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Build your Tribe Grow your Business: Social Media

 Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare, Scoop it, and Pinterest The above-mentioned sites are all different social media tribes. Just like I mentioned that you could be present at a networking event and accomplish nothing, that same can be true of social media.

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A Path to Wealth: Synergistic Tribes

The previous blog discussed marketing through tribe building. That articled discussed the collaborative tribe. However, the key to growing requires another type of tribe. The second type of clan is revolves around our chosen target market. Synergistic Tribe:

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Build Your Tribe, Grow Your Business

We often hear about the importance of networking to grow a business. It is said that relationships are important because people typically work with people they like and trust. All of that is true. However, even if one might be active in networking in person or via social media, there is no guarantee that those

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Seeking Answers to my Workers’ Comp Insurance Company Frustrations

In the workers’ compensation industry, large insurance companies tend to have a policy to hire only national interpreting agencies. These agencies typically contract out to the cheapest unqualified bilingual labor they can find. The agencies do this so that they can reduce expenses and increase profit. The result is an industry rife with untrained, unskilled

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Continuing Education at NAJIT’s Signature Event

What does the word profession mean?  Merriam-Webster’s dictionary lists the following definitions:  a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill; a calling requiring specialized expertise and often long and intensive academic preparation.  Can interpretation and translation claim to be professions?  What say you? Can a regular bilingual person skillfully interpret a week-long trial?  

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Preparation is a major key to success

The other day, I had the privilege of attending a Carolina Association of Translators and Interpreters (CATI) social event in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was enjoying a delicious slice of pizza and chatting with my fellow interpreters and translators. While we all shared experiences, one of my colleagues, Anna Gallant Carter of Gallant Language Consulting,

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Why don’t more professionals demand quality interpreters?

I have been told by physical therapists that they prefer our services much better than the present interpreter with whom they are forced to work.  Why do they prefer us? Because our interpreters are always next to the patient, attentive, and ready to interpret. They tell me that the other interpreters tend to sit in

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Your Role in Keeping Your Colleagues Professional

Learning from experience is the key to avoid repeat errors. Although I’ve had a couple of negative experiences with colleagues over the years, I have improved my skills to prevent these scenarios. Would you like to know the measures I implemented? If not, check your Twitter feed. If so, please press read more.

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Top Ten Reasons to Join the Carolina Association of Translators & Interpreters

I once heard an interpreter declare that associations are for fancy car types.  Ouch, I didn’t think my Ford was fancy.  However, with full disclosure that 95% of the below is on CATI‘s website, here are the top ten reasons to become a member. 1. Provider Database: CATI will list you on its website directory.

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How Case Managers Can Work with Interpreters – Part III

This entry will conclude my three-part series on effective relations between the case manager and the interpreter. Role Boundaries:  “The interpreter maintains the boundaries of the professional role, refraining from personal involvement.”  We discussed this a little, but another issue merits consideration.  Some case managers will ask the interpreter to relay messages if the patient

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