Jill Nicholson - Resumé

Qualifications
BSc MSc(Hons) Dip Geoscience (mineral economics)

Professional Associations
Australian Society for Technical Communication
Society for Technical Communication (USA)

Personal Data
Address: 2 Park Ave Roseville Sydney NSW 2069
Phone/fax (02) 9417 4302

Operating as N&H Communications

Full Time Employment History

Geological and Mining Work ..... to 1972

University of Technology 1973-94
External association with the Dept of Senior School Studies, 1982-1992 curriculum and examination committees
External technical and business writing courses.

1986 US Geological Survey, Denver, Branch of Central Technical Reports
Guest lecturer, EPICS classes at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM).

1991 Adjunct Assoc Prof Colorado School of Mines, teaching 4s/hr EPICS 202–a communication course for senior students.

Australian Society for Technical Communication Activities

1992 Member organising committee, Australian Society for Technical Communication (ASTC) conference

1992 Committee member - Professional Development subcommittee and International Correspondent

1993 Convener and organiser 2-day Spring Symposium
1994 Convener and organiser 2-day Spring Symposium
1995 Convener and organiser 2-day Spring Seminar and General Meetings

1996 Committee member responsible for Professional Development and member editorial panel for the ASTC professional journal Keyword

1996 Co-convener and organiser 2-day Spring conference

1997-98 President

Society for Technical Communication Activities

2001-2 Inagural President Australia Chapter

2002-3 President Australia Chapter

2003-4 Ex-President and Treasurer Australia Chapter

University Teaching

1997-present Principles of Editing, University of Western Sydney

1998-present Engineering Communication, for the University of Technology, Sydney presented in Singapore

1998 Writing and Document Design, University of Western Sydney

1999 Estimating and Scheduling your Documentation Projects, Canberra Institute of Technology

1999 Editing, Page Layout and Print Production, University of Western Sydney

Teaching - Short Courses and Workshops from 1996 to the present

Documentation Now and into the Future
Editing on Screen
Editing Skills for Technical Writing
Estimating and Managing Documentation Projects
Estimating and Scheduling short course
Indexes that Work
Procedure Writing
Providing On-the-Job Writing Training to Nonwriters
Still Shaking - Why do technical procedures fail?
Technical Writing and Documentation
Technical Writing for Nonwriters
Technical Writing Skills
Toning, Trimming, and Tweaking, an Editing Workout
Writing for Online
Writing Skills for Business
Writing Skills for Proposals and Tenders

I have presented some of these workshops many times

Clients - a short list

Energy Australia, Unisys, Woodslane, Austmine, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems (USA), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore), Nortel, HPA, Kelly Services, United KG, Society of Editors, Lasotell, Engineering Faculty UTS, Dept. Minerals and Energy, Solution 6, Pragmatech Aust.