Writing, editing and ghostwriting

  • Community, Culture, Commerce: The Intermediary in Design and Creative Industries‘, by Jock McQueenie, Marcus Foth, and Greg Hearn (Palgrave Macmillan 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7889-2) – copy editing
  • ‘The Leadership Path: A Guide for Leading Yourself, Your Team and Your Organisation’, by Blake Repine – working alongside Blake to write his second book about leadership
  • Tweed Shire Council – plain English certification of the Drought and Water Restrictions Policy; Tweed achieved Gold Certification under PlainLanguagePro; download the policy assessment
  • Department of Agriculture and Fisheries – ‘Case study guide for extension officers’ – a ‘how to’ guide about case studies; available at the DAF website
  • Tweed Shire Council – plain English website certification; Tweed Council’s website achieved Gold Certification under PlainLanguagePro; download the website assessment
  • Central Queensland University, Office of Indigenous Engagement – editing documents relating to the ‘First Nations Community Engagement Industry Guide’
  • Women in Leadership Program, Queensland University of Technology – editing academic papers under a grants program for researchers
  • Risk Mentor – writing and editing of various case studies and project reports
  • ‘It’s Your World. I’m Just Living In It.’ by Ant Hanna – working alongside Ant to finalise his memoir
  • ‘Unified Theory of Business Strategy’ by Dr Rod Samimi (published by Sentinel 9) – working alongside Rod to write and produce his book about business strategy
  • ‘Soldier to Executive: Applying Army Leadership Principles to the Corporate World’ by Blake Repine – working alongside Blake to write his book about leadership
  • Logan City Council – plain English editing of website content as part of a plain language certification project; Logan’s website achieved Gold Certification under PlainLanguagePro; download the website assessment
  • Queensland Audit Office – editing of reports
  • Australian Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (QUT) – plain English review of a questionnaire
  • Seqwater – report editing
  • QFleet – editing the QFleet Fleet Utilisation Standard
  • Council on the Ageing (Queensland) – various writing projects including writing, consultation and research for their Access and Inclusion Framework
  • Office of the Commonwealth Games – writing a submission for the 2018 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. The Office of the Commonwealth Games and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Organising Corporation were joint winners of the 2018 Premier’s Reconciliation Award and received a Highly Commended Award in the Partnership Category for delivering the GC2018 Reconciliation Action Plan
  • Queensland Fire and Emergency Services  – writing internal policy documents
  • Queensland College of Teachers – writing and editing policy guidelines and public information sheets
  • Building Queensland – structural editing of the Business Case Framework documents
  • Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships – editing the Annual Report
  • Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast PHN – writing a regional planning document
  • P&Cs Queensland – structural editing of the P&Cs Guide
  • Wide Bay HHS – writing a strategic plan
  • Project 4 Change – writing promotional materials
  • Queensland Inspector-General Emergency Management – editing the Review of the Effectiveness of the State Disaster Management Plan and its Implementation
  • Yatdjuligin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care in Australia’  structural and copy editing of authors’ contributions for an undergraduate-level nursing textbook edited by Bronwyn Fredericks and Odette Best, and published by Cambridge University Press (this book was awarded Best Tertiary (Wholly Australian) Teaching and Learning Resource by the Australian Publishers Association Educational Publishing Awards 2015)
  • ‘Our stories: Innovation Fund and Local System Reform Projects 2016’ – a series of articles profiling the work of North Brisbane Partners in Recovery, published in print and online (available here)
  • PhD candidates at Queensland University of Technology and The University of Queensland – thesis editing
  • Individual academic staff at Queensland University of Technology, Australian Catholic University, and Central Queensland University – copy editing of academic research papers prior to publication

Research and facilitation

  • QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute – facilitating two citizens’ juries about sun safety and vitamin D (published in Health Promotion Journal of Australia, DOI: 10.1002/hjpa.786)
  • Australian Media Literacy Alliance – facilitating a Brisbane workshop about media literacy
  • Griffith University & Prince Charles Hospital – facilitating an online citizens’ jury over 4 days, convened to consider research priorities for stroke rehabilitation
  • Griffith University & RBWH – facilitating and analysing the qualitative component of the AusHSI-funded research project Implementing Economic Modelling to Improve Service Planning
  • Centre for Health Services Research, UQ – facilitating part of a workshop about telehealth
  • Digital Media Research Centre  planning and facilitating the event Researching Solutions for Digital Ability in Australian Communities
  • Diabetes Australia – facilitating a one-day planning session for Diabetes Australia and its state-based organisations as part of the shift to national consistency under the NDSS
  • Saliva Translational Research Group, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation – facilitating a conference think tank

Training for groups and individuals

  • Department of Agriculture and Fisheries – training for extension officers in writing case studies
  • Tenants Queensland – organisational writing training for tenancy advice workers
  • Women in STEMM, QUT facilitated the academic women’s 2-day writing retreat (2018 to 2021)
  • Policy Skills – co-facilitate the 2-day workshop Developing and communicating sound organisational policies and procedures (with Nonie Malone)
  • Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (QUT) – grant-writing workshop for researchers
  • Variety (The Children’s Charity) lunch-time writing refreshers (5 x 90-minute sessions)
  • Queensland State Archives – a series of one-day workshops about workplace writing
  • Queensland Rail – workshops about workplace writing for staff in the Environment Team (2016, 12-hour program) and staff in WHS Strategy (2017, 16-hour program)
  • Department of Environment and Science – regular workshops about workplace writing (since 2013)
  • Wet Tropics Management Authority – workplace writing training (2019)
  • Department of Transport and Main Roads – workplace writing training (2019)
  • Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing – a series of 1-day and 2-day workshops about workplace writing, delivered to staff throughout Queensland (2014-2017)
  • Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing a one-day, advanced program for staff interested in further developing their writing and editing skills
  • Greater Graduate Program (Queensland Government) – a 1-day workshop about workplace writing (2014-2017)
  • Queensland Business Writers’ Conference 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 (organised by Lexi Communications) presented various sessions about workplace writing (including document structure, reader focus, simplifying sentences, and moving beyond the first draft)
  • Central Queensland University, Office of Indigenous Engagement – a 1-day workshop about workplace writing for professional staff
  • Queensland University of Technology, Science and Engineering Faculty – a series of 6 x 2-hour workshops about workplace writing for professional staff
  • Department of Education, Training and Employment, Office for Early Childhood Education and Care – a series of 1-day workshops about report writing for staff involved in the quality assessment of early childhood services throughout Queensland
  • Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning – a series of 4 x 2-hour workshops about workplace writing for staff across the department
  • Queensland Health, Public Health Unit – a series if 4 x 2-hour workplace writing workshops, plus a short workshop for senior managers