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Writing by hand is something humans have done for millennia. Since prehistoric times, people have used every tool imaginable to etch onto stone, carve into clay, and ink parchment and paper to convey information, conduct business, and…

Academic writing courses have historically served as a kind of gate-keeping measure. In North America and other settler colonial societies, such courses have traditionally imparted skills and knowledge for succeeding in university…

For a time, Tori Placentra, who for the past three years was an NIEHS Intramural Research Award Training (IRTA) postbaccalaureate fellow, felt she had to choose between her passions — science and writing.Her experience in the institute’s…

Addlly AI Wins Bronze at ASEAN Digital Awards 2024 for AI Writing Tool Addlly AI wins Bronze at ASEAN Digital Awards 2024 for Smart Blog & Social Media Writer, setting new standards in digital marketing. RAFFLES PLACE,…

The onset of the French Revolution, at the end of the 18th century, had a seismic impact on British thinking. Ideas of the nation were being hardened through xenophobia, an unquestioned reverence for institutional authority and a…

At Mornington Hall—a once-opulent, now-ruined estate in the English countryside—Penelope, the protagonist of Christine Lai’s exquisite debut novel, Landscapes, keeps a diary. We aren’t told what year it is, but readers of Rachel…

As schools and educators grapple with using artificial intelligence, or AI, in the classroom, I find myself excited by the possibilities for students with dyslexia. Technology can finally give students with learning…

Today, the rongorongo script survives on less than 30 objects. INSCRIBE ERC Project / Silvia Ferrara…

Artists Who Teach. Indie Rock artists Rachel Bobbit Emerging Indie Rock Artist Rachel Bobbitt Joins Express Voice Studio ETOBICOKE, ON, CANADA, February 3, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Express Voice Studio proudly announces the…

1 IntroductionDue to the diminishing efficacy of crop protection programmes predicated on chemical inputs and the considerable socio-ecological costs associated with their production and application, there is now major impetus behind the…

Key to writing success is the ability to organize a discussion in a logical, well-thought-out manner, one that conveys the desired message with clear language and accurate syntax. For this reason, many authors find themselves…

Jotting information down on paper may be better for learningEkachai Lohacamonchai/Alamy Writing something down rather than typing it on a computer could help you retain the information better, after researchers found…

Hanvon Ugee, a global leader in digital drawing and writing, showcased its latest innovative products and solutions at the highly anticipated CES 2024 in Las Vegas. It showcased its technological prowess in digital…

Alert The Consumer Action Handbook by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is no longer in production. The last one was published in 2017 and there are no more hard copies available. To…

The National Day of Civic Hacking is actually a weekend. An awe-inspiring two days of collaborative work where coders, designers, writers, innovative thinkers, and data geeks get together to solve problems and build things for…

Alert The Consumer Action Handbook by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is no longer in production. The last one was published in 2017 and there are no more hard copies available. To…

The more public information is digitized, the more it lands on or sprouts from social media channels. This is why there needs to be a greater level of awareness and consideration for those who can benefit most from that…

I don’t know about your agency. But most agencies are going forward with plans to implement millennial asset paradigm shifts. It’s time that we became uber-efficient with our interactive modular matrix approaches. We need a more blue-sky…

Venue Center for People and Environ South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate shocks. More than half of all South Asians in the 8 countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,…

If you have a hand in contracts for crowdsourcing initiatives and challenge and prize competitions, here are some helpful hints for you. We’ve gathered this list from the expert businesses that provide competition services. Haven’t…

Elea Abisamra (at left) and other Virginia Tech students teach elementary school kids about science through writing and self-publishing books. Credit: Clark DeHart /…

On the web, people are in a hurry. They skim and scan, looking for fast answers to their questions, so it’s important to get to the point—quickly! Help your readers complete their tasks with these Plain Language writing tips:…

When writing for the web, using plain language allows users to find what they need, understand what they have found, and then use it to meet their needs. It should also be actionable, findable, and shareable. It’s important to understand…

No, this is not another post about podcasting but about a different voice entirely. It is the words you use, the conversation that you are having with your users. Is your content using the most effective language possible to communicate…

Several years ago, MIT anthropologist Héctor Beltrán ’07 attended an event in Mexico billed as the first all-women’s hackathon in Latin America. But the programmers were not the only women there. When the time…

We routinely publish our best practices in the 18F Guides, and today we’re happy to launch a new one: the 18F Open Source Style Guide. The Open Source Style Guide is a comprehensive handbook for writing clear, accessible, and…

annatodica/iStock/Thinkstock For the past several weeks, I have been writing about fairly cerebral and more technical aspects of content generation and language in general. This week, I felt it was time to get back to a more basic…

In the circle of Web content life, FAQ sections are an endangered species. We’ve previously discussed the relevance of FAQs: Should FAQs go extinct, or are they a useful tool in your content ecosystem? Kathryn Catania, Chief of the…

Several months or so ago, I raised the question of whether you and your agency should be podcasting. Incidentally, my post coincided with the launch of DigitalGov’s new podcast series. As I discussed in my previous post, the long-niche…

Plain language will make you a better writer. For federal employees, it’s also the law. On September 9th, Katherine Spivey, Co-Chair of the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), presented a webinar on plain writing…

The FTC’s second Spanish-language fotonovela is about scams that promise you can make money selling high-end products or brand-name merchandise. If the pitch sounds familiar, that’s because the story is based on facts from a recent…

So, you’re tired of seeing little (or big!) errors on your agency’s website, and you flinch at the random writing styles. You feel like your agency’s content is good, but there are still too many inconsistencies. What you need is an…

Fresh from last week’s article about workflows and their importance in the content creation process, I stumbled upon a new twist in content production known as pair writing. Many of you familiar with agile methodologies or software…

If good content is essential to good user experience, as Tyrus Manuel proposes in his November 23, 2015, DigitalGov post, then plain language is also part of good user experience. Plain language helps the public do what they need to…

When discussing trends for 2016, I made some mention of the content overload that started in 2015 but will certainly increase in 2016. Contently recently found that organizations created 73% more content in 2015 than in 2014. I see no…

Brings together government plain language practitioners to promote use of plain language, saving agencies time and money and providing better service to the public.The Plain Language community is a group of government…

Transcreation is a relatively new term that blends the words translation and creation. In a nutshell, transcreation involves taking a concept in one language and completely recreating it in another language. A successfully transcreated…

Deep down we’ve always known that people only read a small portion of any content shared online. In many ways that can’t be fixed but there are ways to help people read more or at least scan better. There was a book I loved as a…

We all do it. Whether on Twitter, Facebook, or the comment section on a news article, it’s easy to get our writing on the internet. Many of us have personal websites or contribute to blogs. We work at organizations with content…

Twitter is more than just a platform for sharing news and updates: it can be a tool for directly communicating with your community and understanding what is important to them. One way you can connect with your Twitter audience is by…

Style guides are used to set the tone and guidelines for how an agency communicates with the public. This page is a collection of style guides created by government agencies. Federal style guides Centers for Disease Control and…

This month’s Plain Language of Community Practice meeting featured Katherine Spivey’s presentation, Plain Language Spectrum: Every Step Counts! In this highly useful DigitalGov University (DGU) webinar, she explains how you can move…

The best way to learn a new technical skill is to just play around with the technology. Learning through playing with technology goes for building websites, mobile apps, and now, chatbots. As chatbots have become more popular, some…

Get the credit you deserve! We’ll discuss your formal and informal plain language work (teaching, training, reviewing, or copyediting) and how to best document and publicize it so you can get credit for the work you’re doing.…

This article was originally posted on the USAGov blog. Claire Loxsom is a Program Analyst on USAGov’s Content and Outreach team. All government agencies have a common goal: to serve the public. As the front door to government information…

View live captioning for this event. Plain language matters for speaking as well as writing! In fact, it may be even more important because your audience can’t go back and re-listen if they don’t follow you. An effective speaking…

You need to create new content—perhaps a website or another type of asset. It is at this point that you’d want to determine whether this content will also be used to communicate with audiences whose primary language is not English.…

U.S. government agencies are required to communicate in plain language. This three-hour online workshop by the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) through Digital.gov explains how to write in plain language. We’ll cover…

Brings together government communicators to improve communication and make government more effective.The Communicators community was established in recognition that communication is an essential function for government…