Posted in Presenting, tagged dry heat, heatstroke, interpreter, Interpreting, las vegas, nevada, NVRID, passing out, Presenting, profanity, vegas on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
The trip to Vegas, presenting for the Nevada chapter of RID (NVRID) was an excellent trip - for a small chapter, they really had some powerhouse thinkers. The discussion was excellent and everyone was very flexible with the technology. As always, I feel like I walk away learning just as much as I teach - [...]
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Posted in Interpreting, Presenting, tagged business trip, flying, Interpreting, las vegas, nevada, NVRID, Presenting, profanity on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Tonight I fly out to Las Vegas, Nevada to present for NVRID. I will be presenting on June 21st from 9am to 12pm. They have been a fantastic chapter to work with so far, small but very well organized!
This presentation will be unique in a number of ways. The first of these will be that the [...]
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Posted in Presenting, tagged baltimore, driving, flying, interpreter, Interpreting, mustang, pennsylvania, Presenting, travel on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
My perceptions before I left - they are a very well run conference, on the ball; thought they might be a bit more like the Boston/East Coast interpreters that I have met; Baltimore was going to be a scary metropolis to drive through; the hershey tour was going to be just a blip on the radar; [...]
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Posted in Interpreting, Presenting, tagged interpreter, sign language, deaf, profanity, Interpreting, ASL, fun, travel, pennsylvania, Presenting, workshop, flight, drive, hershey, Hershey's, pa on May 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, tomorrow I leave for Pennsylvania state conference. They are a very well organized conference, very on the ball. I appreciate that the interpreters for my workshop have already been in touch and we have done some prep. My workshop is not easy, let alone if you aren’t prepared for it. I get frustrated when [...]
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Posted in Interpreting, tagged interpreter, sign language, deaf, Interpreting, ASL, American Sign Language, Mentoring, Certification, Competency, stories, success, working on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
We all have taken/are taking different routes to achieve
certification and competency. For the interpreters working on this
milestone now, it would be great to have a list of the ways people
have gotten there. It would save the younger generation from feeling
like they are reinventing the wheel and give ideas for other avenues
to try - and having [...]
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