We are proud to present this year’s ClearMark Awards, the best plain language communications created by North American organizations. These award recipients provide models of plain language principles in action. Scroll through our winners on this page or jump directly to a particular category winner using the links directly below. Grand ClearMark Before and After: […]
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Request for Proposal – Integrated Media Communications
Project Name or Description: Integrated Media Communications Company Name: Center for Plain Language Contact: Amy Hasselkus Email Address: info@centerforplainlanguage.org Background/Introduction The Center for Plain Language, a 501(c)3 organization, champions those who use plain language, trains those who should use plain language, and urges people to demand plain language in all the information they receive, read, […]
October 2018 Volunteer of the Month: Sonia Sánchez Moreno
No one knows this truth better than Sonia Sánchez Moreno, Director of Community Translations for Sylaba Translations and two-time judge for the annual Spanish ClearMark awards. Sonia’s advocacy for plain language in translations is inspiring and her hard work as a judge helps the Center ensure that we have a robust and successful Spanish category. We sat down with Sonia – virtually, since she lives in Melbourne, Australia – to talk about plain language and the special considerations of translations.
2018 Report Card
Who and what we graded in 2018 We evaluated 23 Executive Branch agencies, including all 15 cabinet-level departments, in terms of both writing and organizational compliance with the Plain Writing Act. This is the first time since 2015 we have evaluated organizational compliance (which covers internal staffing, communication, and training and which we had stopped […]
Deputy Executive Director – Volunteer
Deputy Executive Director, Center for Plain Language The Deputy Executive Director supports the Executive Director of the Center for Plain Language. The Deputy Executive Director assists in overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include marketing, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Executive Director. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: […]
2017 Report Card
Documents graded This year, we made Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages and data infographics the focus of the review. CPoint Consulting oversaw the analysis and prepared the results. We asked each department to submit one FAQ page and one infographic. Dr. Chip Crane, the Center’s lead for the Federal Report Card, held a webinar with […]