Recently, the Center’s Vice Chair, David Lipscomb, talked with two Center volunteers who also happen to be successful entrepreneurs– Casey Mank and Grace Foster. They are the two founders of Bold Type, a writing consulting firm that is prospering in its second year. Armed with masters degrees, experience leading workshops and coaching for Kelloggs, Viacom and the US Army, both Grace and Casey also carve out time to teach at Georgetown University.
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Who Did the Grading in 2019?
The Center would like to thank the following volunteers who gave their time and expertise to review all the pages in the Federal Report Card. You have made the world a little clearer. David Lipscomb (lead judge), Vice Chair of the Center for Plain Language, is also a board member of the International Plain Language Federation. He […]
What We Graded in 2019
Why and how we chose most-visited pages Before this year, we had been choosing two new pages to grade each year. But we heard from agency Plain Language representatives that unless we re-graded pages we could not recognize the work of agency teams to apply Report Card judges’ feedback and revise pages. We agreed. So […]
How We Graded in 2019
We graded writing and organizational compliance independently, with a separate set of judges for each. For more on the judges, see “Who Did the Grading?” For the organizational compliance: we visited each agency’s Plain Language page (sometimes titled “Plain Writing” page); this page is required by the Plain Writing Act, so having an updated page […]
Request for Proposal – Integrated Media Communications
Project Name or Description: Integrated Media Communications Company Name: Center for Plain Language Contact: Amy Hasselkus Email Address: info@centerforplainlanguage.org Background/Introduction The Center for Plain Language, a 501(c)3 organization, champions those who use plain language, trains those who should use plain language, and urges people to demand plain language in all the information they receive, read, […]
Deputy Executive Director – Volunteer
Deputy Executive Director, Center for Plain Language The Deputy Executive Director supports the Executive Director of the Center for Plain Language. The Deputy Executive Director assists in overseeing the administration, programs and strategic plan of the organization. Other key duties include marketing, and community outreach. The position reports directly to the Executive Director. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: […]