May 9, 2024 at The National Press Club
529 14th St NW, Washington, DC, 20045
4:00 pm Interactive workshop with Dana Chisnell: Unfolding Your Readers’ Needs
5:30 pm Networking and hors d’oeuvres
7:00 pm ClearMark Awards presentation with keynote speaker Kory Stamper
On May 9, the Center for Plain Language invites you to celebrate the best in clear communications with us.
Sharpen your plain-language and customer-experience skills in an unexpected way in a 90-minute interactive workshop hosted by Dana Chisnell.
Network with fellow communication professionals from the public and private sector. You will also be able to meet our Board members.
Enjoy keynote speaker Kory Stamper when we celebrate the top award submissions and announce the winners of the 2024 ClearMark Awards – recognizing the best English, French, and Spanish plain-language content throughout North America.
You will also be able to meet our current and newly elected Board members.
Register now, as space is limited and our hotel deals are only available for a short time.
Tickets:
members / government employees: $197
non-members: $227 (includes $30 discount voucher when you sign up for a one-year membership*)
Buy 2 tickets:
members / government employees: $347
non-members: $367 (includes 2x $30 discount vouchers when you sign up for a one-year membership*)
* Email us at info@centerforplainlanguage.org to receive your $30 membership sign-up discount code(s) after you’ve registered for the event.
Dana Chisnell is the Executive Director for the Customer Experience Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In her role, she drives initiatives to reduce administrative burdens, simplify public-facing processes, and equip the DHS workforce with the tools necessary to improve customer interactions at all levels.
Kory Stamper has been a lexicographer for over twenty-five years, writing definitions for everything from “blue plate special” to “deconstructionism” for Merriam-Webster, Cambridge Dictionaries, and Dictionary.com. She is also the author of the best-selling book, “Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries,” and her writing on language has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, and other publications. She loves plain language, especially when defining “deconstructionism.”