ATA Interpreter Connections

August 7th, 2024: Interpreter Connections

Date: Wednesday, August 7th
Time: 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT / 6PM MT / 5 PM PT
Length: 1 hour
Topic: Professional Interpreters in the AI Era

This is a space to get together and have a fun, relaxing time outside a professional conference environment. Our goal for this meeting is to talk about artificial intelligence and its role in our profession.

Free for ATA Interpreters Division members only. If you’d like to become a member, visit: https://www.atanet.org/member-center/join-ata/

February 27, 2024: Interpreter Connections

Published on: April 22, 2024.

Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Time: 7 PM EST / 6 PM CST / 5 PM MST / 4 PM PST
Length: 1 hour
Event limited to 100 participants.
Topic: Lifelong Learners in a Digital Age.

Free for ATA Interpreters Division members only. If you’d like to become a member, visit: https://www.atanet.org/member-center/join-ata/

April 26th, 2023: Interpreter Connections

Published on: April 19th, 2023.

Hello! Hello! It’s about time we meet for our Interpreter Connections, this time with a medical twist. The ATA Interpreters Division and the Medical Division will join forces to host this event. We’ll meet on April 26, 2023, at 5 PM Pacific / 8 PM Eastern to discuss Direct Marketing in Medical Interpreting.

Date: Wednesday, April 26th
Time: 8 PM EDT / 7 PM CDT / 6 PM MDT / 5 PM PDT
Length: 1 hour
Event limited to 100 participants
Topic: Direct Marketing in Medical Interpreting.

Can’t wait to meet all of you!

February 2nd, 2023: Interpreter Connections

Published on: January 20, 2023.

The Interpreters Division would like to invite you to our next virtual Interpreter Connections.

This is a space to get together and have a fun, relaxing time outside a professional conference environment. Our goal for this meeting is to talk about lessons learned from 2022 and new goals for 2023.

Date: Thursday, February 2nd

Time: 8 PM EST / 7 PM CST / 6 PM MST / 5 PM PST

Length: 1 hour

Event limited to 100 participants

Topic: New Year, New You: Career Planning for the Year Ahead!

This is a free event for ID members only. To register, complete our registration form here. A week before the event, you will receive a reminder with the Zoom link. Please email Daniela E. Obregón at interpconnections@gmail.com if you have questions regarding this event. We can’t wait to see you on the 2nd!

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

August 10, 2022: Interpreter Connections

Published on: August 6, 2022.

Once again, we are hosting Interpreter Connections! Let’s get together on August 10th for another round of informal discussions about our profession. This time, we’ll talk about long term career planning for interpreters. Be ready to talk about the changes we have seen in the profession and also retirement for an hour of fun with interpreter colleagues.

Event: Interpreter Connections
Date: Aug 10, 2022
Time: 5 PM PST / 6 PM MST / 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST
Registration link.

If you have any questions, email me at interpconnections@gmail.com. We can’t wait to see you on the 10th!

Daniela E. Obregón
ID Professional Development Co-chair
Yasmin AlKashef
ID Professional Development Co-chair

May 25, 2022: Interpreter Connections

Published on: May 9, 2022.

Hello, Interpreters Division members! It’s about time we meet again for our Interpreter Connections! Let’s get together on May 25th for another round of informal discussions about our profession. Based on your feedback from last time, we will focus on tried and true tips for remote interpreting. Be ready to share your favorite gadgets, ideas, or tricks and what has worked for and what hasn’t for an hour of fun with interpreter colleagues.

- Date: May 25th, 2022
  Time: 5 PM PST / 6 PM MST / 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST
  Registration: https://forms.gle/g89eGKvTkp3dDyxP9
- If you have any questions, email Daniela Obregón at interpconnections@gmail.com.

We can’t wait to see you on the 25th!

March 8, 2022: ID hosts a new Interpreter Connections event!

Published on: March 2022.

Once again, we are hosting Interpreter Connections! Let’s get together on March 8th for another round of informal discussion about our profession. We will discuss our online presence as freelance interpreters in this new normal. Be ready to share tips and tricks and what has worked for and what hasn’t for an hour of fun with interpreter colleagues.

- - Date: Tuesday, March 8th
    Time: 8 PM EST / 7 PM CST / 6 PM MST / 5 PM PST
    Length: 1 hour
    Event limited to 100 participants
    Topic: Online Presence as Freelance Interpreters
  - Questions? Contact the ID Professional Development team at interpconnections@gmail.com

Interpreter Connections 3: Connecting with Clients

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May 26, 2021 at 5 PM (PST) / 7 PM (CST) / 8 PM (EST)

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ATA Interpreter Connections is going virtual!

Published on: December 2020.

This is a space to get together and have a fun, relaxing time outside a professional conference environment. Our goal is to talk about our experiences and the issues our profession faces, think about ways we can collaborate and help the profession advance, and share work opportunities.

With in-person meetings on hold for a while, we don’t want to miss out on opportunities to connect with each other and develop better relationships. Virtual meetings will also allow us to make connections with people in other places.

How it works:

Interpreter Connections is free and lasts about two hours. The meetings are open to ATA members and non-members, with priority given to members if we run up against our maximum capacity of 200 participants. We will use breakout rooms to keep the numbers manageable in small groups and do multiple breakout sessions to give you the opportunity to meet as many people as is reasonably possible.

The first Interpreter Connections: It’s a hit!

The first ATA Interpreter Connections, the Interpreters Division’s (ID) new way to get interpreters together, took place at The Union Social Eatery (St. Clair) restaurant in Toronto, Canada on March 23, 2019. (…)

Read the post: The First Interpreter Connections: It’s a Hit!

Published on: March 15, 2019. Updated: December 29, 2020.

The Interpreters Division is proud to announce our get together called ATA Interpreter Connections!

We plan to get together and have a fun, relaxing time outside a professional conference environment. Our goal, as we meet, is to talk about our experiences, the issues our profession faces, think about ways we can collaborate and help the profession advance, and share work opportunities.

Do you need a booth mate? Can’t make it to an event and want to offer an assignment to a colleague? You might need to debrief after a tough session. You could have someone we might all like to meet, like a local judge who loves working with interpreters! No matter what, even though we are in the era of social media, meeting in person often helps us make better connections and develop better relationships. People work with people they know, like and trust, so getting to know each other is a great first step for setting up teams.

Whatever your intentions are, there is nothing better than face-to-face get-togethers to create unity and foster change.

This is how it works:

Interpreter Connections is free and lasts about two hours. Everyone pays for their own drinks and meals. The event will be held at a conveniently located restaurant to facilitate participation. ATA members and non-members are encouraged to attend, and the host can answer questions about the benefits of joining ATA.

We’d love to have Connections every couple of months and host it in as many cities in the United States and abroad as possible. We are counting on your help, members, so we encourage you to let us know when and where you’d like to host one. We will announce locations and details on the ATA ID site. The first one is already scheduled in Toronto (please see the details on the ID Facebook page), hosted by our council member Flávia Lima.

Contact: Flávia Lima

Image of banner for Interpreter Connections 3 provided by Flávia Lima.

Published: March 15, 2019. Updated: August 2024.