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Accessibility online

8/23/2022

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by Kate Harrison Whiteside
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If there’s anything we can take into the future with us it’s the absolute need for achieving accessibility in communications. As our virtual communication reality continues to evolve, with it comes special challenges for everyone trying to deliver and receive clear messages. Here are some key links to sites with advice.
 
Opening the door to accessibility online
Always start with W3C’s (World Wide Web Consortium) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). It is the leading site on all web accessibility guidelines and standards. Their At-a-Glance section is your blueprint for starting an online initiative. It gives you a four-point strategy to follow. It advises providing alternative media, such as audio- or video-only versions, captions, pre-recorded sign language. But, like all great communications, whether virtual or in-person, getting to know your audience’s needs is the starting point.
 
Focus on inclusivity
A recent article on David Berman Communications’ website, “Accessible online meetings”, provides insights and tips on how to be inclusive during online meetings.  This aspect of clear and accessible communication may create some nervousness and discomfort as we enter unfamiliar territory,  on both sides of the table. The basic advice is simple: ask questions to clarify what is needed.
 
Carefully examining the words we use is a great place for meeting hosts to start. Avoid the terms like disabled or handicapped and acknowledge others as our participant who lives with their disability. Or say, we welcome Dr. Smith who uses a wheelchair, rather than is confined to their wheelchair. One word can make a world of difference. This is clarity with a dash of empathy and respect.
 
Introductions are a critical aspect of accessibility in meetings—virtual or face-to-face. Ensure to give participants the option to introduce themselves and be patient. Once the meeting begins, remember you may be interacting with a person:

  • accompanied by an attendant or interpreter
  • with mobility or dexterity challenges
  • unable to speak or uses speech technology
  • and many other situations we need to be aware of and prepared for.
 
Plain Language and accessibility
The field of plain language is moving quickly towards ISO recognition, further emphasizing the importance of  audiences. Helping readers get the information they want, find, understand, and use it are the foundation of plain language. Always start with a clear picture of who you are communicating with and what they need.
 
Each disability community has its own way of communicating. For example, Deaf is spelled with a capital D. It includes people who are culturally deaf (born deaf) and medically deaf (hearing loss coming later in life). Remember also that hearing can be temporary or vary in its affect. Our own cultural experiences may have left us with a narrow view of hearing challenges that needs to be widened.
 
Feel free to ask for and offer help.
Be patient, speak clearly, and use familiar (plain) words. Do your research before communicating. Get to know your audience, and what you need to ensure your messages are received and understood. People are the key to communicating and it’s our job as the creators of messages to ensure there is a connection.
 
What can I do?
Gaining accessibility skills is more important than ever.  Each of us can take steps acquire new ideas:
1.have an expert do a presentation to your team
2.ensure accessibility sessions are on  your professional conference agendas
3.identify a person to be the key resource for your organization.
 
As writers and editors we often focus on words for each situation, but we also need to look at the human factor.
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New offerings for new year

2/1/2022

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We are excited to share the Plain Language Academies’ new energy in 2022. Courses in English, Spanish, French and in South Africa are on the menu, along with new courses dealing with timely topics like climate change. We're here for you. 
PlainLanguageAcademy.MoodleCloud.com

Time for clarity about climate change

The Academies welcome new instructor, author Erin Lebacqz, delivering Writing Clearly About Climate Change and the Environment.* Climate is one of the most important global issues and that makes communicating clearly about it  so important.

“I believe we can make a difference in our society through plain and clear writing,” says Erin Lebacqz, who is passionate about this topic

In the course you’ll learn strategies for writing clearly about topics like the environment, energy, and climate change by digging deep into both the meaning and potential implication of words. You’ll learn to manage meaning by presenting information in ways your readers can understand and use. It will also help you empower readers.

Find out more about Erin and her new book at High Value Writing.
*Course starts March 7. Fee is in USD.


Watch for our upcoming live chats on LInkedIn and YouTube.


Discounts and discoveries

The Academies' three Core courses (Basics, Audiences, and Writing and Editing) are designed to start your skills journey. We have bundled them together for you in a special discount package. Register for all three (individually) and receive a refund discount of 15% ($115.00 CAD). They are also required courses if you are aiming to go for the six-course Letter of Achievement.

Moving your skills into the future

Video sessions are part of all the Advanced courses. Use this time and the in-course discussions to share, get to know fellow students, and learn from each other. Our Advanced courses are designed to deliver on specialized topics. 

Here's a quick view of six options:
Plain Language 2.0 and Health Literacy: now in Spanish and English 
Putting Clients First in Legal Writing: new in 2022
Editing for Plainer Legal Writing or Editing for Plainer Technical Writing: take your pick or do both
Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority: success through planning
Writing Clearly About Climate Change and the Environment: a very timely topic
Plain Language Project Leadership: help for content creators

​Go to Courses page for full list. Register at our online Academy.


Check out all 11 Advanced courses to find your choice. If you don't see it, please email Kate at [email protected]


How to take PLA courses 

For courses at the Plain Language Academy:
  1. plainlanguageacademy.moodlecloud.com/create your account at PlainLanguageAcademy.MoodleCloud.Com
  2. Select the course/s you want.
  3. Choose PayPal to register.

Once we receive your payment, you will have access to your course when it starts. Courses combine self-directed, student interactive, instructor supported activities and feedback. Advanced courses include a live session.


If you have any ideas, questions, or want help, please email [email protected].
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Communicating Clearly with High-Value Writing

1/17/2022

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Meeting Our Reader’s Needs with Plain, Intentional Writing
by Erin Lebacqz
Author of
 High-Value Writing
Instructor for Writing Clearly About Climate Change and the Environment



As we start the new year with goals for writing clearly, it’s a great time to consider our words’ deeper meanings, and their potential impact on our varied readers. By thinking about word choice and word order through a High-Value Writing perspective, we can write directly and clearly while still sounding friendly and familiar. In short, we can be both concise and nice!
 
Using Words Economically
 
Part of writing with plain language includes using familiar words efficiently and economically. Instead of saying “We are having a discussion about writing,” then, we might opt for “We discuss writing” instead. This change allows us to provide the same amount of meaning, but more economically and in less real estate. 
 
By doing this, we also recognize that some words—like “discuss”—provide a lot of meaning in a small amount of space. Condensing in this way can help us write more plainly by not bogging down our readers with extra words.
 
Studying Meaning and Tone with High-Value Writing
 
Although it seems logical that all words would offer meaning (Why else would they exist?!), in fact, some words offer hardly any meaning at all. For example, “I think I’ll study plain language” means the same thing as “I think that I’ll study plain language,” making us wonder: What was the meaning of “that” in this sentence? 
 
Similarly, we often write slow sentence lead-ins that don’t have tons of meaning. Many of us do this out of habit; our brains pick up certain phrases and we end up repeating them—even if they’re not super meaningful. For example, “This is to inform you that we booked your appointment” could simply become “We booked your appointment.” The first six words in the first version actually offered almost no meaning!
 
Being Both Concise and Nice
 
When we write plainly, we succeed in being direct and clear. However, sometimes direct writing can feel like it lacks friendliness. Fortunately, we can write both concisely and nicely at the same time! We don’t have to sacrifice courtesy to write clearly and directly. 
 
For example, if you received a holiday gift from a company you work with, you might have gotten a message like “Please accept this company gift.” While this sentence is perfectly clear and direct, we can add more kindness by switching to “Please enjoy this company gift.” By studying word meaning and impact, we can write the same plain message in the same amount of words—but balance concision with courtesy.
 
Happy New Year and let’s make it a year of clear, impactful communication!
 

Erin Lebacqz

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Available from highvaluewriting.com or Amazon.
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Now is the time for clarity. Now is the time to learn.

9/13/2021

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 More languages, more accessibility
English courses with Kate and the Plain Language Academy team continue to expand at plainlanguageacademy.moodlecloud.com/.
 
Want to study in French? Chantale Audet and Amélie Bourret, from Autrement dit, are soon opening the doors to our French Academy, Clair et Simple.
 
Wish to study plain language in Spanish? Romina Marazzato Sparano, from Language Compass, has set up our Spanish Academy at educlaro.moodlecloud.com. 
 
Join in the learning, choose the language you prefer, and enjoy.
 
Learn to be a strategic plain language planner
The first Plain Language as a Strategic Priority Advanced course was a huge success. One student wrote: “Thank you for a fantastic course. This perspective on Plain Language is quite unique. I’ve learnt a lot.’’ Now the course is back for a second offering of advice and practice on how to integrate plain language into your organization through strategic planning.

Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green, Plain Language Institute, SA, bring a wealth of experience and will share it in the course materials, activities and discussions. The course equips you with a portfolio of planning documents and skills to implement plain language in your organizations. You can still join in. Register now.
 
Three easy steps to enrol on Moodle
All three academies are running on Moodle. You first need your own Moodle account to register and gain access to courses. 
  1. Go to the academy of your choice:
  2.  plainlanguageacademy.moodlecloud.com
    Spanish: educlaro.moodlecloud.com
    French: coming soon
    and create your Moodle account. Once it’s set up, just log in.
  3. Select the course/s you are interested in and choose the P for PayPal link to register.
  4. Once you’ve paid, you will have access when the course starts.
 
Email [email protected] or your Academy’s contact if you need help.

Welcome/Bienvenue
Des nouvelles de l’Académie du langage clair et simple
Vos documents sont-ils en langage clair et simple ? Autrement dit vous offre la possibilité de participer à un atelier pratique pour le découvrir. Rien de mieux que de vous pratiquer sur vos propres documents pour poser vous-même un diagnostic. Qui est le public visé par votre communication ? Votre objectif est-il clair ? Comment pouvez-vous améliorer la structure de votre document, la façon de l’écrire et sa présentation visuelle ? Assistez à cet atelier pratique pour savoir comment répondre à toutes ces questions !
Titre : Vos documents sont-ils en langage clair et simple ? Atelier pratique pour faire votre propre diagnostic
Animation : Amélie Bourret et Chantale Audet, Autrement dit.
Coût : Gratuit
Quand :  Surveillez les fils PlainLanguageAcademies.com, LinkedIn, et Facebook pour connaître la date exacte.
Pour plus d’information : [email protected]
Gracieuseté de Plain Language Academies
 
News from Académie du langage clair et simple
Are your documents in plain language? Autrement dit gives you the opportunity to participate in a workshop to find out. Nothing better than practicing on your own documents to make an assessment yourself. Who is the target audience for your documents? Is your purpose clear? How can you improve the structure of your document, the way you write it and its visual presentation? Attend this hands-on workshop to find out how to answer all these questions!
Title: Are your documents in plain language? Workshop to make your own assessment
Workshop facilitators: Amélie Bourret and Chantale Audet, Autrement dit.
Cost: Free
When: During the International Plain Language Week in October 10-16, 2021
Watch the Plain Language Academies website, LinkedIn and Facebook for the date.
For more information: [email protected]
An academy within the Plain Language Academies
 
 
Welcome/Bienvenidos
Noticias sobre la Academia de Lenguaje Claro
El programa en español de las Academia de Lenguaje Claro abre este otoño con un curso sobre alfabetización en salud. Como se evidencia ante esta nueva realidad de Covid-19, la alfabetización en salud es ahora más importante que nunca. La falta de comprensión y conocimientos sobre la salud lleva a sufrir consecuencias reales. 
 
Nuestra Academia de Lenguaje Claro, EduClaro, se ve fortalecida por la diversidad de perspectivas que aportan estudiantes e instructores provenientes de todo Estados Unidos, América Latina y España. ¡Te invitamos a unirte a nuestros cursos!
Mantente actualizado en el sitio web de Plain Language Academies, LinkedIn y Facebook.
Romina Marazzato Sparano, [email protected]
An academy within the Plain Language Academies
 
News from Academia de Lenguaje Claro
The Spanish program at Plain Language Academies is launching this Fall with its Health Literacy course. As we continue to navigate the new Covid-19 reality, health literacy skills are now more important than ever! Without health literacy, people can suffer real consequences.
Our Academia de Lenguaje Claro, EduClaro, is strengthened by the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives represented in students and instructors who come from across the United States, Latin America, and Spain. We invite you to join our courses!
Watch the Plain Language Academies website, LinkedIn, and Facebook for upcoming info.
An academy within the Plain Language Academies
 
Academies team wins PLAIN Innovation Award
“The best part of winning the Plain Language Association International Cheryl Stephens Innovation Award was sharing it with the whole Academies team,” said Kate Harrison Whiteside, Academies director. “With the Spanish and French academies coming this fall, more courses offered through Plain Language Institute, SA, and new options, our confidence in having a long-term, positive impact on plain language learning is growing, along with our students.”
 
 
“Brilliant, Kate! We’re very proud to be part of your team.” Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green, Plain Language Institute, SA.

Find out more on  plainlanguageacademies.com or email [email protected]
 




 
 

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New platform, same great courses

7/15/2021

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​As the Academies grew, now including English, French and Spanish options, we kept our commitment to be like plain language itself. 
  • Efficient to navigate to find what you need
  • Easy to understand what you find
  • Effective to apply
  • Exactly the information and resources you need.

The move to Moodle
We moved to Moodle to help make learning easier and better. To join a course you need to:
1. go to plainlanguageacademy.moodlecloud.com, 
2. create your account
3. choose and register for your courses.
You will have access the day the course starts.
If you have any questions or issues, contact [email protected]
 
Choose from our three Core courses on Basics, Audiences, and Writing and Editing.
Or, select an Advanced course suited to your current or upcoming needs. Topics include creating e-content, legal editing, technical editing, health literacy, design, feedback testing, science, and strategic planning, and projects. More courses are coming.

We are so excited about our new platform, we just want everyone else to share the experience.

​Visit our Courses page to find out more, check dates, and use the registration links.
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Academy instructors join PLAIN Board

7/15/2021

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​Plain Language Academy instructors take their skills to the PLAIN Board 
 

The PlainLanguageAcademy.com (PLA) is proud to have two of its instructors join the Plain Language Association International’s Board. Nicole Watkins Campbell, Watkins Campbell Communications, is their new Treasurer. Romina Marazzato Sparano, Language Compass , joins as a Board Member.
 
“I am excited about working with the PLAIN board to provide a place where plain language practitioners and educators can share ideas and broaden the use of plain language,”said Nicole, who teaches Editing for Plainer Legal Writing for the Academy. 
 
“As a Board member, I am ready to help wherever I’m needed,” said Romina, who teaches Plain Language 2.0 and Health Literacy for the Academy. “My interests in serving the members include updating our directory with dynamic features for clients to find members and for members to share with each other. I’m keen to explore how PLAIN can support certification pathways for practitioners and continue the work for transparency. Also, as an educator,  I’m very excited about linking members with resources to learn new skills and polish existing ones in order to bring readers information they can easily use to ‘better themselves, their communities, and their environment!’”
 
“We have the plain language ISO standards coming to lead us into the future, virtual conferences opening the doors to more participants, and new services being added for PLAIN members,” said Kate Harrison Whiteside, PLA founder.

​“As a co-creator and former board member of PLAIN, I am looking forward to the developments Nicole, Romina and the Board introduce. Everyone will benefit from their input, including their students at the Academy.”

PLAIN is an international organization connecting clear communication practitioners and advocates from over 30 countries. Their next global conference (virtual) is in May 2021. Connect with the PLA on:
PlainLanguageAcademies.com        
www.linkedin.com/company/plain-language-academy
Nicole Watkins Campbell, Watkins Campbell Communications
Romina Marazzato Sparano, Language Compass 


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Testing…testing

5/3/2021

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by Nicole Watkins Campbell
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Editing for Plainer Legal Writing Instructor


The best way to ensure your document meets readers’ needs is to test it with the audience. Even testing that is quick and cheap can give you useful information about how to improve your document.
 
What is a test?
A test can be as simple as asking a colleague or a citizen to answer one question about your text or as complicated as inviting 30 people to read your document and answer questions. Almost any test will help you make the writing better. And any test with a member of your audience will get you closer to writing that works for your readers.
 
When should you test?
Start testing as soon as you have enough material to test. Don’t wait until your document is complete unless it’s a short email.
 
Make corrections based on feedback, and test again, if you can. The best practice is to test a couple of times, and more if the text is important and could be difficult for your readers.
 
How should you test?

Several methods will help you improve your document.
  • Paraphrase testing: In individual interviews, your testers read a short document and explain the concepts in their own words.
  • Controlled comparison testing. You create and send out more than one version of your document, either simultaneously or over several mailouts, then compare the responses. You’ll get the clearest direction from your results if the versions differ in only one way, for example, a different opening sentence, or different paragraph structures, or using a numbered list to highlight a step-by-step process.
  • Usability testing: In individual interviews, your testers read a more complex text while you watch, ask questions, and note whether they answered correctly and readily or struggled.
 
Record your results in some way:
  • write down what you recall after a conversation about a document
  • note which version of a letter generated the most or least phone calls or errors
  • have someone take notes on the test subject’s answers or audio- or video-record the conversation
 
Who should you recruit?
  • people in your target audience (your best opportunity)
  • people familiar with your audience
  • people who have nothing to do with your document
  • people outside your organization
  • people outside your skill set
 
Testing documents internally with co-workers while you’re still writing is highly useful. You can then test a final draft with someone from outside your team. Your co-workers will likely read about as well as you do and have the same technical understanding, so you will want other perspectives on the complexity of the language and the topic.
 
Don’t test with people who know the information in the document or people who helped you get to this point in creating this document. They will know too much about your subject area to notice what’s missing or out of place.
 
Readability measures

Your word processor or a website like Hemingway Editor will offer quick readability tests. But these long-established ways of describing how readable a text is actually don’t mean much. They were originally created to measure children’s reading skills, not documents for adults.
 
The software counts syllables (to represent complexity in language), words and paragraphs (to represent complexity in expression) to roughly estimate reading difficulty. The resulting number claims to reflect the number of years of education a person needs to read the text.
 
Readability measures fail in three main ways:
  • It’s easy (and tempting) to game them, even unintentionally.
  • They cannot distinguish between a meaningless text and a useful one.
  • They cannot tell you if the structure and organization are useful or if information is missing.
 
If your text readability score from Microsoft Word or Hemingway Editor is gets a Grade 10 or higher, you probably need to edit for clarity: many people don’t read at this level. If you test again, you will be able to see if your changes made your sentences easier to read, but you should rely on other methods to make sure your text is clear.
 
Try setting up a simple test of a bit of writing this week. You will learn something surprising or pleasing. But you will learn something.

Nicole Watkins Campbell
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Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority

4/7/2021

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with Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green, 
Plain Language Institute, SA

 
We are just finishing up the first offering of our Advanced course on strategic planning for plain language. It is also the first course offered on the Academy's new Moodle platform. 

Implementing Plain Language in an organization is almost invariably a challenge and there is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Most of our students have practical experience of this challenge and they therefore expect the course to offer solutions that they can apply. Moodle enables us to listen to our students in one-on-one conversations and to understand their unique needs. Moodle also makes it easy for us to continuously improve our course and add new learnings as we go along.  

We enjoyed working with Moodle and students are giving us positive feedback. Sarah and Nadja.

NextA5 Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority
starts August 16.

Academy reflects plain language principles

​The Academy strives to be like plain language itself. 
  • Efficient to navigate to find what you need
  • Easy to understand what you find
  • Effective to apply
  • Exactly what can make messages clear
To register, simply follow these three steps:
1. go to plainlanguageacademy.moodlecloud.com, 
2. create your account
3. choose and register for your courses.
You will have access the day the course starts.
If you have any questions or issues, contact [email protected]
 
Choose from our three Core courses on Basics, Audiences, and Writing and Editing.
Or, select an Advanced course suited to your current or upcoming needs. Topics include creating e-content, legal editing, health literacy, design, testing, science, and strategic planning. More are coming.

We are so excited about our new platform, we just want everyone else to share the experience.

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Focus on the future

1/25/2021

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Plain Language Academies (PLA) expands

New courses, languages, instructors, opportunities

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Plain language knows no boundaries: so we are expanding ours to offer plain language courses in French, Spanish, and in South Africa. We want plain language to be everywhere because we know it is for everyone.

'New' is a key word for today's personal and work lives. The Plain Language Academies' team is creating more ways to share our skills and meet your growing needs for clear communication. Take advantage of current Core and Advanced courses at last year's fees. We encourage you to explore Advanced courses that tackle specific topics like clear health, legal, science, strategic planning, and online communication. New courses are coming. keep visiting us PlainLanguageAcademy.com for details and sign up for our newsletter.

We are looking forward to meeting you online, sharing skills, and learning about your interests.

Courses to take you forward
Our courses are designed to keep your clear communication skill development focused on the future. New fees are planned for future courses. Here are brief profiles of a few courses you can consider.
Clear Design Practices with Flora Gordon, (you can still sign up), explores the important role design plays in our communications and ways you can make design enhance your messages.
Plain Language 2.0 and Health Literacy, never been more important. Romina Marazzato Sparano shares her expertise. Available in English (now) and Spanish (soon). 
Everyone is online and we need to be clear and meet their needs. Kate Harrison Whiteside brings her years of plain language use online experience to you in Creating Clear E-content.
New: Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority with Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green, Plain Language Institute, South Africa. The focus of plain language is often on specific documents or pieces of communication. Implementing plain language in a systematic manner in an organization is a different challenge for executives, compliance officers, communication managers, or customer relations. This course will empower you to make your organization truly customer- or citizen-centred.

See Courses for current course registration links
Three good reasons to work on legal editing
by Nicole Watkins Campbell

We have three good reasons to work on your legal writing and editing skills this year.
1. New year–new you.
New learning ALWAYS refreshes. 
2. It will keep your mind busy during a potentially slow period.
Learning ways to sharpen your writing or editing skills is always useful, especially if you have time to devote to deep study, like during a slow period at work. 
3. It will give you little breaks during a potentially busy period.
You can study at your own pace over about six weeks, even though it’s a four-week course. You can chat with other students or with me, your instructor, on issues that challenge you. In fact, I’ll help you on a thorny document, if you’d like. Learning is good for your brain and enhancing skills is good for your career.
Join me for A2 Editing for Plainer Legal Writing
Help us plan your future learning
The PLA team is so committed to the future of plain language, of enhanced learning, and of building connections.  We are always looking for ways to improve plain language practices, skills, and projects. We keep broadening our program to meet new needs we are all facing. If you would like to see a new course, offer a new course, or access our coaching and consulting services, please get in touch. Contact [email protected].
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We're expanding so you can learn plain language in more languages

9/4/2020

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English, Français, Español and South African Collaborations

Academy becomes Academies
2021 will bring a new vision. More options. The PlainLanguageAcademy.com is now Plain Language Academies.  We are adding new courses and new languages and new collaborations to meet your needs to learn in more ways.

More options, greater access
Our language options will soon include French (Français) and Spanish (Español) courses, with a new collaboration in South Africa focused on plain language strategy skills. We are growing so you can expand your learning and your horizons. 

More Advanced courses to increase your options

We are here to help you build new skills for your plain language portfolio and future. Topics include online content, health, legal, and the science of plain language. Coming soon: strategic planning and document assessment.

Advanced courses to meet tomorrow's challenges
Register now for our fall offerings of Creating Clear E-content, Editing for Plainer Legal Writing, and Plain Language 2.0 and Health Literacy.

Cheryl Stephens is back with Science Supports Plain Language. Flora Gordon is delivering Clear Design Practices. Core courses are open now for registration.

Visit our Calendar for dates and links.


New collaborations

Académie du langage clair et simple 
Meet our Français (French) team


Chantale Audet et Amélie Bourret, d'Autrement dit, une entreprise québécoise qui offre des services en langage clair et simple.
 
Bienvenue à l'Académie du langage clair et simple​ 
Chantale Audet et Amélie Bourret, d’Autrement dit, ont développé un cours d’initiation au langage clairet simple, en français. Ce cours, Introduction au langage clair et simple, sera proposé à partir dudébut de l’année 2021.

Chantale Audet and Amélie Bourret, d'Autrement dit, a Quebec consulting firm that offers services in plain language, have developed an introductory French plain language course. The course, Introduction to Plain Language, will be offered at the beginning of 2021.
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Visit plainlanguageacademy.com/academiefrancais

Academia de lenguaje claro
Meet our Claro (Spanish) Team


Romina Marazzato Sparano and team are working hard developing a set of courses to get the Academia de Lenguaje Claro ready for you in 2021. 
 
Bienvenidos a la Academia de Lenguaje Claro 
Romina Marazzato Sparano, languagecompass.com, (California) is teaming up with the best instructors in the Spanish-speaking world to offer Spanish plain language courses. They include  introductory courses about clear writing and specialized courses on legal, corporate, health literacy, and academic writing. Academia launches in 2021. 
 
Romina Marazzato Sparano, languagecompass.com (California) ha convocado a los mejores instructores del mundo hispanohablante para ofrecer formación en lenguaje claro en español, con cursos introductorios sobre la buena redacción y cursos especializados en redacción legal, corporativa,médica y académica. Se abrirá la inscripción a principios de 2021.  
 
Discover what's happening at 
plainlanguageacademy.com/lenguajeclaro


Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority  
Meet our South African team


South Africa's Sarah Slabbert and Nadja Green of the  Plain Language Institute are developing the new Implementing Plain Language as a Strategic Priority  Advanced course (registration coming this fall; course in 2021).  They will also be offering two of the existing PLA courses via their website.  
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Plain language actions often focus on specific documents or pieces of communication. Implementing plain language in a systematic manner in an organization is, however, a different challenge for executives, compliance officers and communication managers. The new Advanced course will empower you to make your organization truly customer- or citizen-centred. 

Interested? Let us know at [email protected]. 
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We'll have a great fall learning together.
Kate and team
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