“I love the writing process; I love how thoughts build on one another to create a powerful image. I will listen carefully and work with you to create powerful text that reflects your purpose and audience.” -Louise
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From 7-word taglines to 100+ page manuals, here is a sampling of my written projects and clients:
 Manuals
- Revised, updated and expanded a volunteer management/program administration resource manual for a provincial volunteer initiative - Ontario Public Health Association - Nutrition Resource Centre
Training Guides
- Developed training guide on plain language writing (with accompanying PowerPoint presentation) and delivered training to Volunteer Canada staff – Volunteer Canada
- Key findings of Statistic Canada's 2000 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (plus train the trainer session for Volunteer Centre Training Network and United Way VLD Trainers Network about the resource) - Volunteer Canada
- Series of five comprehensive training guides on current volunteer management ‘hot topics’ used nationally by volunteer centres to train non-profit organizations - Volunteer Canada
Online Writing
- Reworked the National Volunteer Week and Canada Volunteerism Initiative sections of www.volunteer.ca to make it more accessible, readable and consistent for an online audience - Volunteer Canada
- Regular Cover Story contributor to CharityVillage.com's Village Vibes (distributed to more than 2 600 subscribers across Canada and internationally plus viewed directly from the website that receives more than 1 million hits per day) - CharityVillage.com
- Adapted a hard copy resource to be accessed electronically - Ontario Public Health Association, Nutrition Resource Centre
- Developed document template, online writing considerations, glossary and style guide resource as well as 100+ introductory screens for the re-launched www.volunteer.ca (Canada’s site for information on volunteering) - Volunteer Canada
Promotional Materials
- Campaign brochure for new bursary fund - St. Lawrence College Development Office
- Promotional copy for radio, print, flyers/brochures - Chair, Public Relations Committee, Kingston Christian School
- Copyright-free articles for National Volunteer Week, Global Youth Service Day and the I WILL Volunteer Campaign - Volunteer Canada
- "How To/Why To" resources for national volunteer centres to promote national volunteer events and the resources available for each - Volunteer Canada
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