How to ensure your reader *gets* what you're writing

Written by Niki Juhasz

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: simple writing is…weirdly hard? That’s why we *just* updated one of our most popular resourcesWriting for Your Community: How to Ensure Your Messaging is Easy to Understand – with fresh new data and updated best practices!

This free PDF includes:

  • A list of four questions and tips to help you easily simplify your messaging – and ensure your target audience *gets* your key takeaways, every time.

  • An explanation of the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Tests, one of the most popular ways to test if your messaging is easy to understand.

  • Two simple graphics that break down readability scores and what they mean.

  • Step-by-step instructions – with screenshots and arrows – making it easy to test your messaging and its readability. (Psst - you can do this through Microsoft Word. No new programs needed!)


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