Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications

Learn, do, revise ... finding ways to create clarity. Using plain language and design, I help people produce documents that communicate the intended message.

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

I’m very excited to be part of this new PLAIN Canada group. Do you promote the use of plain language? Would you like to connect with other supporters of plain language in Canada? Join our next meeting —June 1, noon PST https://t.co/QT5eWEt5oO

[Center for Plain Language @plain_language]

Congratulations 2019 ClearMark Awards finalists! Join us online for the ClearMark Awards May 7 at 12 pm Eastern to see who wins.

https://t.co/UUoPYyE4UM

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

Sent our latest newsletter this morning and we've been getting some great feedback. Don’t make your readers work too hard to navigate your content; use simple design principles to make it easier. Not on our mailing list? Read it online: https://t.co/UBqcRFOrw2

[Joseph Kimble @ProfJoeKimble]

Let’s see: which of these two signs do you think is better? 🙂

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

@FrancesLPeck @cfrangou @albertamags Thank you for sharing this. It is a wonderful, heart wrenching piece of writing. Incredible

[NIVA Inc. @NIVAInc]

"The most important part about communicating science-based messages isn’t the science at all. It’s the people on both sides of the equation. Know your audience and give them what they need. People tend to support what they understand and reject what they don’t." #scicomm #cdnpoli

[Indigenous Editors Association @IndigEditors]

We've been quietly working on getting the foundations of the IEA set up. We're at the point where we could use volunteers. We need to set up email lists, indigenize our governance structure, begin a newsletter, & improve our website.

If you're interested, let me know. Hiy hiy

[Mike Morrison @mikemorrison]

Let's fix academic posters! Prepping a poster for #SIOP19 and sick of the old "wall-of-text" poster design? Watch this cartoon to see a new, faster approach to designing research posters. Includes templates. #betterposter
https://t.co/wyXhiP5CKl

[Michael J. Metts @mjmetts]

I didn't read many "Design Trends for 2019" posts, but here's what I wish the trends were:
1. Usability
2. Accessibility
3. Not worrying about design trends until the things you're working on are usable and accessible

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

What a concept — contracts as business tools rather than legalese-ridden obstacles!

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

I launched the 3c publications email newsletter this morning!
Thanks to @Dawn_Loewen and @sydney_boulton for all their help getting it ready to send. https://t.co/oVaHFzMDiZ

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

Do Grammar Mistakes Annoy You? You Might Be an Introvert | Psychology Today | Explains why so many editors are introverts. https://t.co/EOIAeNxehC

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

Whenever I feel discouraged by the current state of the world, I look at my daughters (and the other amazing young women in the world) who are strong and passionate and fearless and I feel better.

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

😥 I had the privilege of taking a creative writing class with Patrick Lane when I was a student at the U of S. He was very encouraging and made a big impression on me. How sad.

[CBC Books @cbcbooks]

Rest in peace, Patrick Lane:
https://t.co/fAVCdSs1Gp

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

I’m polishing my presentation for the tech startup crowd at Innovation place tomorrow. I’m looking forward to sharing what I know and learning more about their most pressing communication problems.
https://t.co/iXrUg7PIJO

[Indigenous Editors Association @IndigEditors]

If you know of Indigenous editors or those who would like to be involved in the publishing industry but don't know where to start, please let them know about us. We're building our network and hope to have Indigenous editors from across Canada that publishers can hire.

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

@FrancesLPeck @editorscanada I was struck by this line: “The AP [authoritarian personality] may unwittingly destroy a democratic institution, believing that he or she is improving it.” Given the outrage of so many members and the executive’s reluctance to take action, I worry about the organization’s future.

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

@FrancesLPeck @AndreaMurphy12 The conference committee also received a number of complaints on the conference evaluations about what happened at the AGM. We shared those with the national executive.

[Joseph Kimble @ProfJoeKimble]

“[L]egalese is worse than smoking cigarettes. To kick the habit is extremely hard. So don’t kid yourself. If you want to write plain English, you’ll have to learn how…. It'll takes much work and lots of practice….” —Rudolf Flesch, How to Write Plain English, 1979, p. 2.

[Michelle L Boulton, 3c publications @MichBoulton]

@FrancesLPeck @editorscanada What happened at the AGM and the apparent lack of response from the NEC has left me deeply discouraged about Editors Canada. I was beginning to feel like the complaints had fallen on deaf ears. Glad to see there is still some home for action.