Written Power coach: Dr. Tom McKeown

Written Power coach: Tom McKeown

Dr. Tom McKeown is the author of Written Power and the President of Clear Communication Consultants Ltd.

Tom has lectured in English at Simon Fraser University and Capilano College, and has engineered a highly successful distance education course for the Open University. Tom is the author of the best-selling textbook The Business of Communicating, as well as Powerful Business Writing, Better Business Writing, and numerous communication programs.

Tom is a champion of the Plain Language movement, which is about using clear, meaningful words wherever possible, with the goal of making even complicated information accessible to all readers. He has also developed online banking communications for Citizens Bank, The Royal Bank of Canada and CIBC. Tom has served as Director of the original Report of the British Columbia Task Force on negotiating aboriginal land claims, and is a successful mediator whose name appears on the British Columbia Mediator Roster Society.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys jogging, tennis, gardening and playing blitz chess.