chairman of the Americas region board of directors of the Worldcom Public Relations Group Inc. and is a former vice-chair of the global board of directors.

He was one of the first recipients of the Alumni of Distinction Awards given by St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario and was nominated in 2000 for the Ontario Premier's Award for outstanding contributions to his community and profession.

In 2001, following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, Tim was co-chair of the Canada Loves New York campaign in Ottawa. In 2002, he was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to Canada.

In 2007, Tim led the renewal of the National Press Club of Canada, and is currently president of the National Press Club of Canada Foundation. In 2008, Tim was honoured as the first inductee to the Algonquin College’s Media Hall of Fame in the public relations category.

Bernard Gauthier, Executive Counsel

A bilingual, creative communicator with proven management and strategic planning skills, backed by a post-graduate degree in communications and a diverse professional background, Bernard Gauthier leads Delta Media’s Strategic Communications Planning workshops and provides executive coaching in presentation skills and media relations to a range of clients. Bernard is a Professor of Public Relations at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He has more than 15 years of corporate communications and marketing experience, including more than five years as a lecturer and workshop leader.