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from Ginny Redish

The Center for Plain Language hosts an annual symposium on plain language and usability.

The 2009 Symposium will be

This year’s theme is "Achieving Transparency through Plain Language".

The keynote speaker will be Congressman Bruce Braley (D., Iowa).
Braley is the chief sponsor of the Plain Language Act of 2009. The act, which would require federal agencies to write in plain language, is currently being considered in the U.S. Congress.

Speakers include

• Karen Schriver on visual design
• Ginny Redish on how plain language makes a difference on ballots
• Sandy Hilfiker on designing health web sites
• and others

If you sign up for the symposium, you may also sign up for a free 2-hour workshop on plain language that the Center is holding on the morning of October 30.

See www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html for more information and registration.

We hope to see many local champions of plain language at the symposium.

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