Tuesday, December 18, 2012

New Plain Numbers workshop for staff and volunteers in the community and voluntary sector


New Plain Numbers workshop for staff and volunteers in the community and voluntary sector

National College of Ireland
10 am - 12.30 pm
23 January 2013

Building on the success of our plain English courses, we now invite staff and volunteers in the community and voluntary sector to enrol for our first Plain Numbers workshop. If you deal with numbers, then this training is for you. It will help you present numbers in a way that is easy for readers to understand. We all have to present information on money, trends, rates, budgets, statistics and so on. This workshop will help you present this information more effectively. It will be of particular interest to accounts staff, HR personnel, administration staff, advisory personnel and researchers.

The workshop will be hosted by Daniel Sellers, Numeracy Consultant and Claire O’Riordan, NALA Plain English Coordinator. It is open to staff and volunteers in the sector who want to present numerical information more clearly.

Book early as places are limited. For more information or to book in for this training, contact Daniel Griffin (01) 412 7929.  

Merry Christmas from NALA

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at NALA.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Delivering Growth and Jobs - How plain English can increase access to legislation

In anticipation of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation hosted a meeting of the Directors and Experts of Better Regulation (DEBR) in Dublin Castle on 22-23 November 2012. NALA was delighted to accept an invitation from the Department to speak to some 70 delegates from the EU, OECD and Ireland about the value of plain English in improving access to legislation. Our presentation was well received and we hope it will foster greater awareness and usage of plain English. You can download the DEBR Programme here.