How can we convince our colleagues that implementing plain language is worth the effort? Many of us intuitively understand the benefits. But we also need concrete data and examples to help build the case for plain language as a powerful tool.
The next issue of PLAIN’s e-journal will focus on showing results.
We are pleased to announce several initiatives that members voted for at the 2021 annual general meeting.
We understand that the cost of membership can be an obstacle to joining for some regions and we are offering reduced membership fees to new and existing members in those regions. PLAIN aims to serve a diverse, representative membership community. We already connect members from over 30 countries with a high proportion of members located in higher-income countries.
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From Europe in February to South America in July. Join us for our second webinar where we enter the world of legal language and catch up with Judge Lola from Buenos Aires. In this webinar PLAIN host Lodewijk van Noort will interview Judge Lola on the role of plain language in building an open, online, and model court.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Celebrate with us! October 13 is the day to celebrate and advocate for plain language around the world.
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This year’s theme has been “Access for All: Plain Language is a Civil Right”. Here are 3 ways to take part in International Plain Language Day wherever you are in the world.
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