Category: News

A number of countries in Europe and the Americas have defined plain language as a powerful tool to achieve more transparency, participation, inclusiveness, and accountability in governance. These countries have made commitments in their national OGP action plans.

Clarity International, one of our fellow Plain Language organizations, dedicated to legal language, will hold its conference in Japan and has opened a call for papers. Check out the details below.

All PLAIN members are invited to join our first webinar with Charlotte van Hooijdonk of Utrecht University. We are honoured that Charlotte is willing to present her research on the comprehensibility of icons and pictograms.

User. Reader. Audience. Customer. The public. Whichever way you define them, they’re essential to the work we do in plain language.

The next issue of PLAIN’s e-journal will focus on getting to know your user.

We are looking for contributions from colleagues around the world about new developments as well as time-tested methods in understanding the relationship between plain language practitioners and users.

Heloisa Fischer (Brazil) and Lodewijk Van Noort (The Netherlands) were elected at the Annual General Meeting on November 10, 2020. The new members bring with them a diverse background – both in their professional experience and in their global perspectives.

Once more, we want to congratulate PLAIN’s Award Winners for 2021 and share the video of the Awards Presentation during Access for All 2021 this past May.

Nominations are now open for PLAIN’s two international awards:

• the Christine Mowat Plain Language Achievement Award and
• the Cheryl Stephens Innovation Award

Submissions for nominations are due by April 12, 2021.