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Can you realistically answer "Yes" to all of these questions?

 

·         Can you efficiently and effectively

 

  • Produce proposals or presentations that get results?
  • Research the operations and business needs of prospective clients?
  • Perform competitive intelligence?

 

·         Do you know what your real value proposition is to potential customers and investors?

 

·         Can you clearly explain your product, service, or business idea to a total stranger in less than thirty seconds?

 

 

If the answers are “Yes”, you don’t need GreenWords.

 

 

If not, you're in the right place.

 

I’m Rob Benjamin. I started GreenWords to provide high-value business communications, documentation, and research services for

 

·         Green and sustainable enterprises

·         Social enterprises

·         Economically-targeted investments

·         Cleantech” investment companies

·         Alternate energy and high-efficiency energy companies

 

 

In addition to businesses, I provide services to

 

·         Environmental and alternative energy advocacy groups

·         State and local environmental and energy planning agencies

·         Research institutions dealing with climate change

·         Human rights and children's advocacy groups

 

 

Plain Language services

 

I follow – and advocate – Plain Language principles and practices.  For over 20 years, Plain Language has been improving communications in law, health care, and government. It is now starting to impact science, engineering, and business.

 

Plain Language improves the quality, clarity, and overall value of written information in:

 

·         Legal documents and contracts

·         Insurance policies

·         Business policies and operational procedures

·         Scientific and technical documents

·         User documentation

·         Public documents

 

Plain Language results in clear, easily-understood, well-organized materials, keyed to their intended audience. Plain Language materials have a much higher probability of success, and a greater business value, than materials that do not follow these principles.

 

It does not matter whether Plain Language is applied to books, manuals, or websites. The results are almost always the same

 

·         More consistent understanding regardless of the language skills or education levels of different audiences

·         Better recall of information

·         Reduced training time and cost for new employees

·         Lower error rates in complex processes and functions

·         Higher satisfaction with products and services supported by Plain Language

·         More persuasive sales, marketing and advocacy information

 

For a great introduction to Plain Language, visit www.plainlanguage.gov.

 

 

Template-based services

I hate billing for rework as much as clients hate paying for rework. To reduce rework, I follow best practices for project, quality, and risk management, reinforced by the clarity of Plain Language.

 

Templates for planning, designing, and creating written materials make it easier to ensure quality and customer satisfaction with the final results.  I follow a project management process that

 

·         Uses Microsoft Project or Excel project planning templates

·         Quickly and clearly identifies primary and secondary audiences

·         Ensures agreement on the look-and-feel of all materials

·         Efficiently and effectively manages – and reduces the cost – of changes in direction

·         Gives the client a regular, frequent review of progress

·         Speeds and simplifies resolution of issues as they arise

 

 

Contact me

You can reach me

 

·         By telephone at (609) 977-6214

·         By email at Robert.Benjamin@GreenWords.net  

·         For technology management and business-process related services, I have a parallel business at www.hamiltontechmgt.net

 

 

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