Writing improves fastest when you stop trying to sound smart and start trying to sound exact.
#WritingCraft #ClearLanguage

Before
"•Include a valid address for correspondence (either email or postal)"

After
"•tell us how we can contact you in writing – this can be an email address or your current street address"

#ClearLanguage #ContentDesign #Readability #UserCentredDesign #UCD

There's no hiding from #ContentDesign and #ClearLanguage. If you take something waffle-y, and present it clearly, you expose anything vague.

Currently writing a page on Goals, following the content pattern [H2] Goal, [H3] Challenges, [H3] Solutions, [H4] Actions.

Flim flam just falls away.

The globally-loved Readability Guidelines wiki is no longer live. I've posted an update with a few more details my website.

#Readability #ReadabilityGuidelines #ClearLanguage #Accessibility #Content #ContentDesign #InformationDesign #UX

Why are medical letters still so convoluted??

"..a face-to-face appointment has been arranged for 28th April at 1:00 in the afternoon with an x-ray on the day 1 hour before the appointment."

Try:

"an in-person appointment is booked 28 April at 1pm, with x-ray at 12pm."

#ClearLanguage #Content

Which vs That

#content #information #writing #grammar #English #PlainEnglish #ClearLanguage #ContentDesign

F2P, RMG, VIP... job ads love acronyms. Candidates? Not so much. #HRProblems #ClearLanguage

This week's episode is on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app: buff.ly/BRdAIcY

Here’s a communication lesson I learned the hard way.

Jargon and acronyms lose your audience fast.

Break down complex ideas like you’re talking to a friend.

Clear communication builds trust, as well as understanding.

#Communication #ClearLanguage #BuildTrust

My draft content comprised 100% clear language to make the info as accessible and user-centred as possible, but metaphors and puns were added in by the client. Sadly the supplier I was working through agreed to those.

#Content #InformationDesign #Accessibility #ClearLanguage #UCD #UserCentredDesign

Confusing language kills good intent.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/_H0eHNIEXas 

#educationleadership #schoolstrategy #communitytrust #equityineducation #schoolcommunications #publicschools #valuesbasedleadership #clearlanguage #edreform #schoolleadershipmatters

Clear communication is not a luxury, it's a necessity.
#2025TEF #ClearLanguage #PlainLanguage

NEW CONTENT: Henceforth legalese should not be used — i.e., it should cease, desist and be at an endInbox

(first published on rabble.ca in 2017)

#ClearLanguage #WriteClearly #legalwriting

www.celiachandler.com/blog/legalese