Strategic communications for technology, research and public affairs.

I help organizations work out what to say and how to say it—when the message is unclear, an important announcement is approaching or the stakes are rising.

Dov Smith advising colleagues during a strategic communications meeting

What I help with

Strategic Communications

Define what the organization needs to say, then express it clearly across media, executive communications, thought leadership and content.

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Issues & Crisis

Find risks early, prepare the people who will respond and help manage the communications when the situation is already moving.

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Media Training

Prepare executives, founders, researchers and spokespeople for the interviews and difficult questions they are likely to face.

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Experience

Experience you can draw on.

Major media experience

Organizations I represented appeared in AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNN, BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, 60 Minutes, Forbes, The Globe and Mail and leading specialist outlets.

International communications leadership

Six years as international spokesman and media lead at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

More than two decades in the field

More than two decades leading communications in-house and advising companies and institutions across technology, research, public affairs and diplomacy.

Direct involvement

I stay involved.

I do not hand off the assignment after the strategy is agreed. I write the materials, prepare the people involved and help carry the communications through.

Get in touch

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