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\nEvery year we\u2019re 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\u2019s People\u2019s Choice Awards are no different.<\/p>\n


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The exciting task of deciding who\u2019s best<\/h4>\n

For our Best Communication category, we\u2019re delighted to announce Deanna Lorianni, communications strategist from Virginia, USA, as panel chair. She\u2019ll 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\u2019s plain language superstar.<\/p>\n

The difficult job of sorting bad from worse<\/h4>\n

For our Brainstrain category, we\u2019re lucky enough to have the expert eye of two judges who\u2019ve been part of this panel for several years: Simon Hertnon from Nakedize, who\u2019ll be chairing the panel, and Sue Chetwin from Consumer \u2014 we\u2019re excited to have them back! Simon and Sue will be joined by the equally valuable Paula van Gemen, plain language specialist from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

Read more about who\u2019s on this year\u2019s judging panels<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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