Financial Literacy Month – The role of plain language in explaining financial concepts
…sector communications is essential. April is “Financial Literacy Month.” Financial decisions – such as applying for a credit card, choosing a small business loan, or switching banks – cannot be…
Homepage real estate …or, Battle of the bulletin board
…board because there’s always so many interesting things there. Some of us bring back menus from local restaurants, some others post current events, others bring in things like the card…
Why should you care about bad forms?
…bankruptcy forms to tax forms, school enrollment forms, credit card statements, insurance applications, and program-related forms — the findings are consistent. The organizations may be different, but the problems remain…
2024 ClearMark Awards
…helpful, and appropriate while still keeping text direct and brief” Category: Legal Winner: En Clair and Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec: “Desjardins Access Card Terms of Use” Praise from…
2014 ClearMark Winners
…Law Answers (AARP): AARP has created a simple, easy-to-use step-by-step series of questions to generate a personal report summarizing how the health care law affects you. It’s easy to understand…
2018 ClearMark Judges
…to Save Energy, and, most recently, the State Department. His responsibilities have included media outreach and serving as editor-in-chief of magazines, newsletters, and annual reports. His work has appeared in…
Plain language supports science communication
…million records. The massive data collection, and subsequent series of scientific studies, documented the largest natural resources damage assessment ever conducted. The resulting report, titled, the Final Programmatic Damage Assessment…
International Plain Language Standards—Next Step is Australia Standards Application – Susan Kleimann, Ph.D.
…www.iplfederation.org/ What’s next? March 2019 Apply to Standards Australia to start the formal process September 2019 Progress report and partial draft of Principles and Guidelines presented at PLAIN Conference, Oslo,…
Advocates of the Plain Writing Act prod federal agencies to keep it simple
Washington Post, April 8, 2012 Center for Plain Language chair Annetta Cheek spoke with reporter Lisa Rein about progress in implementing the Plain Writing Act. “Federal agencies must report their…
Mortgage disclosures in plain language
…the rule and commentary. More resources – Proposal summaries, reports on what we heard in testing and the small business review panel, and more. The proposed rule and forms would…
Building and sustaining a culture of plain language – Social Security Tribunal of Canada
…Our undertakings to the SST’s stakeholders (lawyer’s groups, unions, NGOs and advocacy organisations); and Our public communications, such as our annual progress report and our social media channels. As the…
Emotional responses to financial information
…study reported that, “Trust remains the most ‘essential’ quality for a financial services firm, outranking performance.” Investor trust” means: “The decision to put the money in some kind of investment…
Treasurer – Volunteer
…applications work in sync Attend monthly board meetings and executive-board meetings Contribute to strategic discussions from a financial perspective Review and report to the board regularly on the Center’s financial…
How Much is Plain Language Worth?
…table comparing the cost of the payday lending with credit card appeared on the envelope given to those who borrowed money. Annetta Cheek, Chair of The Center for Plain Language,…
Love and plain language
…sleep. The day just doesn’t feel complete without it. On Valentine’s Day, however, we won’t do anything special. No office deliveries of long-stemmed red roses. No Hallmark greeting card with…