Seriously bad chats
How people read, writing inclusive and accessible letters and emails, and a dyslexia-friendly style guide.
Topic
Plain English Weekly
A collection of 22 issues
Excellent pronoun usage
Designing for people with limited English, charities and content design, conflicting access needs, and how to use personal pronouns.
Introducing Bookmarks
The launch of Plain English Club Bookmarks, the active and passive voice, subtitles and captions, and an intro to user research.
Everything is different
Why you should avoid PDFs, effective letter writing, a book-making tool and the reality of being a content designer.
Job-related showing off
How content and product design work together, ways to tighten a sentence, plain English writing tips, and a handy readability tool.
Classic grammar basics
Grammar essentials, user-focused information architecture, how to prioritise content, and some super plain English guidelines.
The magic number
Active and passive voice examples, designing with plain language, gender-inclusive writing techniques and writing for the web.
Word choices matter
The basics of plain language, pair writing policy, rethinking the word vulnerable, and five plain English myths.
Set expectations
Good survey questions, inclusive communications for teams, writing good AI prompts and a super accessibility tool.
Trust your users
Trauma-informed principles and content design, style guide features, accessible communications and just avoid metaphors.