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Hello AUSIT Queensland members

by Sarah Dillon

Hello to fellow AUSIT members who are dropping by after yesterday’s professional development session on building a strong professional presence online.

I will upload my slides, along with some additional resources, by the end of the day today. In the meantime you might find the following posts interesting:

  • A 5-minute video on how I use WordPress for this blog. This is the same system I use for my website.
  • Some 5-minute videos with demonstrations of how I use LinkedIn and Google Reader for professional purposes.
  • A half-hour presentation on social media for translators, which looks at Tweetdeck (co-presented with Philippa Hammond – check out her blog for a great guest post on search engine marketing (SEO) too).
  • Finally, here is a list of 107 blogs by (mainly) freelance translators. (There are also plenty of blogs by interpreters, but these can be a starting point for finding them if you wish). If you’re thinking of starting a blog, it’s a good idea to know what’s out there already. If blogging is not for you, that’s fine too: but you might be interested in keeping up-to-date with what other professionals are writing.

Thank you very much to everyone who attended last night, and for your interesting and insightful questions.

Last updated: 25 June, 2010 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Moi, Professional development Tagged With: Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators, Professional development, social media for interpreters, social media for translators

21 Tips for Timid Bloggers

by Sarah Dillon

Student blogger Shana being shy

Blogging isn’t for everybody. But if you’ve considered blogging but are too shy to press “Publish”, here are some translator-specific tips to help you over the hump. Remember, the more translators who blog, the larger the pool of expertise we have to draw on, and the more we all learn as a result. And y’all know I’m about the learning, right? 🙂 [Read more…]

Last updated: 21 June, 2010 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Marketing for language professionals, Technology for translators Tagged With: blogging, online presence, translators online

CPD Matters: What is CPD?

by Sarah Dillon

I refer frequently to professional development on this blog (in fact, I have an entire category dedicated to it), but life-long learning is not specific to translators or language professionals.

Doctors do it, engineers do it, and I have it on good authority that even educated fleas do it. So I’m running a mini-series on CPD over the next few weeks: what it is, how to do it and most importantly, where to get it, even if you’re not in a position to fly 10,000 miles for a one-day workshop. [Read more…]

Last updated: 16 June, 2010 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Language and languages, Professional development, Translation profession and industry Tagged With: Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators, Institute of Translators and Interpreters, online learning, professional bodies, Professional development

ITI Style Workshop with Chris Durban and Ros Schwartz

by Sarah Dillon

Cover of ITI Bulletin May-June 2010

My write-up of the Style Workshop held in London in February appeared in the May – June issue of the ITI Bulletin*. Here’s an extract: [Read more…]

Last updated: 15 June, 2010 by Sarah Dillon. Filed Under: Professional development Tagged With: event report, ITI Bulletin, Professional development