Danny Devriendt

Current

• Director at Porter Novelli

Past

• Account Director at Porter Novelli
• journalist/ (chief) editor at Radio - Print - TV

Education

• Omnicom University
• Reno/Catho

Recommended

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Connections

425 connections

Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Websites

• My Blog
• toplinked

Danny Devriendt’s Summary

After six years working as a journalist for radio, TV and print, I started working as a communications and PR consultant. I have over 10 years of experience in international b-to-b and b-to-c communications in Technology and Corporate environments.

I conducted over 280 international media training sessions, and a plethora of speaker- and presentation skill training sessions, mostly on top-management level.
Organising and managing public relations, events and conference content management, internal/external communication plans, and business centered communications are amongst my key capabilities.
I am also a dab hand in finding creative audio-visual support for events and key-notes.
As a communication 3.0 specialist, I integrate the classic ways of communicating with the exciting new possibilities of interactive media. Blogs, podcasts and online communities are my online habitat. www.heliade.net

Danny Devriendt’s Specialties:

Web 2.0 communication guidance. Online social networking. Speaker (modern communication techniques, Web 2.0, Communication 3.0); Communication consultancy, crisis communication, media training, speaker training, Agogics (the social science relating to the promotion of personal, social and cultural welfare)
Communication 3.0 techniques: viral comms, guerilla PR, blogs and online community influencing

Danny Devriendt’s Experience

• Director

  Porter Novelli

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

  Global lead wireless and mobile technologies @ Porter Novelli
  Director of Porter Novelli Brussels European technology hub
  Director of persuasive technologies, Porter Novelli Belgium
  Communication 3.0 rainmaker

• Account Director

  Porter Novelli

  (Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  1999 — November 2006 (7 years )

  Holds a clientportfolio in communications consultancy, running pan-european and local accounts. Heads the technology practice @ Porter Novelli Brussels.
  
  Fields of experience are: ICT, crisis communications, marketing communications, media relations, agogics, speaker training and media training for IT, B2B or B2C.
  
  Specialised in Media Training, giving in depth media training to a broad portfolio of clients. Some references are: 3M, Thomson Multimedia, Duracell, Pro Logis, Tele Atlas, Steel 24/7, Cyberonics, Capco, Recupel, Cargill, Isvag, Marlow Foods, Deloitte & Touch, Ciba, Gillette, Gyproc, Bluetooth …

• journalist/ (chief) editor

  Radio - Print - TV

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  1992 — 1999 (7 years )

  Journalist/(chief) editor, covering on tech, lifestyle and socio-economic news. National Radio correspondent and news editor (Radio2); Dailies (Het Volk, Het Nieuwsblad, La Libre Belgique), Weeklies and monthlies (Roularta Media Group Le Grand Boulevard); TV (Focus TElevision, Meridian Broadcast Group).

Danny Devriendt’s Education

• Omnicom University

  Advanced Management Program 2007

  Omnicom University is Omnicom's in-house global leadership development faculty. It forms the core of Omnicom's commitment to attract, retain and motivate talent. Created in 1995 by Tom Watson, Vice Chairman Emeritus of Omnicom Group, in conjunction with then Harvard Business School professor Len Schlesinger, Omnicom University is regarded as one of the world's foremost executive education experiences. Traditionally taught at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts, the program was extended to Vevey, Switzerland in 2005.

• Reno/Catho

  Educational Science and Agogics

  Was a journalist for six years. Portfolio included several Belgian Newspapers (ex. Het Volk, La Libre Belgique) and various publications (De Krant van West-VLaanderen, de Zeewacht, Focus Television, Steps,…) of the Roularta Media Group, being chief-editor for a couple of them. Freelancer for the Meridian News service in the UK, co-founder/chief editor of Le Grand Boulevard, a stylish monthly news magazine.
  Worked for the news desk of the Belgian National Radio, Radio 2. Specialised in ICT, lifestyle and socio-economic news

  Activities and Societies:

  Debate Team, Improvisation League, Volleyball

Additional Information

Danny Devriendt’s Websites:

• My Blog
• toplinked

Danny Devriendt’s Groups:

Member of the Bluetooth SIG

•    Executive Suite
•    E-Marketing Belgium
•    Killer Idea Developers (KID)
•    Wireless Jobs
•    Web 2.0
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    NetworkingPros
•    Guerrilla Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
•    Consultants Network
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    Trainer: A Value Has A Value If and Only If Its Value is Valued
•    ThoseinMedia
•    The DaVinci Group
•    Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Meetup Group
•    Online Media Professionals Benelux
•    web 3.0
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    Belgian Information Network
•    European Internet Professionals
•    Marketing 2.0 Community
•    Web based marketing solutions
•    Belgium Business and Professional Network
•    Europe 2.0 - web 2.0, startups, funding, & entrepreneurship in Europe
•    Aviation IT & Flight Technology
•    Linked Journalists
•    Communicatie, Pers en Voorlichting
•    Tech Journalist Worldwire
•    Bluetooth SIG Members
•    Porter Novelli Alumni
•    Business/IT FUSION
•    THE PUB
•    Social Media Professionals Benelux
•    Professional Bloggers
•    WPAN World

Danny Devriendt’s Honors:

Led the Bluetooth communications team @ Porter Novelli Brussels, who in 2004 received from the International Public Relations Association recognition for contribution to excellence in Public Relations practice, for our work with the Bluetooth SIG.

Led the Brussels based communications team, who received the global 3I award for achieving the highest standards of research, planning, creativity, execution and evaluation for our work with the Bluetooth SIG 2004.

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