On September 3, Steve Lank (Vice President for Translation at Cesco Linguistic Services) and I are presenting a webinar for ATA, on Effective Marketing to Translation Companies. [Read more…] about Upcoming webinar: marketing to agencies
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ATA56: the call for proposals is open!
I’m excited to announce that ATA is now accepting session proposals for our 56th annual conference, to be held in Miami in November, 2015. Yes, you read that correctly: Miami in November…we’re expecting a large crowd!
ATA depends on volunteer presenters for the bulk of the conference sessions. You can submit a proposal for a three-hour preconference seminar or a one-hour session during the conference; there are some financial incentives for each of those options, and you can read about them on the proposal form. Especially needed are *advanced-level sessions* and topics that have not been covered at previous conferences. Here’s the online information.
If you’ve never submitted a session presentation before, you might find some useful information in this free webinar that I presented for ATA last year, entitled “How to write a winning ATA conference proposal.”
Thanks, and let’s make Miami the best conference yet!
Propose a session for the 2010 ATA conference
The 2010 conference of the American Translators Association will be held this coming October in Denver, Colorado (and the venue, the Hyatt Regency Denver, is really, really beautiful!). The form to propose a session for the conference is now available on the ATA website and the deadline is March 8, so get those ideas flowing! I was also interested to note that this year, the main presenter for each session that is accepted receives a $100 discount on registration for the conference.
Name the new ATA client outreach newsletter
The American Translators Association has just announced a naming contest for the new translation client outreach newsletter. The winner receives free registration to the 2010 ATA annual conference in Denver and an acknowledgement in the first issue… go for it! Here’s the text from the ATA announcement:
Calling All Wordsmiths: Name ATA’s New Client Newsletter and Win Free Registration to Denver Conference
In early 2010, ATA will launch a complimentary e-newsletter designed for consumers of translation and interpreting. Building on the success of Getting It Right and Translation: Buying a non-commodity, this new publication is expected to appear four to six times a year and will be available by subscription and on ATA’s website. Each issue will feature practical tips and best practices on a specific aspect of translation or interpreting – planning ahead, listening to your linguist, budgeting wisely and using computer translation tools safely, to name just a few.
Like ATA’s Client Outreach Kit, the newsletter is designed to score a triple win, benefiting you, your clients, and the translation and interpreting profession as a whole.
By offering lively, accessible content to current and prospective clients, the newsletter will make the profession more visible and help consumers avoid common pitfalls, leading to more successful translation and interpreting projects for all involved. Over time, you’ll benefit from a more sophisticated clientele—and you’ll be able to use the newsletter right away to strengthen your position in working with your clients. (“As a matter of fact, the American Translators Association just published a newsletter on this very point. Let me e-mail you that PDF: it’s only one page, it’s very readable, and it may help solve our problem.”)
Sound good? It gets better: put on your thinking cap, come up with a suitable name for this exciting new publication and you could win free registration to ATA’s annual conference in Denver.
Here’s how to enter:
The contest: From December 16 to January 15, ATA will hold a contest to name the new client outreach newsletter.
The goal: The ideal name will be clever, punchy and memorable.
The prize: The winner will receive free registration to ATA’s 51st Annual Conference, slated for October 27-30, 2010 in Denver. The winner will also be acknowledged in the first issue of the newsletter and at the Annual Meeting of All Members in Denver.
The deadline: Entries must be received no later than midnight Eastern Standard Time on Friday, January 15. ATA reserves the right to extend the contest deadline. Send entries to pr@atanet.org or to ATA at 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 590, Alexandria, VA 22314.
The competition: Any member of ATA may enter. You may submit as many entries as you like.
The fine print: No late entries will be accepted. If multiple entrants propose the same winning title, the earliest-dated entry will win. ATA will have sole discretion in naming the client outreach newsletter and is under no obligation to select any of the entries received. All entries become the property of ATA. The winner will receive no compensation other than acknowledgement in the first issue of the newsletter.