On August 28, Lee Shainis from Simplify Language joined Immunize Colorado to share immediately actionable skills to improve communication with community members, colleagues, policymakers, and more. This engaging training transformed the way attendees write and speak to different audiences. It served to improve general workplace communication skills and tackle tough topics, like vaccines, more effectively. Attendees:

• Learned to reduce writing by 20-80% without removing content or “dumbing down.”
• Learned to identify and replace words that might be difficult for their audience to quickly understand.
• Gained tools to better organize writing.
• Strengthened ability to talk about work with different audiences.
• Navigate challenging conversations and address community concerns around vaccines.
• Built awareness of language exclusion.
• Learned how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can make communication more efficient and accessible.
• Transformed language access - to simplify messages in English before they are translated, to create better translations and save time and money.