Services

I provide the story-boarding, script-writing, directing, interviewing, and voiceover/presenting (in extremis) skills, as necessary. The examples below were produced in collaboration with three different video companies, who contributed camera, lighting, sound, and editing expertise.

Thought-leadership video for Saïd Business School, University of Oxford: season summary of Leadership in Extraordinary Times broadcasts

Thought-leadership video: Professor Laura Empson speaking at the launch of her most recent book, Leading Professionals: Power, Politics, and Prima Donnas

Fundraising appeal video for Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; this is notable for having been created entirely remotely, during the Covid-19 lockdown

Training

I produce and lead bespoke training programmes and workshops on a variety of communications subjects for individuals and teams. Past training programmes have included:

Presentation skills
Writing for the media
How communication works
Writing in your brand’s ‘tone of voice’
Developing a communications strategy for your project

For three years I ran a writing skills exercise for incoming MBA students. This covered academic writing, reflective writing, and writing a covering letter for a job application.

Coming soon …Online training courses

Consultancy and advice

I work on a project basis, or occasionally inside IR35, to help organisations with change programmes or to launch new initiatives. Consultancy projects I have worked on include:

Developing an internal communications strategy
Working with the leadership team and staff to articulate organisational values
Developing and implementing a change communications strategy for a major organisational transformation
Providing communications support to a Giving Day, an online 24-hour fundraising marathon