Plain Language Project Leadership

Plain Language Project Leadership

Register now. $299 CAD

Plain Language Project Leadership encompasses the whole plain language process, focusing on a project client document. This course lets you to practice leading a complete a project with guidance, feedback, and support.  You will develop a project plan, content, and a report.

Benefits 

• opportunity to put together all your knowledge and skills on one project 
• enhance your experience in audience awareness and document testing 
• create a working template for future plain language projects.  

Topics covered:

• Complete a planning document
• Proposal to client
• Quiz yourself on your leadership skills
• Taking care of yourself while leading others
• Create a definition of plain language that you are comfortable using.
• Create a template for your Project Work Plan and Style Sheet
• Audience Analysis with identification 

• Create  a reader persona
• Mid-Project Report
• Demonstrate three clear design techniques 
• Create a project stylesheet with before and after examples
• Modify the PLA Plain Language Checklist  for your own use
• Develop a testing plan 
• Discussion forum on user-ease and dealing with feedback
• Write a memo to client as your proposal and report
• Finalize your project plan, report to client, and sample revision

We'll find a project for you to work on if you don't have one.