Congratulations to the 2018 ClearMark Awards Finalists! After reviewing our highest number of entries ever, we’re thrilled to honor the following organizations with an Award of Distinction. Stay tuned, friends. We’re announcing ClearMark Awards Category Winners — and the English and Spanish Grand ClearMark winners — at our ceremony on May 8. 2018 ClearMark Awards Finalist […]
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Plain language supporters flock to D.C. Join us May 8 for workshops, networking, and the ClearMarks Awards banquet. Sessions are filling fast. Sign up today! Join us once again at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2017, for a celebratory night recognizing the best plain language throughout North America. We’re thrilled […]
January 2018 Volunteer of the month: Maria Mindlin
Maria Mindlin started volunteering with the Center in 2014. She initially worked on short pieces that were light and entertaining for the Center’s blog. That’s when, in her own words, “I found out I wasn’t a naturally entertaining kind of person!”
Center founder wins International Plain Language Achievement Award
As the Center approaches the close of 2017, we celebrate a prestigious award received recently by our founder and former Chair, Annetta Cheek. The Center’s international counterpart, Plain Language Association International (PLAIN), awarded Annetta the Christine Mowat Plain Language Achievement Award in September at its conference in Graz, Austria. The award honors a “significant contribution to advancing plain language at the local, regional, national, or international levels.”
America’s Plain Language authority condemns reported CDC changes
The Center for Plain Language is speaking out against proposed changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) communication rules. On Friday, December 15, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration is forbidding CDC from using seven terms and phrases in its upcoming budget documents.
Volunteer Recognition: Lee Clark Johns
How are we doing? That’s the question that prompted my easy “yes” when I was asked to judge entries for the ClearMark Awards. After three years as a judge (the last two as head judge), I can assert, “We – plain language practitioners and products – are doing fine!”