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I head up Crocstar: a brilliant agency if you need content design, content strategy and training. Join my content community! 🀩 Ex- Yahoo!, BBC and GDS. She/her.

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New training course: Content design for forms - Effortmark Join Caroline Jarrett to learn how to write questions and instructions for forms. In association with Crocstar training school.

Happy to announce that I've teamed with
@crocstar.bsky.social to offer a new course "Content design for forms", in person, 27th July 24 in London.

More details and tickets: www.effortmark.co.uk/27-june-24-c...

08.05.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Should you have a button on your website that says β€˜translate’? - Service Transformation The Service Transformation team brings together business design, continuous improvement, organisation design and service design. We work closely with teams across the council to have a positive impact...

Some super research on those β€œtranslate this page” buttons, courtesy of @jamesgreen.bsky.social in the Essex content design team servicetransformation.blog.essex.gov.uk/2024/04/08/s...

09.04.2024 21:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of someone typing on a laptop. The text says β€œEmbracing the ISO Plain Language Standard,” followed by β€œTogether, we can create clear and effective communication.”

A photograph of someone typing on a laptop. The text says β€œEmbracing the ISO Plain Language Standard,” followed by β€œTogether, we can create clear and effective communication.”

Calling all plain language professionals. The ISO Plain Language Standard is a valuable addition to your tool kit. Get a copy to make sure your practice aligns with international standards.
bit.ly/42PqTdA
#communication #writing #editing #PlainLanguage #standard

09.04.2024 15:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I actually do wonder this all the time, so thank you!

10.04.2024 06:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love it when we’re all aligned!

10.04.2024 06:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to do this! Where do I sign up?

14.03.2024 16:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today’s? Tiny pink, red, green and black diamonds ♦️

14.03.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has made my day! πŸ₯° Today: bright green with a damask-style pattern at the top πŸ’šβ™ οΈ

04.03.2024 10:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Must try and catch you today to compare notes on being half French πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ˜‚

20.01.2024 08:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See ya there!

19.01.2024 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well that’s perfect: see you there!

19.01.2024 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

☹️ Hate to hear it.

19.01.2024 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeyyyyyy! See you there!

19.01.2024 11:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m going to UKGovCamp tomorrow - are you? Let me know!

19.01.2024 11:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to hang out with her all the time ❀️

05.12.2023 08:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for new work from start of Feb.

Let me know if you need an experienced interaction designer on your team!

I’d also be interested taking on a product manager role.

28.11.2023 13:35 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I pine for the genteel social media days of the early 2000s when we’d Elf ourselves at Christmas πŸ˜‚

26.11.2023 15:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Engaging bilingual users at Natural Resources Wales Making the user experience consistent - no matter the language

It's always really good to see clients talking about the impact we're making.

Natural Resources Wales are in Computing on improving users' experience and working with bi-lingual content. The result of a great partnership with Basis and
@crocstar.bsky.social

www.computing.co.uk/opinion/4142...

13.11.2023 14:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! Do you remember what it was?

17.10.2023 12:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Even lawyers don’t like legalese MIT researchers find that while lawyers can interpret and recall information from legal documents better than nonlawyers, it’s still easier for them to understand the same documents when translated ...

Didn’t mean to sneak humblebrag πŸ™„πŸ˜‚ Also spotted this the other day: Even lawyers don’t like legalese news.mit.edu/2023/new-stu...

17.10.2023 11:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Public Speaks, Again: An International Study of Legal Communication By Christopher R. Trudeau and Christine Cawthorne, Published on 12/01/17

The Trudeau one? lawrepository.ualr.edu/faculty_scho... (and follow up: lawrepository.ualr.edu/lawreview/vo...)

17.10.2023 11:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Instagram tells me dresses over trousers are BACK baby

22.09.2023 11:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0