• Is your infographic a handy visualisation or a picture puzzle?
• Welcome Paul, Sue, and Eleanor
• Farewell Tim
• A conversation with you about health literacy
• It's Plain English Awards time again!
• Check out our new office

Is your infographic a handy visualisation or a picture puzzle?

Do you know how to apply the principles of plain English to infographics?

Plain English specialist James Burgess gives us three questions to ask before unleashing an infographic creation on colleagues and clients.

Read 'Is your infographic a handy visualisation or a picture puzzle' 

Welcome Paul, Sue, and Eleanor

This month we welcome three experienced (and lovely!) people to our team.

Paul Le Cheminant is the relationship manager for clients previously looked after by Tim Horne. Sue Chamberlain has joined our Practitioner team and is already getting great feedback from her training clients. Eleanor Meecham has also joined our Practitioner team and is busy working wonders on a major document project.

Read more about our newest people
Paul Le Cheminant
Sue Chamberlain
Eleanor Meecham

Farewell Tim

Earlier this month, we said farewell to our Business Development Manager and Relationship Manager, Tim Horne.  After 4½  years waving the Write flag, Tim decided it was time for a new challenge and accepted a role at Employee Assistance Programme. We miss him!

See photos of Tim's farewell and the cool gift we made him on our Facebook page

A conversation with you about health literacy

Plain English specialist Rosie Knight tells us why it's important for health providers to develop a dual language — a medical language to talk to their colleagues, and an everyday language to explain medical language to their patients.

Read 'A conversation with you about health literacy' 

It's Plain English Awards time again!

Nine years on, the Plain English Awards are going strong and Write is proud to once again be the premier Awards sponsor. As always there’s a category to suit every New Zealand organisation, large or small.  Entry is easy and free!

See all Awards categories and entry requirements

See last year’s winners

Give a little to help the Plain English Awards

Check out our new office

Have you had a chance to visit our new office? 

We didn't move far — we moved from level 9 to level 7 in the same building.

Our new address

Level 7, 342 Lambton Quay, Wellington

Have a look at the photos of our new space 

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