Authoring instructional content

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User and reference docs
Instructional materials
Online help
Marketing content
Technical writing examples

RESOURCES

Projects: Web-based training programs. CD-ROM courseware. Web-based tutorials. Instruction manuals. Finance and career instruction books. My Technical Writing training course.

Services: Defining project scope, instructional design, interviewing content owners, authoring storyboards, producing graphics, coding content. Facilitating my Technical Writing training course.

Tools: FrameMaker, IBM Knowledge Producer, PowerPoint, Dreamweaver, Robohelp, Photoshop.

Examples:

	Omnivex Moxie courses 8-module, 22-exercise, 72-page workbook for this hands-on 2-day course that teaches advanced features of Omnivex Moxie digital signage software. As sole technical writer, conceived and developed the course, developed 90% of the exercise files, then developed the student and trainer workbooks. One of 5 courses I have conceived and produced for the company.
	Application Video Training Designed, wrote, narrated and produced application video content for Visualsonics' Vevo 2100 High Resolution Imaging System, in addition to completing the 456-page operator manual/online help system.
	Technical Writing training course 17-module, 38-exercise, 92-page workbook for my 2-day course that gives participants a practical introduction to the core technical writing skills. Developed all content and graphics. I have delivered this customized course content to individual corporations such as Rogers Communications, as well as to groups of individual participants from a range of corporations.
	Selling Managed Portfolio Services 64-topic Web-based sales training module. One of seven authored for this major Canadian bank's 19-module Selling Priority Products staff training course.
	Document Management System Training Guide 10-page take-away document. Linked to class-based training of global IT group leaders for Big-5 accounting firm's national document management system. Writing, design, desktop publishing.
	Financial Pursuit 286-page personal financial planning user guide. As lead editor, ghost-wrote selected chapters, and edited for author Graydon Watters.
	One Powerful Mind 248-page Prentice Hall Canada emotional management skills book. Ghost-wrote and edited the book for author Paul Witz.

Next step: Contact me by email, or by phone at
(416) 421-4710.