Plain language training

Plain language training to lift document performance

Investing in plain language training to improve the writing skills of your people will:

  • cut writing, reading and review time
  • better engage your audience and help them to act on your ideas
  • lift the overall effectiveness of your organisation.

All public servants and managers need to write well. They need to craft documents that are clear, concise, and effective – documents that convey information both up and down the line.

Documents are the way we share thinking and ideas within and outside the organisation. They are critical assets that must work well – delivering information with a minimum of fuss. There are real, tangible benefits of writing in plain language.

Think-write’s training:
a practitioner sharing insights, not a professor laying down the law.

Our training courses are based on sound plain language principles.

Plain language writing is a skill that can be learnt

Plain language training lifts writing skills

Too often bright, capable, enthusiastic workers are let down by poor writing skills. Very few are taught to write well during formal education. Our training course Writing well at work helps fill that gap.

Training courses based on extensive practical experience

See Think-write’s experience.

Since 1996, we’ve provided plain language writing and training services to government, business and community organisations including:

  • Australian Taxation Office
  • Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
  • NSW Environment Protection Agency
  • NSW Department of Education
  • NSW Department of Industry
  • NSW Department of Planning and Environment
  • NSW Food Authority
  • NSW Liquor & Gaming
  • NSW Health
  • NSW IPART
  • NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
  • NSW Workcover
  • VIC Commission for Children and Young People
  • AMP
  • Australian Administrative Services
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  • Common Capital
  • Frank Law
  • GIO
  • Hawker de Havilland
  • Infrastructure Australia
  • ING
  • Insurance Australia Group
  • Mobil Oil Australia
  • One Steel
  • P&O Ports
  • Toshiba
  • Tyco
  • Anglicare
  • Austool
  • Communities at Work
  • Financial Rights Legal Centre
  • NSW Cancer Institute
  • Merri Health
  • Uniting
  • Bega Valley Shire Council
  • Glen Eira City Council
  • Hilltops Council
  • Kempsey Shire Council
  • Liverpool City Council
  • City of Ryde Council
  • Sutherland Shire Council