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Online course: How to achieve the Plain Language user experience
Overview CPD pre-approved course by the Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA).Certificate of completion – 18 CPD pointsCategory: Marketing and non-marketing topicsLevel: AMSA & MPSAMaximum 20 students per course Duration: 12 weeks to complete, requiring on...
Online course: The ISO Plain Language Standard — How to make it work for organizations
In 2023, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the first international standard for Plain Language. This course will help you translate the principles and guidelines of the ISO Plain Language standard into a content development process...
International Plain Language Day 2023 with PEG
This article was originally published in the newsletter of the Professional Editors’ Guild, PEGboard (December 2023). The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the first international Standard for Plain Language* in June 2023. On International...
ISO Plain Language Standard FAQs
A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure, and design are so clear that the intended readers can easily find what they need, understand what they find, and use that information.
International Organization For Standardization Approves First Plain Language Standard
The standard will help people around the world access and use information.June 20, 2023 — Today, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) formally approved its first international plain language standard. The new standard will help improve written...
Positioning Plain Language at a strategic level
The trend is to align Plain Language with business goals and integrate it into the organisation’s business strategy.
What is Plain Language?
A communication is in plain language if its wording, structure, and design are so clear that the intended readers can easily find what they need, understand what they find, and use that information.
Plain Language in Afrikaans – wat dink jy?
Hier is ‘n paar vertalings van die internasionale definisie:
Geskrewe kommunikasie is duidelik (in ‘’plain language’’) wanneer die teikengehoor die inligting wat hulle nodig het, maklik kan kry, verstaan en gebruik.
Online course: Implementing Plain Language as a strategic priority
This course will equip you with a portfolio of planning documents that you will need to make your organization truly customer-centred.
Online course: Health Literacy and Plain Language
In this course, Romina Marazzato Sparano will explore with you the intersection between health literacy and plain language.
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