Trainings and unique workshops designed for language professionals.
A 1-min survey on money
Dear community, the first event of 2021 will be about finance and money in language related professions. We'd really like to find out how you feel about it. By filling out this survey you will provide us with real data to start a conversation.
Our December 2020 Event
On our last event of the year on Friday 18th December, we asked participants to bring some nuggets of wisdom, anything they felt encapsulates what 2020 has meant to them. The goal: ending the old year and starting the new year in a positive way, appreciating the hidden wisdom that so often lies behind the challenges we all face.
Customer vs client
Even if they are often used as synonyms they are actually not and differentiating them could be important in order to make the difference.
Our November 2020 Event
On Friday 27th November we talked about how challenging it is to find new clients, to market ourselves and sell our services without coming across as pushy, and to find the kind of clients we enjoy working with. With the help of 5 experienced speakers we explored ideas and strategies that could helps us all to market ourselves more effectively.
Our October 2020 Event
On Thursday 29th October, we had the pleasure to welcome James Bowden from the Royal National Institute of Blind People as our speaker. James introduced us to the magical world of Braille, the 'language' of dots.
Identity, language and prejudice
Language connects us at Language Professionals’ Networking Event. Each and every one of us speaks a different way, since our personal and cultural experiences are manifested in the way we express ourselves. At our August event Ana Ilievska Završnik raised the question how identity is constructed and expressed by language. Based on her presentation a …
Our September 2020 Event
On Thursday 24th September we had a lively open discussion on career change within the language industry. All the participants actively shared their personal insights regarding the more common issues many language professionals face nowadays. Questioning the professional path or searching for new ways for improvement of the current carrier were the hot topics of this month event.
Our August 2020 Event
Our August event was quite special as we celebrated our 2 year anniversary with presentations powered by PechaKucha.
Our July 2020 Event
On the last Friday of July, we had language teachers, coaches, translators, interpreters and researchers tuning in from different corners of the world to encourage each other and spend some time discussing aspects of the freelancer life at our monthly networking event.
Our June 2020 Event
We listened to Yelena McCafferty's talk entitled Language Freelancers at the Time of Change, followed by an engaging discussion, structured networking and refreshing drinks on what proved to be one of the hottest days in the UK in 2020. We had language professionals tuning in from all corners of the UK as well as South America, Asia and Europe.