Leslie Coutterand
Speaker / Moderator / Director / Producer
Former actress, Leslie is a speaker, moderator, director, producer, and activist. After living 14 years in the US, Leslie is now based in France. We have seen her, among other roles, in one of the lead roles in the series Julie Lescaut on TF1 (3 seasons), and on France 2 in the television series Déjà Vu (2 seasons), nominated for the best youth series in 2010 at the Festival de la Fiction Française de La Rochelle. She has also starred in several films with Bret Easton Ellis and is part of the cast of the American film "Larry Gaye" alongside Henry Wrinkler, Marcia Gaye Harden, and Stanley Tucci. Leslie has also produced short documentaries and advertisements for Nuro, SciFuture, Indeed, Google... and directed a mini-series of 6 episodes for BBC3 on social injunctions. After a long personal quest, Leslie left her acting career in 2016 and took a turn in her career to focus on projects that have a positive impact on our society and the planet. In 2017, she created, produced, and launched three environmental campaigns with iboycott.org and Friends of the Earth, calling on major French banks to divest from DAPL and invest in clean energy. Since then, Leslie has given three TEDx talks in France and the United States, and regularly speaks at international events on the impact of social conditioning and media on our personality and society. In addition to giving talks at various summits and festivals (Paris Dauphine, Indonesia Sustainable Energy Week, Digital Summit, W2day, Wonderlust USA, Paris Design Summit, Lift Conference by Saatchi & Saatchi, Think Forward Festival...), Leslie regularly hosts round tables (BPI France, Cannes Film Festival, The Summits, Axa, Women Helping Women and Autonomy...). In parallel, Leslie has also interviewed CEOs, the former Secretary of State for Ecological Transition, the presidents of the European business school EM Lyon and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, as well as various personalities for the media INfluencia. In 2022, Leslie spoke at the Indonesian Sustainable Energy Week and at the annual conference of the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations in New Delhi. During her talk, Leslie raised awareness among her audience about the social and environmental impact of social media. She is the founder of Flashworld Productions, a production company for podcasts and short films, based in Los Angeles, which aims to broaden our horizons, raise awareness of the environmental crisis, and deconstruct dominant toxic narratives.
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- Conference : 3000 €
- Animation : 5500 €
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REDEFINING SUCCESS IN A WORLD THAT NEEDS US
OUR CONCEPTION OF HAPPINESS CAN HARM US. TOGETHER, LET'S DECONSTRUCT OUR BELIEFS! Drawing on her personal journey, Leslie invites us to question our habits and behaviors, and to understand their impact on our well-being and on society. During this conference, we will explore the micro and macro impacts of social conditioning, both on an individual and collective level. We will discover how media and social networks shape our relationships, choices, and aspirations. In a context of climate crisis, economic uncertainty, and geopolitical imbalance, it is urgent to ask whether our conceptions of success and happiness are pushing us in the right direction or contributing to our harm. We will see how understanding the underlying needs behind our habits and behaviors could help us collectively redefine success and happiness, and thus imagine a more balanced, sustainable, and cooperative society. By reconnecting with our deep values, this conference provides us with concrete keys to provoke personal, social, and environmental changes, while helping us better understand ourselves.
DISCONNECTING TO RECONNECT BETTER
Living happily and finding meaning behind our screens Social networks are now part of our daily lives, and our smartphones have become an extension of our arms. Digital technology has dramatically changed the way we live, feel, and think. Constant advertisements, influencers, selfies, and posts from friends or strangers have a profound impact on our well-being, happiness, and choices. How can we discover who we are, develop self-love, and feel free to make our own choices if we are constantly conditioned by the media? With a touch of humor and a note of vulnerability, Leslie will help us create a balanced and healthy relationship with our phones. This conference is organized around 3 themes: Log out - Understanding the conditioning of social networks and media - Discovering the long-term impact of influencer posts and advertisements on ourselves - Decoding the selfie phenomenon Tune in - Identifying our needs, lacks, and childhood wounds and how they influence our use of social media - Understanding our addictions - Reconnecting with ourselves, others, and our environment with love and compassion Reset - Creating a personal guide to use social networks mindfully. - Learning to live in harmony with our phones Option: Interactive workshop - Deeply observing our own social media profiles, understanding the underlying messages of our posts, and discovering our level of addiction.