Editorial Consultation. When you're uncertain what needs to be said or what form would be most effective, I can help you visualize your end result and organize the complexity. We can create an editorial concept and project design that serves your aims. Web gallery.
Business writing. When you know what you want to say, but it's clearer in your head than on paper, I can usually take an outline or a rough draft and transform it into an effective written presentation. We'll work on it together until it's exactly what you need. Web gallery.
Graphic design. When you need to communicate efficiently, images provide the "picture worth a thousand words." To be worth your investment, design must send your message without distraction. I value simplicity and directness, without decoration. Web gallery.
Information design. When you need to simplify the complex and communicate the essential, effective visual design can convey information that helps people grasp context, relationships, priorities, and significance. I can help you with elegant visual presentations. Web gallery.
Desktop publishing. When you need to publish on paper, the World Wide Web, or a CD, I can prepare your files and manage the production process using a print-on-demand shop, a Kinkos in your neighborhood, or a hosted application on the Web. Web gallery.
What I've been doing recently
• August 2010. Co-editor, The Soul of the Tribe, by David McCleskey; for The Silence Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, Pat Webb, Director.
2010. Edited the report of the qualitative study Sex Crimes and Public Protection in Arizona for the Investigative Research Group, Tempe, Arizona, Elizabeth Houde, Chair.
• May–July 2010. Wrote concept papers, procedures and progress reports for the ICA Global Archive Project. Institute of Cultural Affairs USA, Chicago, IL, Terry Bergdall, CEO.
Some interesting projects from previous years
October ’08—Creative direction, writing, editing and desktop publishing of Seven Minutes in Heaven?, a public information booklet for the Arizona Sexual Assault Network (AzSAN).
July ’08—Edited the Human Rights Sector Assessment prepared for USAID Russia by Process Consulting Company, Moscow.
March ’08—Edited the Strategic Review of the C.S. Mott Foundation Programs in Russia prepared for the C. S. Mott Foundation by Process Consulting Company, Moscow.
February ’08— Editing and writing for the Arizona Sexual Assault Network, Tempe, AZ.
January '08 — Edited an evaluation of two programs combating the worst forms of child labor in four Central Asian republics prepared for the International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva, by Process Consulting Company, Moscow.