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Plain Language
Plain Language: Accessibility for Content
Learn what the plain language and accessibility communities share: opportunities to help people get and understand information. Find out what you can do to help.
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Virtual Teaching: Plain Language
Come and learn how to keep students engaged and focused during an online class.
Plain Language Report Card
2020 Federal Report Card Briefing
David Lipscomb will review the results of the 2020 Federal Report Card
Plain Language
Plain Language Basics: Online Workshop
Take this three-hour online workshop to learn how to write and edit in plain language.
Plain Language
Plain Language Basics: Online Workshop
Take this three-hour online workshop to learn how to write and edit in plain language.
Plain Language
Federal Report Card Update
Learn how the Center for Plain Language is approaching the Federal Report Card and what agencies can do to get top grades.
Accessibility
The Intersection Between Plain Language and 508 Compliance
We’ll discuss how plain language intersects with 508 compliance requirements to make federal electronic documents and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.
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Principles of Speaking Plainly
This seminar adapts principles of plain language to the context of speaking, covering not only wording but also structure and integration with visual aids.
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Managing Your Plain Language Career
We’ll discuss how to document and publicize your formal and informal plain language work — teaching, training, reviewing, or copyediting.
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Infographics: Plain Language Considerations
The March meeting of the Plain Language Community of Practice will focus what makes an infographic easy to understand
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An Around the World Recap PLAIN Monthly Meeting
In this online event, PLAIN co-chairs will provide a recap of international plain language initiatives discussed at the 2017 Plain Language Association International conference in Graz, Austria.
Webinar Recap: Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) June Meeting
This month’s Plain Language of Community Practice meeting featured Katherine Spivey’s presentation, Plain Language Spectrum: Every Step Counts! In this highly useful DigitalGov University (DGU) webinar, she explains how you can move forward with plain language even when you don’t have permission to edit copy, followed by a half hour Q & A session. Many
Putting Your Main Message First
Want to learn how to clearly communicate your message? Watch the new “Put Your Main Message First” video from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Created by USCIS’ Office of Communications, the video teaches you about the importance of organizing your information so that your audience understands your key messages. “It’s common in government writing
