The Confident Writing Coach
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Owner at Confident Writing (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Participant at SOBCon
- Manager at Scottish Executive
- Manager at Scottish Community Diet Project
- Project leader at Healthy Castlemilk
- Education
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- The University of Glasgow
- University of Oxford
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Joanna Young’s Summary
My aim is get people writing with confidence. It's as simple as that!
Joanna Young’s Specialties:
Over 10 years experience writing at work
Qualified life coach and NLP practitioner
Published author
Trained in freelance and features writing
Joanna Young’s Experience
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Owner
Confident Writing (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
My aim as The Confident Writing Coach is to get people writing with confidence. I do this through one to one work - coaching, editing, providing writing support, offering teaching tips and strategies. And I do it through my own writing, providing thoughts, ideas and insights into how we can learn to write with confidence
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Participant
SOBCon
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Manager
Scottish Executive
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)
January 1997 — June 2007 (10 years 6 months)
10 years experience of working with the civil service taught me the importance of writing that is: accurate, brief, concise. It matters within an organisation of this size - because we need to communicate with each other day in, day out, and people are drowning in information overload. And it matters because of the communication with the public: explaining in clear, simple terms what policies and services are about and why they matter
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Manager
Scottish Community Diet Project
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 1996 — January 1997 (8 months)
The start up of the Scottish Community Diet Project - still going strong :-) - set up to bring together the power of community based organisations who were working to tackle the problem of food poverty in Scotland
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Project leader
Healthy Castlemilk
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 1991 — June 1996 (5 years 6 months)
Helping to set up this innovative community health project in Castlemilk, Glasgow, with the main aim this: to give people in Castlemilk more say over their own health.
Loads of learning points - about the subject matter (especially food and poverty) but mainly about the importance of giving people more say... and the importance of treating people with respect
Joanna Young’s Education
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The University of Glasgow
MPH, Public Health, 1992 — 1994
Particular interest in community health issues based on experience running community health project in Castlemilk, Glasgow
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University of Oxford
BA, Philosophy and Modern Languages (German), 1984 — 1988
Additional Information
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Joanna Young’s Interests:
writing, joyful jubilant learning, coaching, philosophy, walking, highlands and islands of Scotland, isle of Skye,
Joanna Young’s Groups:
JJL, blogging
Joanna Young’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- getting back in touch
