Plain English Training Course 19 March 2014

Time 9.30am to 3.00pm  

Venue 63-66 Amiens St, Dublin 1  

Cost €120 per person (€100 per person for community and voluntary organisations)

Do you want to ensure that you are communicating as clearly and effectively as possible? Are you sometimes frustrated answering the same questions because the information to customers is not clear enough? Do you find it difficult to develop clear reports, policies, promotional, training or web materials? Do you want to get quality training in how best to communicate, provided by leaders in plain English editing and training?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then this course is for you. Book your place for this course online at www.nala.ie (click on upcoming events tab)

If you have queries, please contact Claire O’Riordan or Anne Murphy on (01) 412 7900 or coriordan@nala.ie.

NALA Won Bid To Host Prestigious PLAIN Conference

We are delighted to announce that we won our bid to host the Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) 2015 Conference in Dublin. Previous conference locations were Sydney, Sweden, the Netherlands and Vancouver (October 2013). We are very excited about the conference. We see it as an opportunity to raise greater awareness of the need for plain language. We will keep you updated on conference developments.

Plain English Open Training 25 November 2013

We are offering a one day open plain English training course in Dublin on 25 November. This course is for information or communications officers, managers, administrators and others whose work involves writing or putting documents together. The course introduces participants to the most common writing and layout errors and uses examples and exercises to show you how to fix them. The course is limited to 20 people, so please book early to secure a place. The course costs just €120 per person. This includes a light lunch. To find out more information or to book, please email Claire O'Riordan @ coriordan@nala.ie