Editing starts with knowing who the intended readers are. Are your readers...

👥 Potential clients or customers
👥 Staff in different countries
👥 People your client organization serves
👥 Donors or partners
👥 Professionals in a specific field
👥 The “general” public

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#PlainLanguage 4 guiding principles: document must be

✅ Relevant: Readers get what they need
✅ Findable: Readers can easily find what they need
✅ Understandable: Readers can easily understand what they find
✅ Useable: Readers can easily use the information

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#PlainLanguage is all about centering the reader!

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What is #plainlanguage?

Plain language is communication in which structure and design are so clear that intended readers can easily find what they need, understand it, and use it.

ISO 24495-1:2023 establishes its governing principles and guidelines: www.iso.org/standard/789...

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Who is your "global audience"?

✔️ Culture, race, ethnicity
✔️ Age
✔️ Disabilities
✔️ Educational levels
✔️ IT literacy and access to tech
✔️ English skill level, languages
✔️ Many other factors!

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First session of Day 2 of #ACESVCON26: Beyond Borders: Plain Language and Editing for Global Audiences by Ema Naito, @theclarityeditor.bsky.social!

#vcon26 #amediting #plainlanguage #editing #editorsky

I'm back at #ACESVCON26, and first on my agenda is "Polishing the Bot: Editing AI-Assisted Text for Clarity and Flow (Expanded)" by Emily Primeaux—since I'm now doing some of that at my day job. 🙄

Later today #ACESVCON26

We're speaking @ #ACESVCON26 ✨ TOMORROW ✨ at 3:15 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 18.

Join @carolinavonkampen.com, @editrix-rachel.bsky.social, @raqueledits.bsky.social for our #VCON26 panel “Red Flag Roulette Live! Navigating Difficult Conversations With Authors and Clients.”

stetchat.com/aces-vcon26/

If you're attending ACES #VCON26, which sessions are you excited to attend?

If you're #NotAtACES, which sessions do you wish you could attend?

carolinavonkampen.com/aces-vcon26-... #amediting #edibuddies #editing #freelanceeditor #acesvcon26

Not quite the way I would have put it, but I love the concept. I now have a whole story floating around in my head (teasing me) about a GenAI and the writer trying to reason with the GenAI about the merits of their work. I might just have to write that story. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ACESVCon26

It was a fun start to #ACESVCon26 to see these unfiltered responses ✨

lmfao this rocks

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#StetChat! We're speaking @ #ACESVCON26 at 3:15 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 18.

Join @carolinavonkampen.com, @editrix-rachel.bsky.social, @raqueledits.bsky.social for our #VCON26 panel “Red Flag Roulette Live! Navigating Difficult Conversations With Authors and Clients.”

stetchat.com/aces-vcon26/

I’m attending the ACES #VCON26 virtual editing conference this week, and I’m live posting from sessions I attended on Bluesky. I've made a blog post roundup of my threads here:

carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #freelanceeditor #copyediting #editing #acesvcon26

How is it over already ahahhaa

Between #StetChat and #ACESVCON26, this day is flying by!