Instructional Design & Technical Writing

Expertise & Past Projects

Because of Shawn Greene’s extensive banking experience, we’ve worked primarily (but not exclusively) with financial services organizations. Project portfolio includes:

Comprehensive policy manuals, including:

  • Commercial credit (lending) policy
  • Consumer mortgage policy
  • Associated procedures
  • Related forms & tools

Comprehensive procedure manuals, including:

  • Procedures for those on the teller line
  • Procedures for those in new accounts
  • Consumer loan procedures
  • Call center procedures
  • Related forms & tools

Comprehensive training programs for sales and service reps, including:

  • Product knowledge
  • Sales and service skills
  • Compliance with regulations
  • Using systems and following internal process
  • Teaching client’s employees the art of design and delivery
  • Ensuring updates are easy to manage

Product roll-outs or clarification, including:

  • Product & policy information
  • Selling skill refreshers
  • Compliance
  • Procedure
  • Related tools

Special training programs, such as:

  • How and when to escalate complaints – and avoid driving your supervisor bananas.
  • Mortgage underwriting 101 – and develop stronger teamwork with lenders.
  • Serve your customers – without letting stereotypes interfere.

Singular or short documents, such as:

  • Job aids translating department lingo its actual meaning so sales reps could sell effectively, processors could process quickly, and customers were happier.
  • Self-studies teaching basics like understanding equity and how to calculate LTV.

Design and writing portfolio also includes a handful of projects that have nothing to do with financial services. To mention just a few…

  • Users Guide for a food vacuum-packer
  • Introduction to ‘e-cash’ for shopkeepers in pilot program
  • Analysis of elearning programs to determine and address low completion rate
“Your creativity and success in meeting our objectives on a very aggressive timetable was extremely valuable.”
Kathy Donovan, Director of Credit Policy, CitiBank