Webinars

Our Plain Language Day presentation showcased English and French projects. Nuria G. Belart, Hugo Hardy, and Myke Wilder shared their work, discussed the principles their work is based on, and demonstrated successful outcomes. Their presentations offered plain language practitioners an opportunity to learn how others plan their messages and communicate with the world.

Valérie Michaud and Caroline Hewetson, from the Bank of Canada, showed participants how to align their plain language pitch to organizational priorities and use compelling data to build a case. They demonstrated ways to connect with decision makers and suggested ways to use editing expertise, anticipate potential plain language pitfalls, and maximize return on investment.

In this webinar, environmental scientist and Plain Canada Clair member Sydney Boulton talked about why a lot of climate change communication fails and how plain language can help make it successful.

We had some great discussions at our virtual conference in January, but we also came away with more questions. In fact, there were entire subjects that we didn’t even get a chance to talk about. We felt like the conversation was unfinished, so we invited our community to continue the discussion.

Can AI increase the use of plain language in public communication, which would then make documents more straightforward, save time, and increase transparency?