A Code for All Portlanders
Portland is developing new City Code for the Office of Community and Civic Life. The new Code is intended to open the doors for more Portlanders to collaborate with City staff and participate in their government. In collaboration with Civic Life staff and Fort Wick, I wrote a report that traces Portland’s history to this next step for inclusion and documented the process for developing a code that gives all Portlanders a say in the future of our city.
Basic Rights Oregon’s Bites for Rights
I worked with Kirsty Munn to develop the concept and wrote the copy for Basic Rights Oregon’s 2010 Bites for Rights fundraiser.
In Your Corner
The financial world is complex, even for those who work in it every day. I wrote the script for an animated video that helps Charles Schwab explain how it supports recordkeepers for employee retirement plans through a team approach.
A New Government for Today’s Portland
In 2019, City Club of Portland released a major report showing that the current commission form of government was fundamentally inequitable and inefficient. That report dove deep into local and national history, legal precedents, and different voting and governmental structures.
The reality was that most people were not going to read the full report. They needed to know the main takeaways and what to do about them.
I created a folding brochure that distills down the facts of what the research committee uncovered in its report and what’s at stake for Portlanders.
other writing projects
Read my blog posts for City Club and Idealware, watch a video I scripted for City Club’s annual gala, check out a few nonprofit tech case studies, read an op-ed I wrote for City Club, or read an essay I wrote for Oregon Humanities. You can see a broader portfolio of work samples here.
Over the past 10 years I’ve written nearly every kind of deliverable including:
Banner ads
Bios
Blog posts
Brochures
Case studies
Essays
Event descriptions
Event promotions
Factsheets
Fundraising appeal letters
Infographics
Messaging
Newsletters
News articles
Op-eds
Personas
Podcast scripts
Postcards
Posters
Research reports
Social media posts
Speeches
Training materials
Video scripts
Web copy
White papers
What can I help you write? Let’s set up a time to talk about your project.