Plain language course: an overview

We have our standard plain-language course more than 700 times to more than 10,000 people.

Learning outcomes

These are the learning outcomes of the course:

• participants are equipped with a set of guidelines and method to help them make any document clear - whether the document is a letter, brochure, contract, court document, regulatory document, report or proposal
• participants practice applying the guidelines and method
• participants gain the confidence to abandon any bad writing habits they may have and to replace them with plain-language guidelines and method
• participants learn why clear communication is an essential part of being a lawyer or other professional of the highest standard and of having a client-focus
• participants are able to creditably promote plain-language
• participants believe that plain English is worth the effort
  
• participants enjoy communicating clearly

 

We run the plain language course

• as a team-specific course with some exercises (in particular the homework) tailored to the participants’ work
  
• for senior people—with the same materials delivered at a faster pace, acknowledging the seniority of the participants
• as an intensive program, where there is a special need to deliver to an individual or 2-3 people
• for support staff—with the same materials—in a condensed format.

 

Tailoring the course content
We can add your own documents to the course to use as exercises if you would like to do so. Contact us if you are interested in this course 1300 85 86 20