2010 WriteMark |
Friday 3 September 2010 |
New Zealand Plain English Awards |
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Speaker presentations and profiles
Conference host
Lynda Harris
Profile
Introductory speech
Plain English Ant movie (7,268 KB flash file)
Gobbledygook movie (964 KB flash file)
Masters of ceremonies
Duncan Sarkies
Lee Hatherly
Keynote speakers
Dr Annetta Cheek
Keynote address: Working with the government — engaging bureaucrats and playing the political game
Keynote address overview
Keynote PowerPoint show (1,697 KB)
Workshop: Plain language writing and design on the web
Workshop overview
Workshop PowerPoint show (430 KB)
Dr Susan Kleimann
Keynote address: Untangling complexity — using plain English to make policy meaningful to people
Keynote address overview
Keynote PowerPoint show (1,599 KB)
Workshop: Using testing to improve your documents
Workshop overview
Workshop PowerPoint show (2,831 KB)
Nathan McDonald
Keynote address: A picture is worth a thousand words — the ultimate plain English transformation that eliminates risk and encourages compliance
Workshop: Test reader understanding and learn from the results
Christopher Balmford
Workshop: Dealing with lawyers (and other doubters) and maybe even changing their minds
Case study presenters
Anton Murashev, Castalia
Presentation: Creating a plain English culture in an economic consulting environment
Presentation overview
PowerPoint show (34,259 KB)
Prue Bentley, Environment Bay of Plenty
Presentation: Starting your organisation’s plain English programme
Presentation overview
PowerPoint show (457 KB)
Paul Irving, Ministry for the Environment
Presentation: Plain English in the policy environment
Presentation overview
PowerPoint show (280 KB)
Lynda Jelbert, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Presentation: How we started small and ended up global
Presentation overview
PowerPoint show (705 KB)
Christopher Travers and Anne-Marie Chisnall, WriteMark Limited
Presentation: The WriteMark — the what, the why, and the how
Presentation overview
PowerPoint show (7,605 KB)
Award project report
David Brown, A J Park
Award report overview
PowerPoint show (1,412 KB)
Panel discussion
'Myth busters' overview
'Myth busters' PowerPoint show (219 KB)
Sponsors
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in 2010.
