Practical support for meaningful projects
Your needs…
- Need extra support with a project or workload?
- Looking for help with research, evaluation, report writing, or learning design?
- Are you an academic or student needing editing or proofreading support?
How we can help…
When time, capacity, or specialist expertise is limited, experienced support can make all the difference.
Kathryn Owler (PhD) provides professional project, research, writing, and evaluation support for organisations, businesses, and academics.
Her experience includes:
- design and evaluation of wellbeing initiatives
- training needs analysis & learning design projects
- qualitative research projects – from design and data collection through to reporting and publication
- development of resources for organisations, employees, families, and wider sectors e.g., community or mental health
- experience with contemporary wellbeing and research approaches, including kaupapa Māori approaches
- writing and publication for a wide range of audiences, including academic, professional, online, and general readership
- stakeholder engagement and consultation
- SME (Subject Matter Expert) consultation
- service evaluation and reporting
- editing and proofreading for reports, coursework, dissertations, theses, and academic papers
- Plain English writing and accessible formatting
Dr Kathryn Owler’s credentials include:
- PhD, Sociology: University of New South Wales
- MA (hons), BA, Sociology: University of Auckland, Sociology
- NZCA Lvl 5 Cert. Te Reo Māori: Te Wānanga o Raukawa
- Accredited (Workplace) Wellness Wise (TM) Practitioner: Wellness Designs Australia
- Certificate in Tertiary Teaching: AUT Auckland University of Technology
- International Life Coaching Certificate
- Emotional Culture Deck Practitioner: Elephants & Ryders
Kathryn is one of the founding Directors of Joyworkz. She has held social practice, teaching (and training), coaching and research positions in business, education and not-for-profit. Today, Kathryn plays an active role in Joyworkz assisting organisations with project work, research and report writing. She also provides in-house wellbeing training to organisations, teams and individuals.
(See more on her LinkedIn profile)
Working with Kathryn:
Whether your next project is large or small — from research and report writing to learning design, editing, and proofreading — we’d love to hear from you. Click the Contact button below to get in touch and tell us a little about your needs. We’d love to support your next project.
Testimonials
I worked closely with Dr Kathryn Owler for several years […] I found her to be a great colleague […] Her strengths in [learning] development lay in taking a structured approach, good research, listening to SME’s and stakeholders, and focused tailoring of content to support organisational needs. As an experienced facilitator Kathryn engaged her audience, in a knowledgeable, yet fun and accessible way. Kathryn also enjoyed mentoring and encouraging colleagues in ways that helped career happiness and satisfaction. I would highly recommend Kathryn for any creative, learning design, facilitation or mentoring projects.
Dr Mithila Gadkari, Public Health Lead, Asian Family Services, Auckland.
Innovation Partners contracted Kathryn, as a research professional, to complete an independent evaluation of the Life Code Matrix method […] The output was a rigorous and well written research report that highlighted several encouraging trends […] I would highly recommend Kathryn’s services as a researcher/evaluator and report writer. Cilla Sturt, Innovation Partners Ltd & Sensory Training.
I had the privilege of working closely with Dr Kathryn Owler […] at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). During this time, Kathryn consistently demonstrated exceptional research and writing skills […] Kathryn’s research is regularly published in high-ranking academic journals … [She] is a skilled critical thinker and an accomplished academic writer. Quentin Allan, Senior Lecturer, and Academic Writing Advisor, AUT University of Technology.
My thesis is going great, thank you. While at first, I was overwhelmed with all the track changes and comments, I worked through them and found them to be super helpful […] Thank you again for your support and awesome service. I have already recommended you to some friends. Tui Barbarich-Tawera, Master’s Student, AUT University.
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