Anne Moorhead

About

Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist ,

Freelance

Summary

I am a Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, with diverse experience gained over more than 25 years, the last five in the Pacific region. My focus subject areas include climate change, agriculture, rural development, biodiversity and linking research and policy. My core skills are writing, editing, communications project management and skill sharing/mentoring. Recent projects (and clients) include: Knowledge Management Consultant for the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Programme (SPREP); content development and editing of the Pacific Gender and Climate Change Toolkit (GIZ); developing a Pacific Climate Change Glossary for the Pacific Climate Change Portal (SPREP); developing and facilitating a workshop on communication skills held at the University of the South Pacific; and co-authoring and editing a book on the Forests of the Pacific Islands (SPC).

Qualifications and credentials

English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

French, Average, Average, Average

Work experience

Self-employed, Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, Fiji/Australia, Fiji/Australia, Knowledge Management Consultant, Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Programme, PACC is/was the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the Pacific region, with 14 participating countries. My role was to guide and support

Green Ink Publishing Services, Science Writer/Editor, UK, Fiji/Vanuatu, Writer, Child-friendly version of Vanuatu MICS for UNICEF, Develop a ‘child-friendly’ publication for use in schools in Vanuatu, based on a complex report of development indicators. Activities included concept, Fiji, Consultant, Research4Life online system survey for FAO, Carry out a survey of users in Fiji of the online system Research4Life; process, analyse and submit data., Fiji, Writer, CGIAR publication for UNFCCC 2009 COP meeting, Develop a report to raise the profile of the climate change related work of the CGIAR centres for presentation at the UN Framework Convention on Clima, UK, Writer/editor, Climate and Society Publication Series of the International Research Institute for Climate + Society, Co-author, edit and production management of the first two books in IRI’s Climate and Society series: 'Climate risk management in Africa: Learning fro

Self-employed, Science Writer/Editor, UK

International Potato Center, Science Editor and Communications Coordinator, Peru

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Chief Science Editor, Nigeria

Self-employed, Science editor, UK

Pergamon Press, Journals Production Controller, UK

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Programme, SPREP, Communications and Knowledge Management Consultant, Diverse communications and KM outputs including: • Restructured and revised PACC webpages • PACC news stories • PACC awareness booklet • PACC Technica

Pacific Gender and Climate Change Toolkit, GIZ (and partners), Writer/editor, Complete and edited 1st version of the Pacific Gender and Climate Change Toolkit

Glossary for the Pacific Climate Change Portal, SPREP, Writer/editor, A Pacific-appropriate glossary of climate change terms.

Regional workshop on ‘Communication skills for scientists: Communicating with non-specialists’, SciDevNet, Workshop developer and facilitator, Science communications workshop at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, 6–8 June

Forests of the Pacific Islands: Foundation for a Sustainable Future, SPC, Writer/editor, Work with researchers/authors from each of the 22 Pacific island countries and territories to develop a book that showcases the forests of the region;