Testimonials

I give my highest recommendation for Mary Beth.  She is an avid wordsmith and a creative technical writer with a keen eye for consistency and clarity. Her strengths as an editor and non-profit consultant were invaluable for our organization.  Our organization, Art4, is a professional musical theatre company in South Bend, Indiana. We utilized Mary Beth’s expertise to review our website and help us expand our contributed revenue campaign to include individual and corporate sponsorship. Through her work, we were able to establish SOPs, align all our external and internal documents, and update our digital assets to simplify the customer journey for our patrons. These efforts have seen a 30% increase in contributed revenue since we implemented our new process!  Mary Beth is a talented, hardworking, and valuable asset to any organization seeking to unify, edit, or align its strategic goals and public-facing documents. I highly encourage you to call on Mary Beth and Words Worked for all your technical and strategic writing needs.

 ~ Aaron Albin, D.M.A., Executive Director  -  Art4

Mary Beth was invaluable as a substantial editor for our Arts Midwest grant application. We so appreciated her timely, insightful and detailed feedback on creating clear and concise narratives, which produced a stronger request. She’s also a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend her services.  

 ~ Betsy Mugavero, Producing Artistic Director  -  Southwest  Shakespeare Company 

Mary Beth worked with our team as a researcher and a technical writer.  She displayed a high level of competence performing both tasks.  Her ability to work as a member of a team in stressful situations, and her flexibility and work ethic made her a very valuable asset during the accreditation process.  Mary Beth also did the research for our department's final report for a large federal grant that was the culmination of three and a half years of community medicine operations.  Again, she displayed her professionalism and ability to adapt.  

~  Steve Ward, Deputy Fire Chief  - City of Mesa Fire and Medical Department

Mary Beth was instrumental in the successful completion of our accreditation process. Her technical writing skills are excellent.  She is organized, dedicated, focused and thorough, taking her work seriously and diligently producing the best product possible.  She can be counted on to delve into an assignment to get the job done. 

~ Mary Cameli, Fire Chief  - City of Mesa Fire and Medical Department

Mary Beth was integral in coordinating the writing, editing, and revising of over 100 policies, procedures and guidelines as the department pursued its second accreditation from the Center for Public Safety Excellence.  Her results-oriented nature, coupled with a kind personality, is what enabled that project to reach a successful conclusion with severe time constraints.  

 ~ Dan Curia, former Fire Chief  - City of Durham Fire Department

Mary Beth wrote the training manuals for the City's strategic plan dashboard, and her support was critical in assisting me with the application for the ICMA Certificate of Excellence and the Goodman Award.  She created a matrix for collecting data that standardized the process used by all City departments and served as the lead on the City's policy revision project.  Any organization should consider her a valuable asset.

 ~ Jay Reinstein, former Strategic Initiatives Manager - City of Durham