Get Your Plain Language Questions Answered
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Webinar
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| Date: |
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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| Presenter: |
Katherine Spivey
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Description
Got a question about plain language? Want to reconcile your agency’s style guide and plain language? Ready to join the Plain Language movement?
Join us for this session that will focus on answering audience members’ questions, both those sent before the session, and those sent during the session via a chat box.
The session facilitator will briefly describe the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and plain language techniques. The session will also answer questions that from previous webinars.
Learning Objectives
- Explain plain language and its use
- Prepare your agency to be Plain Language Act 2010 compliant
- Apply best practices through FAQs
Who Should Attend
Anyone who is new to plain language or who would like to have their plain language questions answered. Anyone who writes, manages, or edits content for government websites and publications, including letters, emails, instructions, etc.
About the Instructor
Katherine Spivey is the General Services Administration’s Plain Language Launcher, coordinating GSA’s Plain Language Program. She is an active member of and trainer for the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN), and teaches plain language courses and holds brownbags. Before working as Plain Language Launcher, Katherine worked for GSA in the Federal Acquisitions Service in Integrated Technology Services, where she managed web content, coordinated social media, and edited Mary Davie’s blog, Great Government through Technology.
Before joining GSA, Katherine was a web content manager at the Department of Homeland Security, web content editor at international law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and website manager at the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Katherine has taught at local community colleges and at the Amphibious Warfare School in Quantico, Virginia. She has an M.A. in English from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in English from the University of Mary Washington.
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