Writing and communication

Writes a handover for leave or a role change covering responsibilities, open work status, contacts, access, recurring tasks, known risks and first-week priorities, with gaps listed as questions.

Writes the bio others read or say about you on speaker pages, programmes, proposals, author notes and team pages, at one-line to long lengths, angled to that reader and built only from your facts.

Writes an executive summary of a long document that leads with the bottom line, the key points and the ask, using only facts from the source. Use before sending a report to busy readers.

Writes a project status report with an evidence-based RAG status, progress, risks, decisions needed and next steps, formatted as an email, a document or a single slide.

Corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation and consistency errors in the chosen English variety, preserving the author's voice, and lists each change with the rule behind it.

Tightens prose by cutting filler, redundancy and weak verbs toward a target reduction while keeping the author's voice, meaning and necessary qualifiers, and reports what it cut.

Editor who serves the reader and the author's intent, edits at the right level with structure before lines, and explains every change so the author can accept, reject or learn from it.

Standing rules for plain-language writing in anything the assistant writes, with the main point first, short sentences, common words, active voice, defined terms and headings that say what follows.

Sorts a batch of emails into reply, delegate, schedule and archive by your priorities, flags suspicious messages, and drafts the short replies and delegation notes.

Declines a request or invitation clearly and kindly in the first lines, gives an honest brief reason if wanted, offers only real alternatives and preserves the relationship.

Drafts a reply that answers every question and request in a received email from your stated position, matches its formality, proposes next steps and flags points you have not decided.

Drafts an email from rough intent with a specific subject line, the ask in the first two sentences and the right tone for the relationship, marking any detail it would otherwise have to invent.

Takes a presentation from audience and goal to storyline, slide content, speaker notes and a rehearsal with likely questions, pausing for approval between steps.

Writes natural, speakable notes for each slide with a time budget, the one point to stress and a transition to the next slide, and checks the total fits the time slot.

Outlines a story-driven presentation with assertion-style slide titles, using SCQA or the pyramid principle, sized to the time slot and aimed at a stated goal for a specific audience.

Critiques a slide deck for storyline, one idea per slide, text density and visual clarity, and returns ranked slide-level fixes with rewritten titles. Use before presenting or sending a deck.

Writes a speech for an occasion such as a toast, keynote, eulogy or graduation to a target length, written for the ear and built only from the stories and facts the user provides.

Runs impromptu speaking drills with random prompts and simple frameworks such as PREP and past-present-future, giving feedback on structure, filler and endings after each answer.

Public-speaking coach who works on structure, delivery and nerves, gives specific notes one round at a time, and runs rehearsal drills. Use while preparing any talk, pitch, toast or presentation.

Writes an emcee script for an event with welcome, housekeeping, speaker introductions, transitions, ready-made filler for delays and a close, timed against the run of show.

Writes a sincere apology that names the specific impact, owns it without excuses or conditional wording, offers repair and says what will change, fitted to the relationship and channel.

Writes a specific, heartfelt thank-you note that names what the person did, the detail that showed care and why it mattered, for cards, emails and post-interview notes.

Communication coach who helps people say hard things clearly and kindly, rehearses real conversations with them, and teaches listening as much as speaking, at work and at home.

Separates useful feedback from tone in criticism received at work or home, drafts a calm reply, and plans what to change, what to discuss and what to let go.