Best Plain English Communication – Plain English Awards http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz celebrate New Zealand's clearest communicators Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:53:13 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 And the finalists are… http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/and-the-finalists-are/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 22:35:02 +0000 http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/?p=3937 They said it wasn’t an easy task. However, after running over their shortlisted entries with a fine-tooth comb, our judges have settled on this year’s finalists. Who are our Best finalists? The following nominations are finalists in our People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication category: Accuro Health Insurance — www.accuro.co.nz Commonsense Organics — commonsenseorganics.co.nz […]

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They said it wasn’t an easy task. However, after running over their shortlisted entries with a fine-tooth comb, our judges have settled on this year’s finalists.

Who are our Best finalists?

The following nominations are finalists in our People’s Choice — Best Plain English Communication category:

Who are our Brainstrain finalists?

The following nominations are finalists in our People’s Choice — Worst Brainstrain category:

  • Auckland City Council — Proposed Plan Change letter
  • Christchurch City Council — Te Wai Ora o Tāne Draft Integrated Water Strategy
  • Rabo Capital Securities Limited — Redemption Notice letter

What happens next

Our judges in each category will now review their selected entries and decide on a winner. Our media partner, Newsroom, will announce this year’s winners on their website on Thursday, 28 November.

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]]> Behind the scenes — introducing our 2019 People’s Choice judges http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/behind-the-scenes-introducing-our-2019-peoples-choice-judges/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:16:59 +0000 http://www.plainenglishawards.org.nz/?p=3784 Every year we’re honoured to enlist the support of plain language specialists from around New Zealand and the world to judge entries and nominations in our Awards. This year’s People’s Choice Awards are no different. The exciting task of deciding who’s best For our Best Communication category, we’re delighted to announce Deanna Lorianni, communications strategist […]

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Every year we’re honoured to enlist the support of plain language specialists from around New Zealand and the world to judge entries and nominations in our Awards. This year’s People’s Choice Awards are no different.

The exciting task of deciding who’s best

For our Best Communication category, we’re delighted to announce Deanna Lorianni, communications strategist from Virginia, USA, as panel chair. She’ll be joined by plain language specialists Emma Fossey in Scotland and Paula Shelton in Auckland. Together Deanna, Emma, and Paula will make the tough decision on which of your nominations is this year’s plain language superstar.

The difficult job of sorting bad from worse

For our Brainstrain category, we’re lucky enough to have the expert eye of two judges who’ve been part of this panel for several years: Simon Hertnon from Nakedize, who’ll be chairing the panel, and Sue Chetwin from Consumer — we’re excited to have them back! Simon and Sue will be joined by the equally valuable Paula van Gemen, plain language specialist from the Netherlands.

Read more about who’s on this year’s judging panels

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