Last Thursday the Launceston Country Club Casino held its first comedy night: Comedy Central LOL, at Tonic Bar. It was exciting to be part of the line-up to do some stand-up comedy in a different town. The Tonic Bar is
Red Jelly – various wordsmithing tasks
I’ve been working with Hobart marketing company Red Jelly, writing copy for corporate newsletters and editing documents. My bent for all things technical or scientific is allowing me to help lots of their clients. I confess I love the variety.
Newsletter about natural resource management
I had a great time writing the Winter 2011 edition of NRM South‘s newsletter. It’s aimed at people who work in the natural resource management area. All of the topics were fascinating and I enjoyed talking to people whose work
Comedy Bites – stand-up performance recorded by ABC radio
20 June 2011: I performed stand-up comedy in the Comedy Bites show in Hobart. This was recorded by ABC 936 Hobart and broadcast on 5 July 2011. The show was set up to showcase Tasmanian comedians and proceeds went towards
Training material for Finance One implementation
In 2010 the University of Tasmania employed me and Bruce Ransley of Impress: clear communication to determine their training requirements for implementation of their new financial software package, Finance One. We assessed the needs of each user group, helped the
Preventing the spread of freshwater pests and pathogens
In 2009 I did a structural edit and proofread of a freshwater field hygiene document for NRM South. I reviewed existing material and proposed graphical summaries to explain key concepts to the main audiences. I also drafted text and concepts
Structuring, writing and editing report on ICT Strategic Guidelines
In 2009 and 2010 I helped prepare, write and edit strategic guidelines for DEEWR. These were intended to help Australian schools to incorporate ICT into teaching, learning and administration. The guidelines included case studies of good practice. This work was
Improving the way policy recommendations are written
DPAC employed me and Bruce Ransley (Impress: clear communication) in 2010 to develop a training course to teach their policy advisors how to use a new framework for writing/evaluating policy. This was a pilot project and the training was developed
Climate change case studies for LGAT
In 2010 I interviewed representatives from local Tasmanian councils and wrote case studies about their climate change projects for an LGAT publication. This was fascinating and very encouraging, from a personal perspective. This work was done with Bruce Ransley of
Editing and proofing marketing material for politician
Edited and proofread various letters and marketing material for a local Tasmanian politician. Enough said.