6JulWhy it’s not your fault it’s so hard to understand investingJuly 6, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin NewsWhy it’s not your fault it’s so hard to understand investing From The Globe and Mail with Rob Carrick Published: July, 2018 Original Post: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/article-why-its-not-your-fault-its-so-hard-to-understand-investing/ If investment-industry websites were books, the reviews would be brutal. “The problem with the copy that we’re reading and analyzing is that it is turgid, dense and complex,” said Fergal …Read More
28JunFund houses named and shamed for failing to speak plain EnglishJune 28, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin NewsFund houses named and shamed for failing to speak plain English From Portfolio Adviser with Sonia Rach Published: June, 2018 Original Post: https://portfolio-adviser.com/fund-houses-named-and-shamed-for-failing-to-speak-plain-english/ Asset managers’ failure to speak plain English has been blamed on increasing compliance requirements as a report names and shames asset managers that use the most obscure language, long sentences and jargon …Read More
26Jun98% of asset management firm websites are unreadableJune 26, 2018by Clairein Content Marketing, News98% of asset management firm websites are unreadable We regularly check the readability levels of the written communication that governments and specific sectors create. You can see our past reports here. In June, our attention returned to the asset management industry. We published our 1st asset management research report in 2016. Suffice to say the …Read More
13JunAsset management websites not promoting trustJune 13, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin News, Press Releases98.5% of asset management companies’ websites don’t meet basic readability levels – latest research Asset management websites not promoting trust, according to VisibleThread’s 2018 Website Clarity Index. BALTIMORE, June 13, 2018 – VisibleThread, the content optimization vendor, has released the results of its global clear language study of 69 asset management firms. This follows from the …Read More
17MayVisibleThread Docs 3.0: What’s New: Webinar – Slide Deck and RecordingMay 17, 2018by Fergalin EventsVisibleThread Docs 3.0: What’s New– Webinar: Slide Deck & Recording This webinar is now over. It occurred on Thursday the 17th May. Here are the slides and recording. And here is the original webinar description Thanks to some great customer feedback, our latest VT Docs 3.0 release has many extensions that we think you’ll …Read More
15MayVisibleThread and ClearMark Awards recognizes plain language superstarsMay 15, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin Content MarketingVisibleThread and ClearMark Awards recognizes plain language superstars The Center for Plain Language hosted the annual ClearMark Awards this month. These awards promote the use of clear language in North American organizations. It judges entrants in various categories based on their use of clean, plain language. VisibleThread sponsored the event and we’re pleased to …Read More
11AprThe Facebook User Agreement as seen by the AlgorithmsApril 11, 2018by John Nolanin Content MarketingThe Facebook User Agreement as seen by the Algorithms Yesterday Senator Kennedy from Louisiana slammed Facebook saying, “Your user agreement sucks!” We analyzed it with our language compliance tool and collected some data for the software and legal experts out there. Not a big surprise, it does suck! See below, it has lots of …Read More
6AprVisibleThread Users Conference | March 2018April 6, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin EventsVisibleThread Users Conference – 2018 Optimize your investment in VisibleThread – Drive better efficiency & Compliance – Customer Best Practice – New Product Releases; VT Docs 3.0 – VT Communications Suite & VT Readability – and more We had a really great users’ conference this year in Reston, Virginia. Here are the recordings and slide …Read More
28MarVisibleThread Docs 3.0 what’s newMarch 28, 2018by EoinWrenin Content Marketing, News, RFP-ProposalVisibleThread Docs 3.0 what’s new NOTE: May 15, 2018 – The VT Docs 3.0 update pack is now available for on-premise customers with up to date subscriptions. Contact support@visiblethread.com for instructions and download links. Our latest VT Docs 3.0 release has many extensions that we think you’ll love. In this post, I’ll give a full overview of …Read More
15MarIreland Minister of Communications meets VisibleThread to discuss Clarity in Gov CommunicationsMarch 15, 2018by Giovanni Maieliin Content Marketing, NewsIreland Minister of Communications meets VisibleThread to discuss Clarity in Gov Communications Eric Muraven, VisibleThread’s Vice-President of Strategic Alliances and Partners, recently attended an Enterprise Ireland event in Toronto, Canada. Also in attendance were: Minister Denis Naughten, Irish Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Ambassador Jim Kelly, Ireland’s ambassador to Canada, and Other Irish …Read More
