Testimonials

“Joan is a skilled writer and clear thinker. As a former journalist, she knows how to get to the heart of a matter with an economy of words. She has a natural curiosity and moves easily across a wide range of issues, from complex environmental and social challenges to business basics. Joan consistently delivers work that is thoughtful, accurate, honest, timely and highly readable.”

“Joan is top notch. She is easy to work with and produces high-quality work. We hired her for a developmental edit of a translation of a book originally written in Portugese, and I’m so glad we did. Joan helped us identify redundancies, sections that needed clarification, issues with tone, and even inconsistent formatting. The end product was something much easier to read and understand. Joan also did a great job collaborating with our team, including our designer. I would recommend Joan without hesitation.”

“Joan has a gift for sorting through technical jungles and clutter to find great material, then to deliver well-crafted articles that are clear, concise and on target. It’s a luxury for an editor to give a writer a short briefing, point the person in the right direction and then get back dynamite copy. That’s what you get with Joan.”

“Joan works magic. She has a knack for getting the information she needs to write about a topic using clear and simple language–no jargon or corporate-speak. She uses creative storytelling to draw in readers, and she includes easy-to-understand examples that help them visualize what they’re reading about. I know I can rely on Joan to deliver a well-written story that needs little editing.”

“We engaged Joan when we were preparing to migrate our volunteerism platform from an old and limited system to one that was nimble and state-of-the-art. With more than 200,000 members of our workforce to engage and get excited about the change, we knew that we needed someone with strategic thinking and planning abilities and who could work at the busy intersection of communications and community/employee relations. Joan understood how to sequence and approach the work, from stakeholder interviews and analysis, to picking up quickly on what needs to be done and how the organization likes to do things, to collaboration in planning with the project team on the communications plan and collateral that would address stakeholder needs. Her insights and skills were key in our creating excitement about the new platform; engaging people to register, volunteer, post projects, etc.; and exceeding our target goals while staying on track and on budget”

““I can’t imagine a better partnership. Joan and I first worked together when I was the regional gift officer for a national nonprofit and she helped the organization with PR in the region. Her efforts helped raise awareness and support for the organization, which are vital to creating and building relationships with donors. We worked together effortlessly, and from day one understood how to collaborate for the benefit of all. And we had a lot of fun doing it. I brought Joan in again to help with my current organization’s annual appeal fundraising letter. That letter brought in more funding than we had seen in years.”