Training

Workshops designed to help you turn complex information into accessible, understandable communication

We run ticketed workshops regularly throughout the year. We also offer these as private workshops online or face to face, and deliver customised workshops to meet the specific needs of your team.

Participants

We've trained individuals and teams for government, research and nongovernment organisations, and the private sector.

  • This course exceeded my expectations. It taught me new skills and refreshed my existing technical writing and editing knowledge and practice.
    – Workshop participant
  • Single most professional suite of training documents I’ve ever received. The course book will be a useful resource, and the range of activities was fantastic. Perfect balance between information and practice.
    – Workshop participant
  • The workshop evaluations show a really impressive shift in learners’ self-rated capability, pre- to post-program.
    – Custom workshop client

Our training team

Our workshops are designed and delivered by our experienced content strategists, writers, editors and data specialists who work every day with complex information.

We share our practical techniques and tested approaches to give you skills you can use straight away.

  • Darren Goossens

    Darren Goossens

    Training manager and lead facilitator

    Darren’s experience as a lecturer and teacher informs Biotext’s training workshops. He builds workshops around Biotext’s expertise as practitioners, to focus on building real-world skills through activities and group work.

  • Kylie Evans

    Kylie Evans

    Communications and writing specialist

    Kylie uses her communication and writing expertise to develop custom courses for topics like grant writing and annual report writing.

  • Janna Randell

    Janna Randell

    Science communication and visual design specialist

    Janna helps develop and facilitate Biotext’s visual design workshops, including Creating effective infographics. She also develops short workshops to help our clients get the most out of their content strategies and branding guides.

  • Emily Henkel

    Emily Henkel

    Accessibility and Word document specialist

    Emily brings expert knowledge in accessibility and Microsoft Word to help develop workshops including Introduction to making accessible documents.