Day 1: Saturday 18 September 2021, from 10:00 to 15:00
Day 2: Saturday 25 September 2021, from 13:00 to 17:15
With all-day networking available in the online networking platform Wonder and end-of-day networking in Zoom.
Come join us for our Professional Development Days, the biennial event in which SENSE members learn from (and with) other members. This year's programme is all about horizontal knowledge-sharing and learning from your peers throughout your career.
Topics include digital nomadism, the linguistics of wine, branding to money management, balancing multiple niches, collaborative translation, intercultural communication, the SENSE mentoring programme, and battling imposter’s syndrome.
We open with a plenary session called "Peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing" on day 1 and close with a plenary session called "CPD: Changing professional development" on day 2. Choose up to nine out of 18 possible elective sessions that match your interests. And if none of the sessions interest you at any time, head on over a virtual watercooler to network with other members while you wait.
There are three panel discussions:
- Intercultural business communication (Day 1, morning)
- The SENSE mentoring programme (Day 1, afternoon)
- Strategies to combat imposter's syndrome (Day 2, afternoon)
Six electives are available on both days:
- How the language industry has changed over the past 20 (or so) years
- The freedom of freelancing – deciding on a digital nomad journey
- Spanish wine and translation: what could they possibly have in common?
- How to be a specialised generalist
- Money management: does your "boss" treat you well?
- What gives you energy? And how do you earn a living doing that?
And nine other electives to choose from:
- Recognising and working with inductive/deductive communication styles
- How to increase your visibility and market your services
- Working as collaborative translators in arts and culture
- Maintaining language pairs
- Branding
- Fit at your desk
- Editing slam
- Keep track to keep up: organizing your workflow
- (and a session yet to be confirmed by Christy de Back)
Of course, we haven’t forgotten about the social aspect. An unmoderated Wonder room will be available throughout the two days to allow for networking and mingling with old colleagues and new faces on the SENSE scene. At the end of each day, we’ll have a moderated networking session.
Sign up
Tickets are available to members and non-members alike, and grant access to both days.
You can sign up on the event page by clicking on the Register button. Members, remember to log in first, in order to be eligible for the reduced member rate!
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