• Need a shot in the arm to energize your team? I offer workshops of 1-5 days on how to write stories, policy papers, grant proposals, and more. Other topics include arts & culture, strategy, and editorial mission. We’ll have fun and your team will finish the workshop with ideas, tools, and fresh enthusiasm.

  • I’ll help build the comms skills of your team over time. Over the course of 1-6 months, I’ll provide ongoing webinars and coaching in writing, editing, and comms strategy. As a result, your team will perform at a higher level — raising more money and reaching more people.

  • Want to get your team rowing more in the same direction? I’ll work with your team to create an editorial mission statement, devise a strategy, or refresh what you already have. The process is participatory, and the result is a plan that your team is excited about and invested in.

  • Do you have another need — or dream — that you don’t see listed here? Get in touch, we’ll talk about what you want to achieve and how I might help. I’m always happy to chat, regardless of whether we decide to work together.

COMMS SERVICES

With my help, your staff will be better equipped to build support and boost impact.

I offer communications webinars, workshops, courses, coaching, and residencies to UN agencies and other organizations.

I’ve given trainings in person and online for UN staff around the world.

I tailor all my work to fit your needs, your schedule, and your budget. I can incorporate AI tools into any workshop.

CONTACT ME

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SPEECH-WRITING

Most speeches are forgettable. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to write more memorable speeches by using theme, structure, rhetoric, and stories. Along the way, you’ll also learn tips on how to simplify your statistics, use plain speech, and start and finish strong. This session also covers what information you’ll need to get in order to write speeches for other people.

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OP-EDS

When crafting an opinion piece, many writers put in too much information and not enough opinion. We’ll look at examples of great and not-so-great op-eds, and explore what’s special about your perspective, how to connect your opinion to current events, and why the reader should care. Participants will outline their own op-eds and receive follow-up support to finish them.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

You’re an expert in your issue area, but sometimes you don’t know how to talk about it in public. In this workshop, we’ll do exercises to help you improve your speeches and media interviews. We’ll practice using voice, facial expressions, and body language, and we’ll cover how to understand audiences and journalists. This workshop can be paired with the one on speech-writing.

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COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

Don’t make the mistake of putting the cart before the horse. In this workshop, we’ll walk through a communications strategy for your program—starting with your goals, and only then proceeding to your target audiences, how to reach them, and what messages to send. You’ll leave the workshop with a practical outline of a communications strategy and will get follow-up support to carry it out.

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ARTS & CULTURE STRATEGIES

How many songs do you know the lyrics to? Probably a lot more than the number of policy briefs you can recite. Music makes an impression. It’s not just music but all art forms—dance, painting, theater, and more—that move us. In this workshop, we’ll look at how to use the arts & culture to create change, and we’ll devise a project you can create. You’ll get follow-up support in the months after the workshop.

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OTHER TRAINING OPTIONS

If you have a communications need that’s not addressed here, drop me a line and let’s talk. I can also help you design and lead workshops that are taught mostly by your talented colleagues. I can be there to help coordinate, and your staff will leave empowered and connected—ready to support each other past the workshop.