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Featured samples:
Global Citizenship Report 2008 for The Timken Company (copyediting/content restructuring)
"A Broader Scope" from the CommScope 2006 Annual Report
"Smoother sailing (with Sarbanes-Oxley)" from Microsoft Executive Circle, Summer/Fall 2005
"Writing the words" from Sid Cato's Newsletter on Annual Reports
"Rewarding innovative research" from corporate employee magazine
"Finding your voice" -- a speech about annual reports given at a Sid Cato conference

"Ready, Amy, Fire," sports column in the award-winning weekly News of Delaware County:
    • "Running clothes wear thin" July 1, 2009
    • "Tracking your speed" May 20, 2009
    • "Walking it off" Feb. 4, 2009
    • "Faster, better, younger at the Junior Development Track Meet" June 18-24, 2008
    • "Etiquette for the average marathon runner" Nov 27-Dec 4, 2007  
    • "Bothered by those global warming blues? Try a polar bar plunge" January 17, 2007 

Annual reports 
(Editorial content includes both the chairman's letter and feature section)
"Finding your voice" -- Read about how to create a distinctive personality for your company through the annual report

• Cephalon 2008: theme development and editorial content. Won silver in the 2008 Vision Awards from the League of American Communications Professionals, with high marks for the letter to shareholders, report narrative, and message clarity.
• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (AFC Enterprises) 2008: editorial content
• Eastman Chemical Company 2007: editorial content; 2005: feature section
• American Beverage Assoc. Annual Review 2007: feature section
• The Timken Company 2003-2008: copyediting
• Optium Corporation 2007: editorial content
• CommScope 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006: editorial content
• Philadelphia Insurance Companies 2003, 2004, 2005: editorial content
• Cendant Corporation 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004: editorial content
• Armstrong World Industries 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003: feature section
• Bowne & Co., Inc. 2003: theme development and editorial content
• EFG Private Bank 2002, 2003: editorial content
• Internet Capital Group 2002, 2003: editorial content
• Airgas, Inc. 2000, 2001, 2002 : theme development and editorial content
• Fisher Scientific International 1999: editorial content (silver and bronze winner, International ARC 2000 Awards)
• Hercules Incorporated 1991-1998: editorial content. 1998 book made Sid Cato's "Ten Best" list; 1995-1997 books achieved "Best in Class" from Project: Annual Report Philadelphia.
• ARCO Chemical (now Lyondell Chemical) 1989-1991: editorial content. 1991 book on Sid Cato's "Ten Best" list; 1990 book won a Financial World Bronze Award, International ARC Award of Merit, and Award of Excellence from the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
• Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) 1988: editorial content; 1987: case histories

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Web content

• Bucks County Community College, 2008: copywriting for Web redesign
• Rupp Fitness Consulting, LLC, personal training and fitness consulting, 2008
• Answering Service for Directors, answering service for funeral professionals, 2008.
• Hercules Incorporated, manufactures and markets chemical specialties (acquired by Ashland in 2008):
  -Environmental Stewardship Web site, 2008
  -Steering team to initiate Hercules' presence on the Internet and the  creation of a company intranet. Responsible for external corporate content and internal corporate and communications group content, 1996-1999
• MinSec, private community correctional services, 2007
• Chenery Group, asset and wealth management executive search, 2006
• AstraZeneca Global Operations intranet site, 2006
• AstraZeneca Global R&D intranet, 2002 to present:
  -Interviews with R&D leaders in the US, UK, and Sweden for various articles and profiles
• Options by Design, full-service graphic design studio, 2005
• www.amyink.com, 2000 to present

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Corporate & other publications

• Cephalon Community Report: 2009
• The Timken Company Global Citizenship Report 2008 (copyediting/content restructuring)
• The Philadelphia Contributionship: feature articles for TPC Connections newsletter sent to insurance agents, 2Q 2008 to present
• IMS Health: articles for employee intranet, 2006 to present
• AstraZeneca R&D: writer for global R&D projects (print and Web), working with contacts in the US, UK, and Sweden, 2001to present.
• Occasional sports columnist for the News of Delaware County, recognized in 2006 by the Suburban Newspapers Association as having the second-best sports section in weekly newspapers throughout the country. 
• University of Pennsylvania Economic Impact Report, 2006
• Microsoft Executive Circle, contributing writer, 2005
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals: contributing writer to award-winning A₂Z magazine, 2001- 2005 
• Sid Cato's Newsletter on Annual Reports, Feb. 2004, "Writing the Words."
• Fisher Scientific International: editor for employee newsletter, 2000
• Hercules Incorporated: editor for employee newsletters, 1992-1994
• Verizon (Bell Atlantic): editor for management newsletters, 1985-1987
  
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Executive speeches

• Baylor Health Care System:
  -Leadership Conference, Dallas, TX, October 2004
• Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp.:
  -Customer forums, sales meetings, industry conferences, 2000-2002
• Hercules Incorporated: On-staff speechwriter for chairman and other corporate executives, 1992-1999. Remarks for analyst presentations, keynote speeches and presentations for employees, retirees, customers, and industry groups.
  Awards: Goldman Sachs Chemical Investor Forum presentation: 1994 IABC Gold Quill of Merit; "1993 Top 10 List of Best Speeches," from Speechwriter's Newsletter
• ARCO Chemical: On-staff speechwriter for CEO and other executives, 1989-1992. Awards: 1990 IABC/U.S. District 1: Award of Excellence for Speechwriting (analyst presentation)
  
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