Online Training Presentations
Introducing plain language
- The Right to Understand (video) - Sandra Fisher-Martins at TEDX O’Porto in Portuguese with English captions (July 2011)
- In Plain Language and in Plain Sight Around the Globe - Deborah Bosley at STC France (April 2010)
- Writing for Dollars, Writing To Please - Ebook by Joseph Kimble for PLAIN International
- Plain Language: Myths and Fixes (video) - Iris Sinilong, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (December 2011)
- Why Plain Language? - Thom Haller Center for Plain Language (April 2007)
Plain language and…
Plain language basics
- Plain language basics – Web Manager University with Katherine Spivey, GSA (January 2012)
- Plain Train – The plain language online training program with tips and techniques for improving your communication skills
Regulations and legal writing
- Plain Language in Regulations and Policy – Web Manager University with John A. Strylowski, DOI. Legal drafting in plain language (October 2011)
- Joe Kimble on Plain Language – a collection of articles on legal writing topics
- Why Plain Language is Critical for Standards – a webinar by Ginny Redish for the US Access Board advisory committee
Writing for the Web
- Writing Vibrant, Compelling Copy - Ginny Redish at Confab 2011
- What Not to Web: Plain Language and Writing for the Web Made Easy – Web Manager University with Katherine Spivey, GSA (September, 2011)
- Reading on the web, implications for information design (video) – Karen Schriver at Connexions
- Plain Language in Practice: Writing for the Web – Leslie O’Flahavan. Practice writing specifically for online readers. (October 2008)
- Writing and Editing for the Web - Caroline Jarrett’s presentation based on editingthatworks.com (November 2011)
Financial Communication
- Just do it.. but differently - Susan Keimann at the FTC Bureau of Economics Conference (May 2008)
Health Communication
- Using Plain Language to Communicate Health Information – Web Manager University with Stacy Robison. Applying plain language principles to health communication. (November 2011)
Accessibility
- Plain Language: Accessible Content for POUR Writers – Angela Hooker at Accessing Higher Ground
Usability
- Three ways to help users understand your information - Whitney Quesenbery, Ginny Redish and Kate Walser at The Center for Plain Language Workshop (November 2010)
Archives of presentations from plain language conferences
- Center for Plain Language 2009: Achieving transparency through plain language
- PlainTalk in Complex Times (Health Literacy) 2011
- Clarity 2010
- PLAIN International (1995 – 2011)
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- Be substantive – teaching or presenting research on plain language
- Not promote a company or commercial services beyond crediting the author
- Be freely available on the web
- Be recent – we prefer materials from 2009 or later
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