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annual reports

Barbara Hall has coordinated 8 quality annual reports for community organisations, government departments and tertiary educators. This has involved developing concepts, researching and writing copy, managing budgets and coordinating photographers and designers.
Barbara is available for – Coordinating annual reports. Or just writing, or editing.

prospectuses

Barbara has coordinated several prospectuses. Clients include the Victorian College of the Arts in 2004.
She is available for – Coordinating prospectuses. Writing or editing content.

award-winning publications

As a publication editor, Barbara Hall twice won the national award from ATMA for Best Regular TAFE Publication. The winning newspapers were Fabric in 1999 for the Melbourne Institute of Textiles (now RMIT Textiles) and TAFE Times in 1996 for Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

brochures

Brochures - in plain English which make specialised topics easily understood by the general reader.
Barbara is highly experienced in – Refining the message. Publication management. Writing or editing.

web writing

For Metro Magazine. Online course materials for high school students on the movie The Shadow of Mary Poppins (page no longer on current site)
For The National Trust of Australia. Researched and wrote educational website on endangered heritage sites.
For RMIT University. Wrote Pathways publication for print and the web
For Start Consulting, The Hague (Shell Global Solutions). Edited project profiles.

freelance journalism

Recent examples include –
Articles and photographs for Moreland City Council’s Moreland Magazine, distributed to all its ratepayers in February 2005.

A feature article on women’s career changes published in Club Mag, the glossy magazine produced by the discount store chain Priceline.

editing books

Requires a sensitive combination of stylistic consistency and 'holding' the vision.
It helps to have written your own.
Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960 (above) was initiated, co-researched and written by Barbara Hall, with a range of public funding and published in 1986 by Greenhouse. Historian Prof. Bernard smith wrote, "No Australian art library should be without it."
Barbara is experienced at – Editing books. Writing books. Editing theses. Preparing funding submissions. Preparing publication proposals.

creative displays

Barbara’s clients have included RMIT Printing at PacPrint Expo in 2001 (left) and the Department of Human Services in 2002 (right).
She is available for – Display coordination. Researching content and display suppliers. Directing design, photography and display erection.

art exhibitions

Barbara Hall was commissioned by the National Trust to write a catalogue essay for the 2004-2005 national touring exhibition, Jean Bellette Retrospective (right).
She has curated major exhibitions for the ACTU (1988) (left) and for the Australian Gallery Directors Council (1982). She has a graduate diploma in visual arts from Monash University.
Barbara is experienced in – Curating exhibitions. Writing or editing exhibition essays. Producing catalogues.

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