The Written Word
- Website copywriting & editing
- Publications: annual reports, newsletters (electronic & print), position papers, brochures, marketing materials, presentation materials (PowerPoint), speech writing
- Employee communications: motivational materials, newsletters, employee manuals
- Writing in support of fund raising and development: creation of case statements, annual reports, donor updates, letter writing, speech writing
- Proofreading & editing (electronic & print)
- Obtaining competitive bids, advising on choice of a vendor, and print production supervision of outside vendors
- Writer/editor with special expertise in healthcare and legal matters
- Writing for the Web
- Grant and RFP writing
- Advertising copywriting
- Food writer
- Resumé writing & design
Long and Short-Term Planning
- Develop communication and marketing strategies
- Implement communication and marketing strategies (and supervise in-house teams)
- Meeting facilitation and team building
For Image Building
- Consultation on branding and name-recognition strategies
- Advertising creation and coordination with outside vendors
- Advertising placement consultation
- Template development for PowerPoint presentations
- Art direction, consultation, and coordination of photography
- Resumé writing & design
To Educate
- Basic business writing skills
- Basic business telephone skills
- Develop internal communications and writing standards
- Create communications manuals to insure consistency and adherence to branding guidelines
Additional Skills
- Public and media relations
- Crisis communication and media coaching
- Creative and art direction
- Graphic design and desktop publishing
- Print purchasing and production supervision
- Project management
- Public speaking
- Meeting facilitation
- Photography
- Special event planning and execution
- Use of rapid-cycle improvement tools and techniques
- Problem-solving
- Computer skills: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Adobe InDesign, PageMaker, Excel, Microsoft Project Management, Constant Contact
“Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals