About this Event
What does it take to make plain language work across an organisation?
Join us for a morning of ideas, experience and conversation about how to put plain language principles into practice.
Hear from plain language champions and people working in the international plain language community as they share their experiences and case studies about implementing pain language programs. We’ll look at how organisations can apply the principles, test whether they are working, develop a plan for implementation and build the support needed to make plain language part of everyday practice.
A seminar for anyone interested in helping their organisation to move plain language from being an important principle to being something its people are proud of.
Agenda
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration
🕑: 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Welcome and opening
Keynote speaker: Plain language as a driver for health equity
Host: Dr Helen Keleher
Plain language, accessibility, and the ISO plain language standards
Host: Christopher Balmford
Requirements for implementing the plain language principles in organizations
Host: Cinzia Theobald
Part 4: Plain language content
Host: Cinzia Theobald
Info: Establish a process for developing plain language content, define the scope of your plain language program, and learn how to apply the plain language principles.
Guest speaker: Words and Beyond
Host: Bob Milstein
Info: Understanding reader’s characteristics and appropriate document types to meet the needs of readers.
Case study: Testing documents with multicultural communities
Host: Janneke Port
Networking and morning tea
Part 4: Requirements to drive and sustain plain language implementation
Host: Cinzia Theobald
Info: Explore how to build organisational and leadership commitment to plain language, develop a clear plain language strategy, and create a practical plan to put that strategy into action.
Guest speaker: City of Casey
Host: To be announced
Info: A case study – A plain language policy, strategy and plan
Part 4: Requirements to drive and sustain plain language implementation
Host: Cinzia Theobald
Info: Identify and provide resources to implement plain language, establish an organisational culture that supports using plain language, and assess and improve implementation.
Tools that support implementing the principles
Host: Jamila Savoy
How to continually develop competencies and address skills gaps
Host: Christopher Balmford
Q&A session
Event venue & nearby stays
donkey wheel house, 673 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia
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