Past Performance
View past performance plain language writing and editing work samples. One hour and half-day training session summaries available upon request.
Plain language writing and editing services
Digital content
- Airspace Non-cooperative Surveillance Radar (ANSR) Overview – content developer and writer/editor
- Mode S Beacon Replacement System (MSBRS) Radar Overview – content developer and writer/editor
- Terminal and Enroute Surveillance Technical Refresh Portfolio (TES TRP) Radar Sustainment Program – content developer and writer/editor
- Secretary of Commerce Approves Disaster Declarations in 4 U.S. Commercial Fisheries – agency news writer
- Janet Coit Named NOAA Fisheries Assistant Administrator – agency news writer
- NOAA Scientists Virtually Discover New Species of Comb Jelly Near Puerto Rico – agency news writer and editor
- Endangered Species Day and Week – writer and editor and content marketing strategist for annual agency campaign, including leadership content
- Sea Turtle Day and Week – writer and editor and content marketing strategist for annual agency campaign, including leadership content
- Saving Endangered Species: There’s a Patch for That
– agency news writer and editor - Earn the Endangered Species Patch
– agency news writer and editor - Recovering Threatened and Endangered Species: Report to Congress 2017–2018 – agency report announcement, highlights and updates
Profiles and case studies
- Saving Money and Marsh Along Galveston Bay, Texas – program profile and project case study writer and editor
- Plain language supports science communication – plain language case study article writer and editor
- Meet Jonathan Molineaux, Fisheries Biologist – agency diversity program announcement and profile writer and editor
Guides, books, and how-to articles
- Backpack Kids: The Safety Planning Checklist for Overseas Travel – iPhone app writer and editor for this online guide for parents, teachers, and volunteer leaders planning international travel with children.
- Hello USA: An Everyday Guide for International Residents – second edition editor for this guidebook for new U.S. residents
- A Parent’s Guide to International Schools (pdf) – how to article writer and editor
- How to Adopt Internationally (pdf) – how to article writer and editor
- Home Leave is no Vacation – how to article writer and editor, re-printed by the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide
- What to Know Before You Go (pdf) – how to article writer and editor
- When the U.S. is Your Foreign Destination (pdf) – how to article writer and editor
Plain language training services
Developed and delivered plain language training sessions for scientists, engineers, senior executives, and administrative staff. They learned to apply plain language guidelines to their daily work to improve their business communication skills. Each session was strategically designed to align with business goals and included pre-training assessment, real-world examples, interactive exercises, and post-training evaluation. Sessions delivered in-person and virtually for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as well as the Federal Aviation Administration.
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