We're pleased to confirm that the Foundation is now a registered #COVIDsafe business. This means we're doing our part to keep staff and the community safe, and you can keep using our world-class #plainEnglish services with confidence.

Our executive director Neil James recently reviewed #readability on federal and state government #COVID websites.

Congratulations to Joseph Kimble and the Kimble Center for Legal Drafting at WMU-Cooley Law School! Their medical power of attorney document earned the first WriteMark Plus quality mark in the US – and is available to the public for free! #legalwriting ow.ly/SKG750Byrn8

We're proud to launch our Australian Style Guideᵀᴹ, the definitive new online resource on Australian style. Whether you’re looking for how to structure documents, format numbers or punctuate your text, the ASG has you covered. Try it for free today. australianstyleguide.com

I'll be talking to James Valentine about the new Australian Style Guideᵀᴹ on the radio today. Tune in to ABC 702 at 1.30 pm Sydney time. ow.ly/iEX050CFjb4

Earlier this week I spoke to the Financial Review about The Australian Style Guideᵀᴹ.

We're doing things a little differently this year with 2 #WorstWords winners! We looked at past winners to pick the Worst Words of the Decade. 2017's 'alternative facts', was the clear choice. And our 2020 award goes to 'vertical consumption'. ow.ly/EY8X50CRBgH

If you missed Neil James explaining why 'alternative facts' and 'vertical consumption' won the gongs for #WorstWords, you can catch up on his 6PR interview here. ow.ly/amG350CSDq7

I’m very pleased to join David Lipscomb, Gael Spivak, MA and Vera Gergely at ACCESS FOR ALL - Plain Language is a Civil Right today. We’ll be sharing updates on our work to develop a multi-language standard for #PlainLanguage with ISO. #AFA2021 #AccessMatters

After our virtual presentations air, I look forward to joining fellow ACCESS FOR ALL - Plain Language is a Civil Right keynote speakers Barbra Kingsley, Joseph Kimble and Ginny Redish for a panel discussion. ow.ly/xkxJ50EJznm

As more people are coming out of COVID restrictions, we're ramping back up. We are recruiting for 5 new people, across editing, training, business development and marketing. If you'd like to join us, please check it out! ow.ly/WQGF50GJZPw

I'm excited as always to talk to James Valentine this morning. We'll be announcing the #WorstWords of the year in just a moment! Tune in here: ow.ly/TjJk50HaRWk

Drumroll please … Our #WorstWords2021 are … ‘Centres for National Resilience’, our federal politicians’ very fancypants name for quarantine centres. See our annual round-up of the worst public language to find out what else made the list. ow.ly/e78K50Ha498

I'm looking forward to sharing the #WorstWords of 2021 with adam steer on ABC Radio Darwin. I'll be live in a couple of minutes here: ow.ly/VT2k50HaVyI

I'll be talking about our #WorstWords of 2021 - #centresfornationalresilience - with The Lindsay McDowens Board Of Peace on ABC Radio Illawarra in a moment. You can listen in here: ow.ly/GAgP50HaZJN

I'm pleased to be talking to Adam Shirley about our #WorstWords on ABC Canberra now. Listen in or call in now at: ow.ly/x30650HbQKj

I'm delighted to be talking #WorstWords with fellow wordsmith Kel Richards on 2GB radio tonight. Tune in here from 8 pm Sydney time: ow.ly/a5fs50HbSzU #plainlanguage

Well it's been 18 months since I last logged into Twitter. Did I miss much?

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