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Plain language can provide magical solutions to communication problems. These books gives you the action plan to for success.

Plain Language in Organizations: An Action Plan

If you wonder where to start your plain language program, let the extensive plain language experience of the authors guide you through the maze of choices. Stephens and Whiteside give you directions from drafting your plan, through applying it to everything from memos to websites, to creating a team that will take the strategy to a successful finish.

Website Accessibility: A Plain Language Toolbox

Websites—like any medium of communication—benefit from the solutions plain language offers. Website Accessibility: A Plain Language Toolkit removes the fog that can surround planning, creating content, designing, and testing websites. It offers clear guidelines, tips, and examples. The authors' advice is accompanied by links to actual web sites that exhibit good practices. Using tried and tested plain language practices, the Toolkit gives you a roadmap for success whether you are just beginning to create a website or re-launching an existing one.

Look for more books soon in the Plain Language Wizardry(TM) Series

Plain Language Legal Writing

So many books give you advice that turns out to be hollow: "know your audience," "structure your writing." The real strength in Plain Language Legal Writing is how, throughout, Stephens provides clear instructions on how to accomplish what she's recommending. Instead of just telling you to plan what you're going to write, she walks you step-by-step through the planning. Instead of telling you to consider your audience before writing, she describes in detail the sorts of audiences a legal document might have (more than you'd expect!) and how to best meet their needs.

Plain Language Legal Writing will help you produce documents that people are willing to read and able to understand.

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