Andrew Kan grew TubeBuddy's YouTube channel from 6,000 to 530,000+ subscribers as their first full-time hire, and has helped earn 12+ YouTube Play Buttons across the channels he has worked on. As YouTube & Video Manager he helped lead YouTube strategy for the Salesforce Careers YouTube channel, and while at TubeBuddy he contributed to YouTube strategy for Fox Sports, BBC, and Paramount. He co-founded the Kan Do Creators Community and still runs the group coaching calls and thumbnail reviews himself. He is a fit for creator conferences, content markets, brand and marketing teams, and education events that want tested strategy rather than theory. His full background is on the KDCC team page.

His signature talk is What YouTube's Algorithm Wants: Metadata, FAST Channels, and the TV Content Opportunity, on why YouTube has quietly become a free ad-supported television destination while most creators and rights holders still make video for a phone. He also speaks on YouTube growth, built from the KANDO Method he created, plus building a creator business before the Partner Program and what brands get wrong about the platform. Audiences leave able to do specific things: write metadata a recommendation system can use, read impressions click-through rate without guessing, rewrite a title and thumbnail that are fighting each other. Every session is rebuilt around your audience, and custom topics are welcome. See the full list in speaking topics.

Run times are 30, 45, 60, 90, or 120 minutes. The most common booking is 45 minutes plus 15 minutes of questions. Formats are conference talk, panel as host or as speaker, moderated fireside chat, workshop, mentor session, on-camera interview, podcast, and virtual or remote. He can moderate a panel or host a fireside conversation rather than present solo. Full details, including bios and AV, are in the resources for event organizers.

In June 2026 he was Lead Speaker at the 20th International Busan Content Market at BEXCO in South Korea, in a fireside chat moderated by Sophia Lee of Earl Grid Inc., and spoke the following morning at the 3rd SUITE Forum at Korea University in Seoul, hosted by the SUITE Lab and moderated by Professor Seongcheol Kim. He has spoken and hosted panels at VidSummit, Vlog Summit, and Video Marketing World, and mentors creators at VidCon and Adobe MAX, across 50+ creator events online and in person. Audiences range from hands-on workshops and team trainings to conference rooms and main stages. The Korea sessions are written up in full in what a booking looks like.

Yes to both. Andrew Kan speaks in person, virtually, or hybrid, and travels internationally. Virtual sessions run from his own studio and can be delivered live or as a moderated fireside or interview, with the same customization as an in-person talk.

He brings his own gear and presents from a MacBook Pro, so the venue needs a screen or projector reachable by HDMI or USB-C, and a lapel or handheld microphone. Confirming the display aspect ratio in advance matters, because the deck gets built for your screen rather than letterboxed on the day. A confidence monitor is welcome but not required. Full travel and AV notes sit in the resources for event organizers, alongside bios at three lengths and an introduction written to be read aloud.

Usually yes, and it gets agreed in writing before the event rather than settled on the day. Andrew Kan asks for a copy of the recording, or a short excerpt, for his own site. That is normally straightforward, since a clip of your event circulating tends to help you as much as him. Raise it in the booking form and it will be covered up front.

Earlier is better, and there is no hard cutoff. Sessions get rebuilt around your audience rather than pulled off a shelf, so more lead time means more of that work happens before the week of the event. International dates need longer for travel. If your event is close, ask anyway. Availability is the only real constraint.

The fee depends on format, run time, location, and travel. Virtual sessions cost less than in person. International dates carry travel and accommodation on top of the fee. Workshops sit above conference talks because of the preparation involved. Share your event in the booking form, including a budget range if you have one, and you will get availability and a number within 24 to 48 hours. A budget that is honest about its ceiling saves everyone a round of email. If a session is not the right shape for you, one to one YouTube consulting is a separate service.

Use the booking form on this page. Include your event name, date, location, audience size, preferred format, and what you want the room doing differently afterwards. Andrew Kan or his team replies to genuine inquiries within 24 to 48 hours, usually with questions about your audience and your run time. For anything that is not a booking, use contact The KDCC.