User:Kimtaylorgalway
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Kim Taylor-Galway
A former television and radio broadcaster, Kim owns her own Media Communications company, Perfect 10 Communications, and entered Real Estate in 2005 the way many do: as a career change. As a tv/radio host for over 15 years (reporter for CNN Radio and weather forecaster for CBC NewsWorld, Anchor for The Weather Network and 680 News, a radio morning show-co host for a station in Ottawa) and president of her own media consulting company (for federal, provincial, municipal levels of government, Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, Schulich School of Business and others) Kim’s attraction to Real Estate was passionate and well-analyzed. She saw it as opportunity to carve out and be fully responsible for your own destiny, reaching to infinite heights to achieve your goals.
A die-hard communicator-at-heart, Kim is a Spokesperson for Your Community Realty, ranked statistically as Canada’s Largest Real Estate Company for Royal LePage.
Background on Kim Taylor-Galway: As an anchor for national television covering events during Prime Time on the night of 9/11; an All-News radio anchor during the first hours of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami; a host for live radio coverage of the Quebec Referendum of the mid-nineties….Kim’s insight into the world of media is first-hand. Having coached medical professionals in the “front lines” through SARS; Governments at various levels in preparation for Y2K and West Nile Virus - as well as other possible crises -Kim is rated as “a master in interviewing techniques and coaching”, and has been training professionals across Canada in Crisis Communication, Media Relations and Communication in Issues Management since 1999. Her over fifteen-years in radio and national television (i.e. CNNRadio, CBC Newsworld, The Weather Network, 680 News) have given her real-life experience, ranking her as one of Canada’s leading coaches in Communications. Not only does her media background include radio and television hosting; Public Service Announcement Coordinator; Researcher; Writer; Segment Producer and Celebrity Interviewer (i.e. Michael J. Fox, Drew Carrey). Also as a guest lecturer and key note speaker for organizations including Schulich School of Business and Seneca College School of Business, Kim has also worked with a long and diverse list of organizations across Canada, including:
• OCIPEP (formerly Emergency Preparedness Canada)
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade • Canadian Security Intelligence Service (C.S.I.S.) • Emergency Measures Ontario • Emergency Measures Newfoundland / Labrador • Point Lepreau Nuclear Power, New Brunswick • Alberta Public Works • Ontario Fire College • Level II Ontario Provincial Police Tactical Commanders
Authentic and personal perspectives also come from working with a number of prominent Ontario Hospitals; private industry and municipal government organizations in various departments. Clients learn through her personal experiences in crises like S.A.R.S, 9-11, Y2K, 1998 Ice Storm of Eastern Canada.