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Writing Plain Language Policies: Keys to Improving Citizen Communications
Webinar Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
For government agencies, writing in plain language helps citizens understand your policies, which reduces confusion and civic friction and greatly increases the chances that procedures will be widely accepted. By adopting a clear, easily understandable writing style, governments can save time and resources. Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you and your colleagues will discover:
- Keys to writing clear, concise, easily understood communications
- Rid correspondence of pretentious wording, "smothered verbs," and stale cliches
- How to write coherent policies and procedures regardless of the audience
- Instantly improve web sites, emails, notices, reports, or pamphlets
- The most important technique for grabbing the reader's attention
- Bonus: Bring a pen and notepad to participate in Mandi's "20-Second Drills"
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
Join us for this high-content 60-minute webinar loaded with meaningful examples. Today's governmental communicators will gain the hot tips, tools, and techniques to get your written messages across with the results you want.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Using Plain Language: Maximize the Power of Your Policies
- Stop the tendency to use jargon, incomprehensible acronyms, and "legalese"
- Identify and eliminate the "wasted words" in your documents
- How to use active voice and enhance writing with strong verbs
- Key Principles For Clear, Concise, Easily Understood Communication
- Ways to effectively organize the prewriting, writing, and rewriting phases
- How to proofread under tight deadlines
- Best practices for writing for the web
- Write Effective, Interesting, Error-Free Communications
- Top seven credibility-robbing mistakes made with emails & how to avoid them
- Draft easily understandable procedures no matter how large or small the issue
- Strategies for communications that will be understood the first time they are read
- Question and Answer Session - Have Your Real-World Questions Answered!
- Using Plain Language: Maximize the Power of Your Policies
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SPEAKER
With more than 14 years of experience on the seminar circuit, Certified Speaking Professional Mandi Stanley works with business leaders who want to boost their professional image and with people who want to be better speakers and writers. She has traveled throughout North America entertaining and educating more than 31,000 seminar participants, totaling 3500 platform hours. Highlights from Mandi's professional accomplishments include:
- Developing and writing the methodology, training workbooks, leaders' guide, and visual aids for the American Management Association's one-day seminar How To Be A Better Proofreader and authoring The No-Panic Checklist for Presenters
- Earning the Quality Award and first-place ranking in market share with the AMA
- Graduating summa cum laude with concentrations in English, communication, and management.
- Contributing to three executive tips books in the 303 Solutions series
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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