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Clients

AFDA

2014 to 2016

Assignments - Academic development lecturing for Higher Certificate courses.

Alan Gray Orbis Foundation

2014 to present

Assignments - Analysing reporting systems and processes; Developing a customised writing style guide and templates to streamline, consolidate and improve efficiency and consistency of reporting; Training targeted management and talent in new approach and business writing.

 

Developing customised content for the Foundation's 10 Year Review.

Asset Forfeiture Unit

2008 to 2014

Assignments - Educational specialist developing writing skills in the legal environment; developing templates to create efficient throughput processes; developing and consensus managing of implementation of new Style Guide nationally; editing and transforming existing precedents into updated templates, according to the Style Guide; national training on legal computer templates and new Style Guide to enhance functionality of documentation and increase consistency across offices; customised computer skills training in MS Word and Excel; legal writing training to improve drafts of court affidavits in asset forfeiture cases.

Bradley Conradie Halton Cheadle

2014 to present

Assignments - Coordinating and editing multiple inputs to special investigating panel reports on the NHLS and the Fishing Rights Allocation Process 2013; developing customised templates and  documentation and a dedicated style guide; formatting and document design for complex documents; training on a plain language approach to legal writing & drafting.

BrandsEye

2015

Assignments - Developing website and sales copy.

Deloitte Risk Advisory

2010 to 2018

Assignments - Developing and facilitating a report writing programme for Risk Advisory in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria offices, with a dedicated style guide and templates; Reviewing, editing and advising on report structure and quality.

Department of Public Service and Administration

2010 to 2012

Assignments - Professional editing of documents for submission to Cabinet; development and delivery of customised writing skills programme, style guide and templates in the Office of the Chief Government Information Officer; advising on layout of reports, minutes and memoranda.

Elizabeth Baartman (High Court Judge)

2009 to present

Assignments - Editing and general communications consulting; template development.

En-novate

2017 to 2018

Assignments - Developing a customised style guide to assure consistency and brand across all documentation; developing a customised master template and styles and a proposal template with accompanying protocols.

ENS Forensics

2011 to 2018

Assignments - Reviewing, editing and advising on report structure and quality; developing report templates and styles.

National Business Initiative

2015

Assignments - Designing/developing the consolidated report on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Low Carbon Technology Partnerships Initiative (LCTPi) launch event in partnership with the NBI in Johannesburg.

One&Only Hotel Cape Town

2016 to present

Assignments - Review and overhaul of policies and standard operating procedures to ensure international alignment, consistency, branding and professionalism. 

Open Society Foundation South Africa

2017 to 2018

Writing and editing Board recommendations and reports.

Phandahanu Forensics

2014 to 2017

Assignments - Reviewing, editing and advising on report structure and quality; developing report templates and styles.

Robert Cameron-Ellis (Forensic Accountant)

2012 to present

Assignments - Reviewing, editing and advising on report structure and quality; developing report templates and styles.

SADC Central Reserve Banks

2011 to 2017

Assignments - Legal Writing training for 30 delegates from across SADC to create a common understanding and greater coherence between the Central Reserve Banks – stemming from previous work on developing a model law for SADC Central Reserve Banks: course project manager and co-presenter with Professor Halton Cheadle (course convenor).

Workshop on a plain language approach to finalising a model law on National Payment Systems across the SADC region - supporting Professor Halton Cheadle.

SASRIA

2011 to 2014

Assignments - Consulting on and editing 4 years of integrated annual reports.

Southern Hemisphere

2018

Assignments - Editing and restructuring a major report.

Special Investigating Unit

2005 to 2012

Assignments - Co-developing a manual for conducting procurement investigations in RSA with Frank Kahn SC; developing a framework and sourcing content for a dedicated procurement intranet site; mentoring designated individuals on writing skills and processes; reviewing high-level reports destined for government officials, DGs, ministers and the Presidency; developing and delivering customised training material and courses; designing and updating templates for SIU documentation, reports and project plans and proposals; designing and maintaining a dedicated SIU Style Guide; reviewing internal SIU reports, newsletters and documentation.

Tellumat

2017

Assignments - Developing website and brochure copy.

Thesis/dissertation editing

2010 to 2018

Assignments - Editing and proofreading a range of Master's and PhD dissertations and theses for individual clients across a range of universities.

UCT Centre for Educational Technology

2006 to 2012

Assignments - Designing and convening seminars and workshops on using PowerPoint effectively for lecturing, business and conferences; designing and convening advanced PowerPoint training workshops.

UCT Construction Economics & Management

2007 to present

Assignments - Consulting/ lecturing on Communications Skills and Quality Management of Documentation for the Human Resources and Management module of the UCT Masters in Project Management.

UCT Law@work Unit

2008 to 2016

Assignments - Co-convening/developing open Legal Writing Certificate Courses, developing dedicated legal writing training for the Asset Forfeiture Unit (National Prosecuting Authority), for the Directorate of Special Operations prosecutors ("the Scorpions"), and for the National Prosecuting Authority itself; consulting/reporting on training and further research for the Asset Forfeiture Unit.

United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime

2009 to 2010

Assignments - Undertaking capacity-building project for Swaziland Anti-Corruption Commission – setting up SOPs and templates, and training investigators in a project-management approach to investigations; professional communication, project management and computer skills specialist.

Virgin Active

2012 to 2013

Assignments - Developing templates fro the legal department; developing templates and training to align policies and procedures across the Group.

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