Plain Language Resource Library Shelly Davies

Colleen & Miraka’s
plain language resource library

Posters to put around your office

How and why we overcomplicate our writing

Before and afters

Plain language at-a-glance guides

Miraka’s awesome blogs

Executive summaries

Statement headings

Active voice

What being reader-centric looks like

Legal language

Technical writing examples

Visual tools for text documentation

Miraka’s slideshows

Miraka’s infographics

Planning and filtering tools

Research

Useful sites and links

Magic emails

Emojis in business writing

TED talks on plain language

Deborah Bosley: Demand to Understand: How Plain Language Makes Life Simpler – TEDxCharlotte (in English)
Sandra Fisher Martins: The right to understand – TEDxO’Porto (in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Gergely Vera: Jogod van érteni – TEDxDanubia (in Hungarian with English subtitles)
Shelly Davies: Write like a Reader – TEDxTauranga (in English)
Cristina Carretero González: Hablando Más Claro – TEDxAlcoi (in Spanish)
Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon! – TED2010 (in English, with subtitles in 34 languages)