Ken O’Quinn is a professional writing coach and the
author of Perfect Phrases for Business Letters (McGraw-Hill,
2006). He started his business, Writing With Clarity, 12 years ago,
following a 21-year journalism career, most of it with the Associated
Press.
He conducts on-site workshops and does one-on-one
coaching for such Fortune 500 companies as Chevron, Visa, Campbell’s Soup,
UPS, Intel, Merck, Eli Lilly, Raytheon, United Technologies, Northrop
Grumman, Reebok, Marriott, Motorola, Sprint, Blockbuster, and Fidelity
Investments.
Public Relations clients include Porter Novelli,
Fleishman Hillard, Burson-Marsteller, Edelman, and Weber Shandwick. He
also is a writing instructor for the National Investor Relations Institute
(NIRI).
Ken received the distinguished “Recommended Speaker”
designation from the International Association of Business Communicators
(IABC). He has presented at the PRSA, IABC, and NIRI international
conferences, and his writing has appeared in major U.S. newspapers and in
such publications as the Harvard Management Communication Letter and the
Journal of Employee Communication Management.
He is based in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
