Those Alaskans know how to pull off a conference! Not only was everyone psyched to be doing professional development together, we also got to play around and practice juggling. Cathi really tried to get me to shift wide so my bean bags wouldn’t collide but….old habits die hard. 🙂 Isn’t that the way it is with everything? Maybe its only … Read more...
Tag: Interpreting
drama!
Here I am – Alaska! 😉
Slept well, despite the fact that the touchpad on my laptop stopped working. I don”t have a backup plan for no powerpoint!
I’m giving myself credit for arriving early – have all day today to get it fixed. Might be a hint that it is time to upgrad he ol” pzmo to a newbie … Read more...
Going to Alaska!
We are going to rock the house! 🙂 Spent today refining the design; I’m feeling quite good about it.
I’m building on success from Boston’s PM/WAD workshop at the CGO, where we really nailed a problematic moment with a sophisticated group of organizational diversity consultants. Exhausting (I’ll need good rest!), but gives me a great sense of optimism for … Read more...
Conference of Interpreter Trainers
CIT has just opened a new website full of goodies. 🙂 Looks like they will run regular discussions too. Neat! Funny timing too, as I just wrote the check for this fall’s conference a few hours ago.… Read more...
anecdotes
Hmmm, its been awhile now, but I was thinking about a conversation I had after a job with a new Deaf person…she was telling me she had “a bad habit of teasing the interpreters” and I said I had “a bad habit of interpreting so that the hearing people know what’s going on.” My team interpreter raised her eyebrows at … Read more...
Alaska!
It’s really true! Check this out (from their promotional materials) 🙂
The Art of Juggling Conference
April 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2004
At the Anchorage Hilton Downtown
Deaf Interpreter Presenters: Julie Simon & Steve Walker
ASL Language Presenter: Trix Bruce
Interpreting Presenter: Stephanie Jo Kent
Stephanie Jo Kent, CI, MS, has been interpreting for a decade. She earned a master’s degree … Read more...
edited letter to the editor
The Reformer printed my letter in the Weekend issue yesterday with an interesting insertion. They deleted “your coverage” and added the words “Associated Press article”, apparently to distance themselves from it? The author is unidentified on the website and it seems we’ve already recycled the paper…
Here’s my original text – apparently they posted all the letters EXCEPT for mine… Read more...
legal interpreting
This story, Language issues snarl ex-Austine staffer’s trial was published in this morning’s paper. If I could squeeze it in I should go observe…… Read more...