{"id":942,"date":"2022-10-17T15:33:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/?post_type=workshops&#038;p=942"},"modified":"2024-06-10T23:18:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:18:22","slug":"plain-language-civic-designs-must-have","status":"publish","type":"workshops","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/workshop\/plain-language-civic-designs-must-have\/","title":{"rendered":"Plain Language: Civic Design\u2019s Must-Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>1 day virtual workshop<br \/>\nNovember 15, 2022, 8:00 am-4:00 pm PT<\/h4>\n<p>More and more, people have heard of plain language\u2013and want more. But how do you get it if you don\u2019t have a content person on the team? What do you do if you\u2019re a designer working with subject-matter experts? How can you make the site work for your audiences? How can you make the words on your site accessible to people who need the information?<\/p>\n<p>Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) has energized the plain language movement, giving it a new focus. As plain language redefined audiences and their needs, DEIA has redefined accessibility and inclusion. Plain language is accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>As we center design on the people using a site, we also center the words. We question language and wording choices. We change how we arrange the words. Join Katherine Spivey for a full day focusing on content and information design using plain language to increase your site content\u2019s impact and meet your audiences\u2019 needs. This is not a grammar class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target audience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civic designers who want to know what to do with the words.<\/li>\n<li>Civic designers who want to know if they can do anything with the words.<\/li>\n<li>Civic designers who are responsible for dealing with words, whether they understand what to do or not.<\/li>\n<li>Civic designers who have to deal with the word people.<\/li>\n<li>Civic designers who want to know what the word people are talking about and what all the symbols on the page mean.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Secondary audience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone who wants to help the government deliver better experiences to the people they serve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pre-requisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some experience with web content<\/li>\n<li>Willingness to learn and share<\/li>\n<li>Desire for a better relationship with your content people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn what plain language means<\/li>\n<li>Describe the techniques<\/li>\n<li>Define the benefits<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate samples and rewrites<\/li>\n<li>Describe major content types<\/li>\n<li>Articulate barriers in your workplace or agency<\/li>\n<li>Name three barriers to plain language<\/li>\n<li>Name immediate and long-term content projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pricing<\/h3>\n<p>$895 regular, sales end November 15, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workshops\/942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workshops"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/workshops"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/rosenfeld-workshops\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}