From the first idea to the published result
The work runs from research and writing to a finished, printed publication. Most clients use me for a few of these; some hand me the whole job. Design, layout and websites are delivered with trusted partners.
Reports & publications
Need an annual report, a conference report, an organisational profile or a strategy document? Outsource the whole thing. I coordinate, write and oversee the entire publication from concept to completion — drafting Chairperson and CEO prefaces, writing and editing the content, briefing the designers, and managing budget, timeframes and print quality.
Universities, higher-education bodies and institutions with a story to prove.
What you get
- Annual & conference reports (concept to print)
- Organisational profiles & strategy documents
- Preface & stakeholder message drafting
- Briefing the design partner & managing the build
- Print & quality management
Writing & editing
Words are the work. Opinion pieces and media articles, speeches, briefing notes, concept papers and programme materials — written and edited to be thoughtful without being inflated, persuasive without being pompous, and analytical without becoming unreadable.
Leaders and organisations with something important to say.
What you get
- Opinion pieces & media articles
- Speeches & talking points
- Briefing notes & concept papers
- Editing & proofreading
- Programme & web copy
Research & sense-making
The quieter, harder task: making sense of discussions, interviews, workshops and institutional processes, and turning them into coherent reports that capture both the detail and the larger story. I'm comfortable working from recordings, notes, strategy sessions and incomplete drafts.
Institutions that need their thinking captured and made usable.
What you get
- Interview & workshop write-ups
- Conference & event reporting
- Research, analysis & synthesis
- Institutional memory & documentation
- Strategy-session reports
Communications & advocacy
Higher-education communication and advocacy: working out what an institution needs to say, to whom and why — then giving it shape across programme documentation, messaging and public-facing communication that makes a policy issue or institutional process accessible.
The higher-education sector and mission-driven organisations.
What you get
- Communications & advocacy strategy
- Messaging & positioning
- Programme documentation
- Stakeholder & public communication
- Web & campaign copy
Curriculum & learning design
Learning materials that are accurate, humane, accessible and usable in the real world. Built on long experience in HIV-prevention and sexual & reproductive health education — from curricula and facilitator manuals to online learning that trained hundreds of youth facilitators across South Africa.
Education, health and youth-development organisations.
What you get
- Curricula & facilitator manuals
- Mentor & training guides
- HIV / health-education resources
- Online learning & LMS design
- Brochures, posters & toolkits
Design, layout & web
My craft is the words, the research and the structure. When a job needs design, layout or a website, I bring in trusted partners and manage the brief — so you still deal with one person and get a finished result. (This very site was built with Pinkie & the Brain.)
Have something to say? Let's make sure it's understood.
Tell me what you're working on. I'll give you an honest view of how I can help — and what it takes to get it done.