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...
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Posts tagged "E-government"
Why, why, why? WCAG 2.0 for content writers
Lesson 1. WCAG 2.0 for content writers Hey, content writer! No, don't go away — I mean you! OK: that's not your job title (you're a teacher or scientist or HR manager or whatever) but you also produce stuff that...
Tip: Just say what you mean
This plain language writing tip needs no explanation: the meaning is obvious. The reason is pretty obvious too. And yet it bears constant repetition, because people forget. In a business or government office, meaningless jargon may become so common that...
Not plain language: Judge lambasts government agency for gobbledegook
A High Court judge has questioned whether the head of Maritime New Zealand broke the law by axing a Nelson company as a safe ship monitor. Bad language is mentioned: Mrs Reynolds attended the injunction and said Justice Miller criticised...
Government web content review: when it was bad it was horrid
I've been doing a web content review "lite" for government web sites in New Zealand, on behalf of Plain English Power. This means taking one web site at a time, viewing some of their content, picking a few pages that...