Archive for July, 2011

Building a Business: Office Supplies are the Easy Part

Building a Business: Office Supplies are the Easy Part

| July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments

Let me start by tipping my cap and offering my thanks to the longtime practitioners and business owners and operators that have together persevered to form and publicly legitimize what we know as—our profession.  As is the case with most worthwhile endeavors, forerunners likely experienced many quiet victories and public struggles and have sacrificed with [...]

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Conference Interpreting: There Are Rules of Engagement?!

Conference Interpreting: There Are Rules of Engagement?!

| July 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Don’t rush into a large conference with little more than the equivalent of a napkin with dates, times and room numbers scratched on it, and the attitude, “Hey, at least I’m here.  How bad can it be? It’s only a conference.”  By making the choice to approach your work in this setting with such little [...]

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