Melanie Jongsma

Greater Chicago Area, IL United States

Wordsmith (writer/editor/communicator for businesses, nonprofits, and regular people)

Writing / Publishing

Several years ago I was exploring a job opportunity with an international nonprofit. Paging through my portfolio, one of the interviewers paused to ask: “You’ve done a lot of different writing in your career—do you have a favorite type of writing? You’ve done Annual Reports, poetry, news releases—is there a certain style of writing or type of project you particularly enjoy?” “That’s a good question,” I replied. “No one has ever asked me that before!” I thought for a few seconds, and the answer became clearer even as I started to express it: “I like writing that gets results.” Do you struggle to find just the right words to get the results you want for your business or nonprofit? Let me ...