2011 WriteMark |
Saturday 12 November 2011 |
New Zealand Plain English Awards |
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Office of the Auditor-General
Winner: Plain English Champion — Best Organisation
Supreme winners Office of the Auditor-General, with Awards founder Lynda Harris
Organisation comment
We set out to make writing clearly and accurately a part of our everyday working life. We want the readers of our reports and documents to easily understand and act on what the Auditor-General says — to be as effective as we can in improving the performance of public sector entities. We trained 300 staff in seven locations in plain English writing skills, and backed that up with supporting activities. Now all our staff know the principles and benefits of writing in plain English and have the essential skills. All forms of our writing have improved — from emails to our document templates to our major published reports — and we're determined to continue improving. We are delighted to win this Plain English Award because it recognises the hard work of everyone involved in the past three years, and encourages us to continue building on those efforts.
Prizes for this award
- A stunning steel and bronze trophy produced for the Awards by Wellington sculptor Campbell Maude
- $10,000 value to be used on a plain English project with measurable results (from Write Limited)
- The latest StyleWriter plain English editing software — single-user licence, worth $325 (from Editor Software)
- Short brand/image analysis, worth $3,000 (from BrandNew)
- Two places on a half-day day Plain English and your Brand Workshop, worth $800 (from Write and BrandNew)
