Tomorrow at 4 AM I’ll get in a taxi and set off for two conferences in Australia. I started writing down some realistic aims to remind myself what I hope to gain from this expensive exercise. In the end, it’s...
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Plain English awards: celebrating the communications Cinderella
Plain English is, by definition, clear to the intended reader. This clarity has a positive impact on efficiency, productivity and customer relations. Famously, plain English also saves money for the organizations with a plain English culture—often hundreds of thousands of...
5D Writing: workshop for ALGIM Web Symposium
ALGIM (Association of Local Government Information Management) 2010 Web Symposium is on 3-4 May in Wellington. Alice and I are preparing a workshop for the Symposium, and thought we'd share our concept of 5D writing with you. All will become...
Medieval gobbledegook, modern oxymorons
Miraz Jordan quotes Chaucer's heartfelt (and sarcastic) plea for plain language in The Clerk's Tale, which shows that tortuous talk is nothing new. Webstock last week had plenty of plain speaking, which may surprise strike some as an oxymoron. It's...
Intranet innovations 2008
James Robertson knows intranets as nobody else does. He and StepTwo Designs are behind the brilliant annual awards for Intranet Innovation Awards. Note the difference: this is not about naming the best intranets in every sense, but about acknowledging innovative...