For more than twenty years, since leaving the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Mike lived and worked in Asia running his own research consultancy, first in Taiwan and then in the Philippines. In both countries he worked closely with the Economist Intelligence Unit; in Taiwan as the person on the ground, he drafted a number of the special country reports for the EIU while in Manila for more than four years he ran the local Corporate Network program providing analysis, focus groups, meetings and conferences for the international business community.
Mike now works as a full-time freelance writer and editor as well as mentor, encouraging young people especially to develop their writing and communication skills.
Mike is an experienced economic and political analyst and specialises in the development editing of complex reports for a number of international organisations including the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation. Much of this work has been associated with such issues as labour migration, climate change and economic forecasting.
He is also now into training and in 2010 developed his first course in Effective writing - combining creativity with productivity. It is offered both in face to face classes as well as by remote learning. As 2011 begins Mike is finishing a second course that is designed for small business Get connected - Get business that shows entrepreneurs and those who work from home how to create their own brand and market themselves and their business for maximum impact.
Module | Title |
1 | Introduction to computers |
2 | Setting up your home office |
3 | Social networking – the new marketing tool |
4 | Blogging for business |
5 | Getting the most out of Office 2007 |
6 | The composition process |
7 | Writing with purpose |
8 | Composing with style |
9 | Publishing and distributing your work |
The New C-Spot is primarily intended as the place where Mike posts his reports on Taiwan and the Philippines (together with other jottings) that he writes for a UK-based NGO that monitors freedom and democracy in developing nations.
