Make
your plans NOW:
June 9 - 11, 2011
Plain International
Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
Establishing the
Framework for
Plain Language
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Plain language is an international
language that everyone in your audience can easily understand.
Clear writing in plain language saves time, money, and lives.
In whatever country you call home, you need plain language whether you're:
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Preparing a legal brief |
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Writing a procedure |
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Running a business |
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Designing a brochure |
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Publishing a newsletter |
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Managing a department |
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Maintaining a web site |
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Training workers |
Our members include consultants, company editors, freelance writers,
attorneys, and educators from around the world. We work for small
businesses, government agencies, law firms, health-care providers,
universities, and our clients.
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Recent News about Plain Language
The U.S. House of Representatives
has reintroduced a 401(k) fee disclosure bill stating that fee
information must be written in "plain English.”
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U.S. federal agencies will be required to
revise the job descriptions for the 10 most common positions
they hire for and rewrite them in plain language....more
South Africa's Consumer Protection Act will require plain language in all consumer documents....more
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This site provides free plain-language articles, writing tutorials,
web links, news, information about our conferences, networking opportunities,
membership listings, and professional support. Through this site you
can also join PLAIN, participate in an e-mail discussion group, connect
with consultants, and learn about professional conferences.
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Take a look at some
photos from the PLAIN 2009
conference in Sydney!
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