Ben Quesnel
Communications & strategy consultant
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Other projects (Google)

Ben Quesnel is a seasoned communications and strategy consultant specializing in the ongoing revolution of alternative living. As a freelance professional, Ben helps the leaders and entrepreneurs fueling that change, by promoting alternative living solutions, such as: sustainability and circular economy, minimalism and tiny living, slow and conscious travel, vanlife and modern nomadism, ruralism and urban exodus

Other projects

 

Solar Impulse x Google — 2013-2016

Solar Impulse is the first solar-powered plane to have circumnavigated the world to date. Google was one of the main partners involved in the project, and I managed the relationship with the founders and their marketing and communications team. I participated in building their round-the-world digital strategy, and their messaging and promotion around the COP21 Paris Conference for Climate Change in December 2016, leading the team who designed the #FutureIsClean movement. For their final leg to Abi Dhabi, I managed Solar Impulse's presence on Google's properties - from YouTube Live, to live tracking with Google Maps API, to @Google posts on social media.

Google France inauguration — 2011

Inaugurating Google's France and South Europe headquarters, with over 850 high-level guests - including Chairman Eric Schmidt, Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mayor Bertrand Delanoë and three then Ministers. I co-led the event production, and led the demo area to show the impact of Google's products & services, and demonstrate our contribution to the French economy.

Native American Heritage Month (Google) — 2016

I managed Google's first external celebration of Native American Heritage Month, with a focus on culture and education as platforms for heritage preservation. In close collaboration with the Google American Indian Network, an internal group of Native googlers, we launched special content and features on Google Expeditions, Google Arts & Culture, YouTube and Google Play.

Celebrating award-winning Native author James Welch on Google's homepage, with the first-ever Native-themed Google Doodle

Celebrating award-winning Native author James Welch on Google's homepage, with the first-ever Native-themed Google Doodle

New York Times x Google — 2016

I led a media partnership with the New York Times' 36 Hours travel guides, for which we embedded Google Flights and Google Maps features, to enhance their readers' online experience.