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By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 4, 2011

What’s that you say? Bar association releases plain language guide

When a guide to using legal jargon in everyday life offers as its first tip, "Familiarize yourself with Latin," I'm pretty sure there's a problem.

Article by Adam Gorley / Accessibility Standards / accessibility, bar association, buzz words, Canadian Bar Association, complex language, FAPP, gobbledegook, HRA, HRPP, ITPP, jargon, langage clair, language, Latin, legal writing, legalese, nonsense, NPPP, plain language, Plain Language Association International, Quebec

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 4, 2011

What's that you say? Bar association releases plain language guide

When a guide to using legal jargon in everyday life offers as its first tip, "Familiarize yourself with Latin", I'm pretty sure there's a problem.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting / accessibility, bar association, buzz words, Canadian Bar Association, complex language, FAPP, gobbledegook, HRA, HRPP, ITPP, jargon, langage clair, language, Latin, legal writing, legalese, nonsense, NPPP, plain language, Plain Language Association International, Quebec

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read June 23, 2011

Volunteering: a pleasure or a burden?

After I joined the board of directors at a not-for-profit arts organization, it didn’t take long for me to wonder how I’d balance my new obligations with the rest of my day-to-day life. I’d volunteered before, but only informally. Now I have regular responsibilities, mainly meetings and fundraising. I’ll probably invest 70 to 80 hours volunteering with the organization this year. It’s a worthy cause, but it’s also worthwhile to question the time commitment.

Article by Adam Gorley / Not for Profit / counselling, EAP, employee assistance program, employee communication, employee health, family commitments, HRPP, Human Resources PolicyPro, Legal Profession Assistance Conference, LPAC, morale, not-for-profit policypro, NPPP, productivity, stress, Thomas E. Ullyett, volunteer workers, volunteering, work-life balance

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