As a former lecturer at Boston Business College Randburg (1999), on the topics of business English, journalism, PR and customer service, I was super-chuffed today when the HOD of Media Skills at Boston Media House requested permission to use my Bizcommunity articles as teaching resources. She says they’re ‘clever, funny and so very helpful’ (my [...]
My new guest column, ‘The Stable Door’, went live on Freelancentral today, with its inaugural piece entitled (clumsily, but there’s no other way to put it), ‘Clients to be wary of’. The piece introduces four types of clients: The Boss (the client who thinks he’s your boss), The Uninformed (the client who has no idea [...]
Starting next week, I’ll be writing columns every so often for Freelancentral, the freelance talent portal. Titled ‘The Stable Door’, my series of articles will deal with issues of interest to freelancers and those who employ them. They’ll also be posted on this blog once they’re up, for your delight, edification and (possibly) occasional venom. [...]
The new and improved menu of training courses and workshops that I put together for 2010 has been recommended by www.bizcommunity.com, in its article entitled, ‘Writing skills get business going‘. Here’s a brief excerpt: Seasoned freelancer and regular Bizcommunity contributor Tiffany Markman has launched a revised training menu of writing, editing and business workshops. Specialising [...]
Here’s a collection of quotes by wise people, on topics relating to writing, editing, creativity, advertising or grammar. I’ve been actively gathering them for about six years now, and I love them because they’re clever, funny, succinct. This post is very much a work in progress, and I update it often, so please write to [...]
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