On November 19, Jo Detavernier will give a two-hour online workshop on mastering media interviews for the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence. The Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence is an Australian strategic communication training center offering on-demand, virtual, and in-person professional development programs. These programs are grounded in global best practices and align with the ..read more

On 24 October 2024, Detavernier Strategic Communication organizes a webinar on how communication and marketing professionals can beest prepare their C-suite to media interviews. The webinar has been designed to help communication and marketing professionals better prepare their C-suite for media interviews. Jo Detavernier will lead the session, which will be divided into two parts ..read more

Jo Detavernier shared three important insights on evidence-based crisis communications on the vlog. The Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications is a Canadian crisis management training center that works closely with Vincent Covello. The centre offers real-time crisis communication assistance, tools, training, and workshops. The centre’s managing director and principal is Benjamin Morgan, a seasoned ..read more

On May 15, 2024, Jo Detavernier will conduct a PRSA Learning Webinar on evidence-based crisis communication. In the webinar, Jo will provide an introduction to established and emerging crisis communication research. Among the established theories he will discuss the Situational Crisis Communication Theory, as well as the Stealing Thunder Theory. The former is instructive about ..read more

Message maps are essential tools for spokespeople who need to prepare for media interviews. Spokespeople do well to carefully prepare the messages they want to convey in their media interviews in advance. If they fail to do so, the success of their media performance becomes dependent on the journalist asking the “right” questions, a strategy ..read more

Jo Detavernier will speak about evidence-based crisis communication at PRSA Houston’s PR Day. The annual edition of PRSA Houston’s PR Day will take place on 22 November this year. At this event, public relations and communications professionals of all levels and from all industries gather together during one day to learn from one another. PR ..read more

Jo Detavernier will be a speaker at this year’s Lets Talk Science summer school. Let’s Talk Science is an annual event at which Flemish universities and non-university institutes of higher education help their researchers hone their communicate skills. This year, event takes place from 4 to 6 July and is hosted by the Ghent University ..read more

W. Timothy Coombs and Sherry J. Holladay have released a new, second edition of the Handbook on Crisis Communication. Jo Detavernier has contributed a chapter on evidence-based crisis communication. The Handbook of Crisis Communication offers students, researchers, and practitioners a timely overview of the crisis communication field. Contributions by 50 scholars and practitioners demonstrate various ..read more

From June 4 to 11, HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium will lead an economic mission to Atlanta, New York City and Boston. Detavernier Strategic Communication will manage media relations for the mission in all three cities. With over 540 participants from 270 leading Belgian companies, this will be one of the largest Belgian trade missions ..read more

Jo Detavernier will talk about how crisis communications can become evidence-based at the upcoming Crisis Comms Mastery virtual summit. From March 24 until March 26, crisis communications experts will once more share their insights on how to prepare for, respond to and resolve a crisis like a PR master. From having the right tools, to ..read more