Plain Language Workshop
Event description
Join Greg Pendlebury from Think-write consultioning for this Plain Language workshop
Plain language fundamentals condenses the Writing will at work course so that it can be completed by busy people in half the time. It is designed for competent writers who would like a refresher in the principles and techniques of plain language: thinking about purpose, audience, message, document structure, techniques to make text easier to read and understand. It also reminds participants about the importance document testing, an idea often overlooked.
Participants will learn:
• understand the importance of having a user centred mindset
• define the purpose, audience and key message of a document
• organise content in a ‘point first’ structure
• know five techniques of plain language writing
• understand how to review and test documents.