THE TEAM

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Ken: Director and
​Writing Coach

Ken has helped companies and brands articulate their core promise through websites, annual reports, bid documents, white papers and more. He has written for Vodafone, GM, Air New Zealand, Fisher & Paykel, Grant Thornton and six of Australia's top 10 companies.

One of Ken’s great attributes is his ability to get to the essence of a topic and explain it in vivid, compelling terms. He has won many writing prizes, including two Qantas media awards and numerous awards for direct marketing copywriting. 

Ken holds an MA, Class 1 Hons in English and is the developer and lead facilitator of Writing for Results.

Peter: Writer/Editor

Peter has held communication roles in government service and worked on daily and other newspapers, a magazine, and as a chief sub, farming editor, designer and editor. He's won several awards for writing and layout and design along the way.

In 2016 the newspaper he edited did well in Australasian religious press awards – contested by up to 130 publications – winning one gold and three silvers for editorial excellence. 

​Peter and his wife, Jenny, are pre-marriage facilitators with the Commit engaged couples course. Peter is also a Big Buddy in the Big Buddy programme.
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Danielle: Writer

With 25 years experience in advertising, Danielle brings a power of creative energy, strategic insight and word genius to the fore. Her specialist area is DM (copy that sells!); however she's skilled and experienced across all platforms including the big brand stuff, online, editorial, social and direct. Dan dislikes clichés, adores humour, is prone to gratuitous use of the exclamation mark and tears her hair out over those unforgivable vege shop signs (broccolli? potatoe? come on!). Her work has won hearts and awards both here and overseas, and when she's not crafting killer copy for money, she spends her time cooking, painting, in downward dog or writing recipes for her local newspaper.

Lesley: Writer/Editor

Marguerite: Minute Taking Trainer

Lesley is a journalist with more than 20 years' experience writing and editing for newspapers, trade publications, magazines and websites. Originally trained in law, she is a well known contributor to gardening publications throughout Australasia.

Lesley also works for her local hospice, where she coordinates fundraising and communications. In 2007 she took on the voluntary role of coordinating her home town's annual flower festival, an event that traditionally attracts more than 10,000 visitors to the town on one day. In her alleged spare time she tends her large and impressive garden.

Our Minute Taking courses are led by Marguerite Durling. Formerly Assistant Branch Manager of Diabetes NZ - Auckland, Marguerite is currently a member of the Auckland Museum Institute Council, and as well as being smart, she has a wicked sense of humour. She's also one of the few people on the planet masterful in shorthand, and we're fully in awe of her!