About Kat Noftz Nagel

Kat Nagel is a technical communicator with an obsessive need for variety. After a first career as an R&D chemist, Kat founded MasterWork Consulting to help technology firms, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations communicate effectively with their staff, clients and customers. Her client list includes high-tech and medical device manufacturers, research laboratories, software developers, a multi-national payroll processing firm, small businesses, community organizations, and individuals in solo professional practices (including other freelancers).

One thing led to another. Kat began offering Microsoft Word workshops and one-on-one training to her writing and editing clients, and gradually expanded that part of her business to include training for other software tools. Volunteer projects for community groups led her into the web design and content development world. Along the way, she co-founded Communication Central, a training partnership with Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, specializing in communications and small business seminars and workshops.

Kat has presented many programs on technical writing and editing techniques and tools, web design/SEO/site management, traditional and online research techniques, career resilience, project management, and freelance business issues for client companies, conferences, and professional associations such as STC,  Editorial Freelancers Association, Association for Women in Communications, and local nonprofit networking organizations.