Courses and staff training on writing and communications

Training that’s fun, practical and customised for you

I provide staff training, one-on-one sessions and public workshops on:

All my training can be taught online through videoconferencing or in person.

It can be customised to suit you – from the exercises and examples right through to what topics are covered.

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I also offer an online course on writing essentials that you can do at your own pace, whenever you want.

Client testimonials

"Fantastic combination of wit and wisdom. Well structured and paced. I learnt a whole lot about how I can improve my writing. Also loved the real life examples."
Sesilia Devine – Inner West Council
"Wonderful workshop – I learned so much in a short space of time, and it was highly engaging and fun. I would highly recommend this web writing course to anyone looking to better understand and practice good writing techniques in an online environment."
Katharine Gray – marketing manager
"Great content and very helpful to everyone. The way you engaged everyone made them feel happy to contribute and easily get responses."
Amanda Manwaring – Department of of Transport and Main Roads
"It was a really useful workshop. It helps you think about how you write and the words you use. I learnt a lot about the importance of using plain and everyday language. I will definitely be using what I have learnt in my job."
Paige Wall – Australian Super
"Great workshop. Clear, concise and lots of examples and exercises to do so we could apply what Dan had just outlined. Would definitely recommend."
Di Ovens – Landgate
"I wish our entire organisation could attend this class!"
Scott Alexander – City of Boroondara
"Entertaining and informative. It was the best Writing for the Web workshop I've ever been to."
Janine Van Den Tillaart – Macquarie University
"Very enjoyable and easy to follow. It was useful and engaging."
Darlene Vincent – NSW Department of Primary Industries
"Very engaging. I loved the sense of humour – makes it interesting."
Peta Cooper - NSW Health Pathology
"Dan is adaptable to the various audience’s requirements and has a tremendous scope of information and experience which he delivers very well."
Maggie Videan – Cancer Council
"Really good refresher workshop. Helped to clarify often-made grammatical errors and simplify concise writing habits."
Rebecca Sands – Knight Frank
"One of the most engaging and practical training workshops I've attended. It was clear that considered effort and preparation had been put into making the workshop tailored and relevant to us specifically."
Lauren Hogan – GMHBA
"Dan's Writing for the Web workshop was relevant, informative and fun – a must for any media business developing online content in Australia today."
Sarah Falson, former managing editor at Reed Publishing
"Very practical and easy to implement in everyday writing. Was great to be able to use material from our own website and tweak it to be more understandable."
Kim McQualter – Murray Local Land Services
"I've done a few writing workshops in my career and this was the best."
Tara D'Souza – ACCAN

Writing and communications courses for staff and individuals

Training that’s fun, practical and customised for you

Client testimonials