http://hopehealth.podbean.com Workplace leaders share tips and insight on communicating to employees about health, wellness and benefit issues Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:34:15 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 en © 2003-2009 Health 1440 benefits communication,workplace messages,hope health,health communication Workplace leaders share tips and insight on communicating to employees about health, wellness and benefit issues mhaan@hopehealth.com No No http://www.podbean.com/home/images/powered_by_podbean.jpg http://hopehealth.podbean.com 144 144 http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/11/13/audrey-riffenburgh-plain-language-value-and-misconceptions/ http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/11/13/audrey-riffenburgh-plain-language-value-and-misconceptions/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:34:15 +0000 hopehealth Uncategorized http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/11/13/audrey-riffenburgh-plain-language-value-and-misconceptions/ The health messages you need to communicate to employees are highly important. That doesn’t mean they should be high-brow. Your audience should understand messages the first time they read them. Unfortunately, material written by health experts are often filled with lingo–their messages confuse rather than clarify. Enter the Plain Language movement. In this podcast, Audrey Riffenburgh, president and founder of consultancy Plain Language Works, breaks down the benefits and common misconceptions of this critical ideal. She also pinpoints what workplace communicators can do today to get their messages read and understood.

]]> http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/11/13/audrey-riffenburgh-plain-language-value-and-misconceptions/feed/ The health messages you need to communicate to employees are highly important. That doesn't mean they should be high-brow. Your audience should understand messages the ... The health messages you need to communicate to employees are highly important. That doesn't mean they should be high-brow. Your audience should understand messages the first time they read them. Unfortunately, material written by health experts are often filled with lingo--their messages confuse rather than clarify. Enter the Plain Language movement. In this podcast, Audrey Riffenburgh, president and founder of consultancy Plain Language Works, breaks down the benefits and common misconceptions of this critical ideal. She also pinpoints what workplace communicators can do today to get their messages read and understood. plain language, No No http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/09/23/brooke-bascom-6-tips-all-workplace-communicators-must-know/ http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/09/23/brooke-bascom-6-tips-all-workplace-communicators-must-know/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:12:00 +0000 hopehealth Uncategorized http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/09/23/brooke-bascom-6-tips-all-workplace-communicators-must-know/ Brooke Bascom and her team at King County, Wash., have helped 19,000 employees and their covered spouses or domestic partners make great strides in improving their health. The county’s Health Reform Initiative creates an environment that supports employees in their efforts to get healthy, and incentivizes them with lower out of pocket expenses for participating […]

]]> http://hopehealth.podbean.com/2008/09/23/brooke-bascom-6-tips-all-workplace-communicators-must-know/feed/ Brooke Bascom and her team at King County, Wash., have helped 19,000 employees and their covered spouses or domestic partners make great strides in improving ... Brooke Bascom and her team at King County, Wash., have helped 19,000 employees and their covered spouses or domestic partners make great strides in improving their health. The county’s Health Reform Initiative creates an environment that supports employees in their efforts to get healthy, and incentivizes them with lower out of pocket expenses for participating [...] workplace communication, No No