Christchurch Branch Event - Join the Word Wrestling Event of 2015
Christchurch Branch Event
Join the Word Wrestling Event of 2015!
Come along to our hands-on plain language night, where we wrestle with words. That’s right – it’s the evening when we roll up our sleeves, sharpen our secateurs, and get pruning the bushy text that someone prepared earlier.
We’ll have our Editor-in-Chief available to help unpick tricky parsing and solve linguistic crises. The Right Grammatical Cindy Staudt will be on hand to settle arguments and judge the victor.
Hone your plain language skills and have fun with your peers.
About the convenor
Cindy is originally from Charleston, South Carolina, in the US (grits=good, rednecks=bad), and earned a Master of Technical and Professional Communication degree from Auburn University.
After working as an assistant editor for the Journal of Consumer Affairs and an editor/designer for the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, she moved to Christchurch with her husband and children. In 2007, she began working as a tutor for the Graduate Diploma of Information Design (GDID) programme at Christchurch Polytechnic, teaching writing/editing, research and theory, and visual design.
In 2011, she became programme leader for the GDID.
Where and when
Cost
- Members $11.50 incl GST.
- Non-members $17.25 incl GST
- Student members free of charge.
- Members 15.00 incl GST.
- Non-members $20.00 incl GST
- Student members free of charge.
Note: Members = members of TechCommNZ and affiliated organisations: NZATD, ASTC (NSW), ASTC (VIC), PRINZ