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E-WRITE Webinar - Plain Language in Practice: Writing for the Web


Date:         October 1, 2008
Time:         1 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST
Host:          Web Manager University
Register:    http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/wmu/schedule.shtml

Webinar Description
You’re probably familiar with the principles of plain language and probably pretty good at applying them. You do your best to write in active voice, keep sentences short, avoid bureaucratese, and keep your readers’ needs in mind at all times.  But you may need practice in applying plain language principles when writing web content.  This hands-on webinar will help you learn how to write in plain language specifically for online readers.  You’ll analyze examples of federal web content written in plain language as well as see how clarity suffers when content isn’t written in plain language.  You’ll receive pre-course content samples to review then we’ll apply plain language principles to these samples during the webinar.

What You’ll Do
  • Review plain language principles
  • Learn why online readers desperately need plain language
  • Compare before-and-after versions of plain language web content
  • Practice editing web content according to plain language principles
  • Learn about plain language resources online
Who Should Attend
  • Content editors and authors
  • Internet and Intranet content managers
  • Anyone new to plain language as well as those who need a plain language refresher