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Clear writing training helps the whole organisation

Posted by: Karen Manser and Nick Johnstone-Waddell, Posted on: 15 March 2017 - Categories: Content design, People and skills
make your words count sticker

...including leaflets and online content. Since 2013, we’ve been helping about 300 colleagues in the Public Health England (PHE) screening team to write content for screening reports, both printed and...

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Growing technical writing across government

Posted by: Jen Lambourne, Posted on: 12 January 2017 - Categories: Content design, People and skills
Technical writer using GitHub

...depending on which teams need help and work with technology experts to produce accessible, accurate content. As I type this, I’m sat with a content designer to my left and...

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Create a better user experience by changing the way you write

Posted by: Christine Cawthorne, Posted on: 14 November 2014 - Categories: Content design
Content and the user experience

...on the page - you wouldn’t be able to use it. We’ve written some guidance if you’re writing help text for transactions. When we test transactions we start with little...

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