Work

The sections under work provide an overview of skills I offer and a glimpse of some projects I have executed.

Specifically you could hire me to:

• Improve the readability of a document: from proof reading and fixing typos in a last draft to substantive editing, reorganizing and rewriting a first draft
• Jazz up your text (off or on-line) and make it more fun to read
• Enhance an important power point presentation: tighten text and ensure flow, include attractive titles and subheads
• Write a fundraising proposal: this will likely involve staff consultation and a research component
• Pull together a concept paper
• Attend your conference or meeting and write a good report with a snappy executive summary
• Craft a factsheet, brochure, media release and other promotional material
• Adapt text to various media – for e.g. a report could be repackaged into a newsletter insert, blog entry, website content, excerpt for a fundraising letter
• Conduct interviews with your E.D., people who benefit from your organization's work, volunteers or Board Members, to add human interest to your website, newsletter or blog
• Write an evocative feature story about your project or issue, to use as part of your outreach materials
• Conceptualize a communication strategy for a project or give critical and constructive feedback on a developing strategy
• Develop a workshop for the issues you want to convey to the public. This could be delivered by a staff person, by me, or be co-facilitated
• Take care of communication needs that you wish you had the time and staff to get done (sometimes these can be small but effective measures that need not cost much)