These resources respond to some of the common challenges we help our clients with.
This guidance is backed by more than 25 years of experience in communicating complex information, and can be used to supplement existing style and editing resources, such as the Australian Government Style Manual.
Strategy and planning quick reads
Understand ways to make your content more effective and accessible.
- Content strategies – maximising your content’s impactPDFPDF
- Planning content for now and the futurePDFPDF
- The basics of developing good contentPDFPDF
- Understanding users and meeting their needsPDFPDF
- Framing and narratives – how to support your messagingPDFPDF
- More than words and more than design – using an information design approachPDFPDF
- Making content accessible onlinePDFPDF
- Solving accessibility problemsPDFPDF
- Web content format – HTML, Word or?PDFPDF
Structure and writing quick reads
Learn some key tips to improve the flow and impact of your writing.
- Effective structure and IA – your content GPSPDFPDF
- Readability – more than using short wordsPDFPDF
- Tips and tricks for writingPDFPDF
- Avoiding the main writing pitfallsPDFPDF
- Web writing basicsPDFPDF
- Eliminating wordinessPDFPDF
- The language of evidencePDFPDF
- Effective grant applicationsPDFPDF
- First Nations – ethical and respectful stylePDFPDF
- First Nations – Traditional Knowledge and referencingPDFPDF
Style and editing quick reads
Keep our style and editing tips handy for consistent, correct text.
- Bare bones editing checklistPDFPDF
- Stages of editingPDFPDF
- The little marks really matter – punctuationPDFPDF
- Bullet list basicsPDFPDF
- Using numbers and unitsPDFPDF
- Keeping content consistent – some basics of stylePDFPDF
- Compound adjectives – to hyphenate or not to hyphenatePDFPDF
- ‘The’ or no ‘the’ – that is the question for abbreviated organisation namesPDFPDF
- Using words to describe coloursPDFPDF
- Are you speaking my language – common medical prefixesand suffixesPDFPDF
Visuals and data quick reads
Use our guides to help you produce accurate and engaging visuals and data.