New event this summer: Plain Talk in Complex Times - July in Alexandria

Interested in plain language communication?  Messaging around health care reform changes?  Using social media to communicate to consumers?  Join us for The Center for Health Literacy's Plain Talk in Complex Times in Alexandria in July. 

Registration at plaintalk2010.eventbrite.com is $50 off for the rest of May!  We hope you can join us.

Here is some more info:

Don’t miss Plain Talk in Complex Times! This new conference, slated for July 29^th and 30^th in Alexandria, VA, addresses the urgent challenges of communicating complex health-related information, especially after health reform. Discounted early-bird registrations end May 31^st.

At Plain Talk, you will hone your skills, learn new strategies and connect with leaders and pioneers of health literacy, plain language, accessibility, translation, new media, design and usability testing. Hear Andrew Wilson speak about the government’s use of social media, Bergel and Dias share their research on Web accessibility, and Erica Estrus talk about how to communicate better with seniors. Attend two featured panel discussions: professionals who have disabilities will talk about experiences using the internet, and experts on cross-cultural concerns (translation, interpreter services, multi-lingual call centers and the CLAS standards) will talk about strategies to improve communication with foreign- language speakers.  

The one-and-a-half-day conference will be preceded by four skill-building workshops: Design that Delivers; Social Media Camp; Usability Testing on a Dime: Why, Where and How; and Literacy Audits Made Easy.  

The Center for Health Literacy at MAXIMUS is hosting Plain Talk in Complex Times. For more information, visit http://plaintalk2010.eventbrite.com/ or maximus.com/chl.  You can also find us on Facebook at bit.ly/CHLfacebook and on Twitter at twitter.com/health_literacy.