With a passion for teaching, Kathi approaches every project as an opportunity to build skills that will help her clients (and students) be more successful. In addition to managing In Credible English, she is an Adjunct Professor at Westminster College, where she teaches professional and technical writing courses in both the Communications Department and in the Masters in Professional Communications program.

Kathi has earned two medical writing certifications from the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), where she is an active member.  She is also a long-term member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). She has presented workshops on proposal writing, project management, Web writing, and freelance business topics at numerous regional and national conferences for all three organizations.

Kathi's specific areas of expertise include:

• Developing customized curriculum, training, and student materials for secondary, post-secondary, and adult learners, especially in the area of communication training

• Writing about complex technology, manufacturing, engineering, and management concepts using everyday language that is both readable and usable for the general public as well as varied “stakeholders”

• Writing, editing, and managing proposals for grant applications as well as commercial and govenment RFP opportunities.

• Copy writing/editorial development for large publication projects, including managing schedules, resources, reviews, deliverables, and costs as well as post-production records management and client communication

• Strategic research strategies, including conducting effective interviews by phone, e-mail, and in person and critically evaluating print and Web source documents for credibility and accuracy

• Balancing graphics with text to powerfully deliver print and Web messages for highly visual audiences; proficient at desktop publishing (especially Adobe InDesign)