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Workshop presentations
Workshop 1 - Making it lively
Dr Marćia Riley
Be clear! Be concise! Be effective! Instructional techniques that work
Duncan Sarkies
The lighter side: using humour to spread the word
Workshop 2 - Assessment tools
Kristin Kleimann
Dialect Interface Survey (DIS): an assessment tool for information designers
Angela Colter
Using multiple methods to assess the usability of credit card disclosure documents
Workshop 3 - Legal drafting
Naseem Ali and Associate Professor Suzanne Wilkinson
Plain language construction contracts: 'Greenfield' drafting v redrafting
Ben Piper
Righting the wrongs of rewriting
Workshop 4 - Software solutions
Derek Corcoran
Adobe enterprise solutions: engaging and efficient
Nad Rosenberg
Using plain language in Flash online tutorials
Workshop 5 - Forms
Francien Malecki and Kristin Kleimann
Anyone can create forms
Workshop 6 - Cutting edge tools
Ron Denholm
SEPADO software: measuring known fact, analysis and opinion in text
Wessel Visser
Texamen: online measurement of the readability of your text
Workshop 7 - Document assessment
Sally McBeth
The tools of our trade: a wholistic approach to assessing readability
Anne-Marie Chisnall and Sara Gilbert
Raising the standard across the Tasman: a New Zealand perspective on document assessment
Workshop 8 - Software solutions
Andrew Lockton
Migrating to Word 2007 quickly and efficiently
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