I have worked in education training and professional development for thirty years, first as an English teacher, then as an adult education manager, and for the past nine years as a freelance consultant, facilitator, and business writer.

I have delivered a wide range of commissioned work across the private, public and third sectors. This includes:
- writing and designing training and development manuals
- wrting and designing teaching and learning materials
- delivering training and professional development interventions
- coaching leaders and facilitating senior management teams
- carrying out research (eg running focus groups, interviewing) in order to write case studies, reports and guidelines for central and reginional government, education organisations and charities
- researching and writing articles for professional journals
- writing press releases, journal articles and promotional copy

In the private sector I have worked for financial institutions and telecommunications companies.
In the public sector I have worked for the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department for Work and Pensions. I have worked for many different local authorities and schools, for the National Health Service, in hospitals, in primary care trusts and local GP practices.
In the third sector I have worked for a variety of education, children\'s and human rights charities.
I have also worked in USA, for the Massachusetts state Department of Education.

Courses and interventions that I have designed and facilitated include:
- Appraisals and Professional Development
- Building and Working in Multi-Agency Teams
- Building Rapport
- Coaching for Performance
- Customer Care
- Communication Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Facilitation Skills
- Leadership for Results
- Managing Change
- Personal Effectiveness
- Setting and Achieving Goals
- Managing Stress and Prioritising Time
- Team Leadership
- Train the Trainer

Feb 2008

ContinYou

I researched for and wrote a guide to sustainability to be used in schools. This guide is published on the ContinYou website. I have also undertaken substantial other writing work for ContinYou

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Jenna Hall

Georgina has worked as a freelance consultant with ContinYou for five years and is a well-respected member of the team. She has undertaken a wide variety of work, including writing and editing a range of resources and guidance documents. She has contributed to a large number of short/targeted documents such as case studies and strategic policy reports as well as making other valuable contributions to our website and working as a critical friend for other members of the team. In addition, she has written articles for the education journals, Children and Young People Now and Schools ETC. In recent years Georgina (Gina) has researched and been a lead writer of some of our web-based study support and extended services guides, notably those on Museums, Libraries and Sustainability. She has a feel for language, and is always aware of her reader, whether they be Directors of Children’s Services, teachers, or children and young people. Her ability to ensure the text and style meets the needs of each audience, however specific or diverse, is certainly one of her key strengths. As well as writing Gina has also been asked to proof-read and edit a number of our publications, very often at short notice. She has always undertaken this willingly and promptly. Her work is well researched, accurate, and thorough, and her writing ability if of a very high quality. Our publications team recently commented that their final edit of work she has submitted is one of the most pleasant jobs’ they have had to do! NB The rate detailed above was for one of the above mentioned pieces of work.