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The journey from complexity to clarity is tough, but we’re here to guide you. Check out our latest blog about the journe...
27/05/2025

The journey from complexity to clarity is tough, but we’re here to guide you. Check out our latest blog about the journey from daring to hope for clearer communication to learning our tools, leaving complexity behind and reaping the rewards clarity brings: https://bit.ly/3RIwoYb

How’re your plain language skills? Put them to the test by commenting with your plain language translation of this examp...
22/05/2025

How’re your plain language skills? Put them to the test by commenting with your plain language translation of this example of officialese.

Need help to do it? Check out the free Australian Style Guide™ https://bit.ly/4idal6K

Think again! Our editing team can transform dense legalese into clear, concise and accessible language without losing le...
20/05/2025

Think again! Our editing team can transform dense legalese into clear, concise and accessible language without losing legal meaning.
Let us help you strike the perfect balance between clarity and legal accuracy: https://bit.ly/3YpNk9E

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Check out our free resource, the Australian Style Guide™: https://bit.ly/3GhYx...
18/05/2025

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Check out our free resource, the Australian Style Guide™: https://bit.ly/3GhYxTp
It includes helpful advice about making your body text, headings, lists, images, tables, colours and spacing more accessible.

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Check out our free resource, the Australian Style Guide™: https://bit.ly/3GhYx...
18/05/2025

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Check out our free resource, the Australian Style Guide™: https://bit.ly/3GhYxTp

It includes helpful advice about making your body text, headings, lists, images, tables, colours and spacing more accessible.

Sign up for our most popular workshop: Plain Language Essentials.In just 1 day, we’ll help you communicate clearly and s...
13/05/2025

Sign up for our most popular workshop: Plain Language Essentials.
In just 1 day, we’ll help you communicate clearly and show you how to:
📌 present your material in different ways
📌 use layout to convey content more effectively
📌 adapt the tone of your writing to engage readers
📌 adjust words and phrases to improve readability.

📅 24 June 📍 Online 🔗 https://bit.ly/4lqEUJ5

Mums just want correct apostrophes! Or maybe that’s just our mums. Wondering where to put the apostrophe this Mother’s D...
11/05/2025

Mums just want correct apostrophes! Or maybe that’s just our mums. Wondering where to put the apostrophe this Mother’s Day? Visit the free Australian Style Guide™ for answers to all your apostrophe questions https://bit.ly/4lnNs3g

Mums just want correct apostrophes! Or maybe that’s just our mums. Wondering where to put the apostrophe this Mother’s D...
11/05/2025

Mums just want correct apostrophes! Or maybe that’s just our mums. Wondering where to put the apostrophe this Mother’s Day? Visit the free Australian Style Guide™ for answers to all your apostrophe questions https://bit.ly/4lnNs3g

Sign up for our self-paced online course, Business Writing Boost.Over 4 weeks, you’ll upgrade your plain language skills...
08/05/2025

Sign up for our self-paced online course, Business Writing Boost.
Over 4 weeks, you’ll upgrade your plain language skills in bite-sized chunks, using ISO-aligned frameworks, tools and benchmarks.

📅 30 May 📍 Online 🔗 https://bit.ly/4lrYgxr

Want practical and content-rich workshops that bring theory to life? We’ve got you. Our Briefing and Correspondence Writ...
06/05/2025

Want practical and content-rich workshops that bring theory to life? We’ve got you.

Our Briefing and Correspondence Writing Essentials workshop is for public- and private-sector employees. Sign up to boost your writing skills, from planning to presenting your material in the most persuasive and reader-friendly way. A win for time-poor writers and readers!

📅 17 June 📍 Online 🔗 https://bit.ly/42igjPg

You might be wondering whether it’s Anzac Day or ANZAC Day? While this is an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army...
25/04/2025

You might be wondering whether it’s Anzac Day or ANZAC Day?

While this is an acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, we only use a capital for the initial letter in Anzac Day.

But if you’re writing about the corps, use capitals for each letter: ANZAC.

Today we remember the bravery, sacrifice and resilience of the Anzacs.

Use our free Australian Style Guide for definitive advice about acronyms, initialisms and shortened forms: https://bit.ly/3XMlJPE

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