CONSULTING
I have what I call a ‘dual-track’ career.
I’ve worked hard to build a reputation as a journalist, author and speaker.
And I’ve worked equally hard to provide high-quality reporting and documentation, writing and editing services to government health agencies, news media, non-governmental organizations and non-profits.
I assist clients working to improve the public’s health by telling the stories of the people they are aiding. Through interviews, photos and video, I help my clients to show why their work matters.
marketing media to show the world
WHY YOUR WORK MATTERS
My brochure describes how I can be helpful in reporting and documenting your successes.
I developed this report on Family Health International’s USAID-funded youth programs in Haiti during a visit to Port au Prince. There I advised in-country staff on how best to share the stories about their important work.
REPORTING & DOCUMENTING
YOUR SUCCESSES TODAY
will ensure they continue tomorrow
WHAT I CAN DO
FOR YOU
I can augment your staff’s capacity to produce:
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• winning proposals
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• success stories
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• reports
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• monographs
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• collateral materials (annual reports, brochures, postcards)
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• photos
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• videos
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• Web content
WHAT I OFFER
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• Accomplishment
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• Compassion
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• Contacts
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• Credibility
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• Experience
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• Expertise
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• Information
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• Insight
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• Interviewing
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• Perspective
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• Reporting
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• Reputation
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• Research
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• Resourcefulness
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• Skill
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• Style
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• Substance
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• Training
SAMPLE REPORT
SAMPLE BROCHURE
Training community HIV service providers to report and document their USAID-funded work in Nigeria.
“Consulting at its best is an act of love: The wish to be genuinely helpful to another . . . To use what we know, or feel, or have endured in a way that lightens the weight on another.” -- Peter Block, Flawless Consulting
E-NEWSLETTER
plain english is a free, occasional e-newsletter I created to offer tips on how to effectively report and document the work of donor-funded projects.
TRAINING
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Gregory Pappas, M.D., Ph.D., Public Health Consultant: “John was a part of a team I assembled to promote the work I was doing on HIV in Africa. My team presented a series of papers at a regional meeting in Zambia. John worked with the team to ensure that the presentations were of high quality, communicating a consistent set of messages. John also worked on a manuscript with the group that later appeared in a peer-reviewed journal. He was delightful to work with, highly knowledgeable, and skilled. I recommend him both as a strategic thinker to guide your communications efforts and as a technical consultant with many skills to produce your communication tools.”
Frank Webb, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer at Engineering World Health: “It is a pleasure to work with a professional. That was my experience with John. I benefited greatly from his journalistic experience, his writing skills, his knowledge of the HIV and AIDS world and his creative approach to our projects. I recommend him highly.”
Judith Auerbach, Ph.D., Vice President, Science & Public Policy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation: “John-Manuel is an excellent writer and researcher. His books--Victory Deferred: How AIDS Changed Gay Life in America, and Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco-- demonstrate his talent as a chronicler of social and cultural movements of the 20th century. John has the rare capacity to write both scholarly and "lay" texts that are well-researched and a joy to read.”
