The federal government is making a great effort to simplify the language in its documents. Several agencies have issued directives on writing clear documents, and legislation requiring simple writing is close to passing in Congress. In at least one case an Appeals Court has held that due process rights were violated because a notification document was so hard to read.

Complex information doesn't have to result in unreadable documents. For over forty years the Information Mapping^® method has helped writers create clear, easy-to-understand documents. This month we'll look at how the Method™ can use plain language to clarify a government document.

See how the Doc Advisor writes in Plain Language to make information simpler and easier to use.

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We are pleased to announce our brand-new one-day training course, Writing in Plain Language: A Structured Approach. This course will teach you not only how to successfully write in plain language, but also how to master your written communications with our structured approach.

In this course, you will learn how to simplify your communications and go beyond the basics of plain language by

• analyzing your audience and purpose
• organizing your information to answer reader questions
• formatting your documents so information is easy to find and read, and
• applying a structured approach to get started writing faster.

Read the full article on our new one-day course.