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Plain English editing

Fast-turnaround sector review

A government body had produced a two-yearly special-sector review. Before publishing it on their website, they wanted a professional, external, plain-English editing, so all interested people could access the information. . . .

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Prospectus for global fundraising

The joint-venture partners in a multimillion-dollar international dairy-farming project were looking to raise finance from investors.  They had written the prospectus themselves and wanted to know  if it would hit the mark. So they came to us for a 'Clarity Check'. . . .

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Making investor info readable

The superannuation industry is constantly at pains to make its information accessible yet accurate. This client asked Plain English People to edit a lengthy multi-author report into a succinct fact sheet that would be emailed to subscribers and distributed at member seminars. . . .

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Writing skills training

Save time, satisfy customers


This government unit was concerned with getting offenders to cough up their fines.  But staff were spending way too much time dealing with angry ‘customers’ who didn’t understand — or felt belittled by — the unit’s letters.  The managers gradually realised the problem was not with the customers but the writers. . . .

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Tailored training on report writing


This was a one-off in-house training course to address a one-off problem among a team of project managers, from the banking industry. It dealt with 'ad hoc' report writing, as opposed to formulaic, templated reports. And it used the team's own documents for training materials and activities. . . .


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Note: Some of our clients deal in confidential information. We take pains to safeguard their privacy. So we present all our case studies anonymously.



Writing support

Solutions to slipping standards


The director and managers of a council policy team were concerned at the below-par quality of many key documents. They brought us in to investigate and offer solutions.

Later, the director said she had noticed a huge improvement in the standard of writing across the unit and a growing awareness of how important wiriting skills were. . . .

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We've worked with ...

  • Human Rights Commission
  • State Services Commission
  • ANZ-National Bank
  • AustralianSuper
  • AustraliaPost Super Scheme
  • Malaysian Construction Industry Council
  • NZ Retail Institute
  • Ministry of Justice, Collections Unit
  • Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
  • Auckland Regional Migrant Services
  • Auckland District Health Board
  • Northland Regional Council
  • NZ Blood Service
  • ARTS Australia
  • Malaysian Construction Industry
    CouncMalaysian Construction Industry


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