Portfolio
Ensuring the accuracy, clarity and integrity of your message
This portfolio is a work in progress, so you can expect to see a lot of changes and additions each time you visit the website. There are many items that I have worked on that cannot be included here for various reasons (such as copyright, ownership, availability, etc.). Contact me if you would like more information about my services and how I can help you with your content.
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| Websites (writing and developing content) |
| Canada Shelving |
| English Garden |
| Fitness Personnel |
| Gold Standard Casino |
| Permacharts |
| Plastmade |
| Prime Line Water Systems |
| Rated Gambling |
| Renbor Sales Solutions |
| RTI Global |
| Websites (copy editing, proofreading and quality assurance) |
| 2004 Toronto International Film Festival |
| Canadian Business MLS |
| Jobboom |
| Kraft Canada |
| Micasa |
| VivLender.com |
| Quick Reference Guides (writing, copy editing, research) |
| During my involvement as Managing Editor with Permacharts, I wrote, developed and/or edited over 300 different titles. Check out the Permacharts website for a complete list; several samples are listed below. |
| ADR |
| Basic Plumbing |
| Excel 2000 for Windows |
| Mentoring |
| Training & Development (Academy of Learning) |
| Access 2003 (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| ACCPAC AP, AR, GL, I/C, OE (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Customer Service (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Dreamweaver MX 2004 (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Excel 2003 (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Fundamentals of Insurance (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Job Search & Resume Writing (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| PowerPoint 2003 (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Simply Accounting (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Word 2003 (stylistic, structural, copy editing) |
| Training & Development (execuKits) |
| Avoiding Sales Traps (writing) |
| Becoming a Key Account Manager (writing) |
| Changing Successfully (writing) |
| Creating Effective Business Proposals (writing) |
| Fundamentals of Sales Management (writing) |
| Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management (writing) |
| Leading to Win (writing) |
| Leading Up (writing) |
| Leading with Ideas (writing) |
| Selling as Customers Buy (writing) |
| SPIN Selling (writing) |
| Succeeding Through Adversity (writing) |
| Magazines, Newsletters & Articles |
| Buying a Dictionary article (writing) |
| Canada's Foodservice News news briefs (writing) |
| Canadian Property Management magazine, Vol. 20 No. 7 Nov. 2005 (coordinating, writing and editing Supplement for the 2005 BOMA Canada National Awards) |
| CM&E 2005 #1 Source Guide (coordinating, writing and editing Speakers Supplement) |
| Cram This! (wrote a weekly newsletter for a publishing company - one sample included) |
| Email Etiquette article, Big Times newsletter (writing) |
| Getting the Reader's Attention article (writing) |
| Metroscope article on John Woo (writing) |
| Midtown Voice editorial (writing) |
| Put an extra plate out, Beaches Living Guide (writing) |
| REMI Awards 2005 writeup, CMA Magazine (writing) |
| Revising a Document article (writing) |
| Veterinary compounding newsletter (writing) |
| When you want the best, ask an expert, Beaches Living Guide (writing) |
| Where's the beef? Ask Ernie, Beaches Living Guide (writing) |
| The Writer's Block (copy editing) |
| - December 2005 / October 2005 / August 2005 / July 2005 / June 2005 / March 2005 / February 2005 / December 2004 |
| Brochures & Marketing Materials |
| Canadian Real Estate Income Tax Guide (copy editing) |
| Canadian Wealth Management Guide (copy editing) |
| Conscious Competence: A Skills Training Program for Mentoring Persons with Learning Disabilities guide (copy editing, stylistic editing, rewriting) |
| Crisis Response Service Standards brochure (proofreading) |
| Everest brochure (proofreading) |
| Exhibits International brochure (copy editing) |
| Fujifilm brochures & flyers (writing) |
| How to Become a Doctor in Ontario brochure (proofreading) |
| Intensive Case Management Service Standards brochure (proofreading) |
| Northern Ontario Travel Grants brochure (proofreading) |
| Permacharts brochure (writing) |
| Permacharts Professional Development Learning Tools brochure (writing) |
| Tilley brochure (proofreading) |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers album (copy editing) |
| Advertisements |
| Hyundai advertisements (proofreading) |
| Permacharts "Can I borrow your notes?" advertisement (writing) |
| Solve Your Computer Training web ad (writing) |
| E-mails, Letters & Press Releases |
| Beaches Living Guide e-mail blast (writing) |
| NACS letter (writing) |
| Permacharts press release (writing) |
| Education and Reference (Math included) |
| Asking Better Questions (index) |
| The Arts Go To School (index) |
| Bullied Teacher, Bullied Student (index) |
| Canada and the Nobel Prize (index, proofreading) |
| Canada’s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation (copy editing, index, writing Paul Martin's biography page) |
| Contemporary Accounting Research (copy editing) |
| Early Literacy Fundamentals (index) |
| Essay Essentials 4e (writing - essay) |
| Essay Writing (index) |
| Evaluating Students (index) |
| Family Literacy Experiences (index) |
| Grammarama! (index) |
| Informal Assessment Strategies (index) |
| Keep Cool! Strategies for Managing Anger at School (index) |
| Literacy Techniques (index) |
| Making Words Stick (index) |
| Math in Context 9 (copy editing, question/answer verification, research, index) |
| Mathematics 9 Computerized Test Bank (copy editing, question/answer verification) |
| The Novel Experience (index) |
| Powerful Presentations (index) |
| The Reading Edge (index) |
| Reading Power (index) |
| Real Life Literacy (index) |
| Seven Steps to Successful Writing (index) |
| Show Me How To Learn: Key Strategies and Powerful Techniques That Promote Cooperative Learning (index) |
| Smart Tests: Teacher-made Tests That Help Students Learn (index) |
| Speak, Listen, and Learn: Building Speaking, Discussion, and Presentation Skills in Every Classroom (index) |
| Student Diversity, 2nd Ed. (index) |
| Tutoring Adolescent Readers (index) |
| Writing Every Day: Reading, Writing, and Conferencing Using Student-Led Language Experiences (index) |
| Yes, But... if they like it, they'll learn it! (index) |
| Books (Non-fiction) |
| Hockey-ology (structural editing, stylistic editing, copy editing - see edited version) |
| Fighting Fatigue and Sleepiness (copy editing) |
| The Market is Always Right (writing - business summary) |
| On Time Retirement (proofreading) |
| Displays & Presentations |
| Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre displays (proofreading) |