We’ll offer two 3-hour workshops on April 22, 2014. We’ll send out a survey in early 2014 to choose our topics.
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Tufts Health Literacy Leadership Institute
Date June 11-15, 2018 https://publichealth.tufts.edu/graduate-programs/professional-development/hcom-professional-development/health-literacy-leadership Enroll now in the Health Literacy Leadership Institute. Offered through the Health Communication Program at Tufts University School of Medicine, this one-week Institute is essential for health communication specialists and educators committed to improving the health literacy skills of health care providers and consumers. Participants learn from faculty and guest instructors highly […]
Let’s simplify legal jargon!
This TED Talk from February 2010 can still inspire us. Alan Siegel, a branding expert and one of the leading authorities on business communication, calls for the use of plain English to create documents that we can all understand. In this video, he present a clear argument for the need to “make clarity, simplicity and […]
PLAIN2013 Call for presenters ends February 28
PLAIN2013, an international plain language conference, invites submissions through February 28, 2013. The conference focuses on new skills, knowledge, research, and best practices to advance plain language. “Plenary speakers from around the globe will cover topics like the future avenues for plain language, recent research findings, design of an international training program, ethical issues, and […]
Health design challenge could help VA to make the grade on Plain Language
The US Government recently invited designers and developers to redesign the patient health record. The goal of the Health Design Challenge was to improve the presentation and usability of the record currently used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other groups. Over 230 entries were submitted. The winning entries used dynamic content, informative […]
Close, but no large smoke-roll
Over in the world of science — where, despite what you may think, they like their fun — there’s been a flurry of interest in the Up-Goer Five Text Editor. That’s a site that challenges you to say what you mean using only the 1,000 most-used English words. As the site warns, it’s not as […]