These intermediate level online plain language courses are for competent writers wanting to lift their capability.
- Craft text people want to read
- Get to the point fast
- Produce documents that have an impact
Prefer face-to-face or MS Teams training for your team?
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The material in these courses is consistent with ISO 24495-1:2023 Plain language – Part 1: Governing principles and guidelines, but not constrained by it.
Online plain language courses are for people who write:
- correspondence, memos and support materials
- business cases or proposals
- ministerial briefs, policy & procedure
- general advice
- web text
- reviews and assessments
- technical reports.
Managing the cost of plain language training
Writing well at work
A content rich and refreshing course – equivalent to a full day of training.
Covers the principles and techniques of writing in plain language.
Learn the foundations and a simple 5 step approach to crafting effective documents. (or learn each step separately – see below)
Writing foundations
A short course covering the underlying principles of writing in plain language.
Preparing to write
A short course about the thinking required before starting any writing project.
Generating content
A short course about thinking approaches and tools to determine the content to include in your document.
Organising content
A short course exploring approaches to structuring a document in a way that is helpful for readers.
Plain language writing techniques
A short course suggesting 5 writing techniques to make text easy to read and understand.
Refining your document
A short course covering some things you can do before it leaves your desk, the internal review process, and testing the effectiveness of your document.