AFSL Meet and Greet
Join UNO Students interested in the interpreting field for an evening of round table discussions. Click here to RSVP AFSL Meet and Greet Flyer
Join UNO Students interested in the interpreting field for an evening of round table discussions. Click here to RSVP AFSL Meet and Greet Flyer
“Am I Seeing It Right but Saying It Wrong?” Saturday, January 26, 2019 9am to 12:00pm, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Presented by: William F Ross III Providing a voiced interpretation for a Deaf presenter has some unique challenges. Suppose they open their story saying their family has three generations of Deafness, or maybe they discuss their…
Saturday afternoon September 29, 2018 Learn how to analyze and identify elements of cohesion, discourse mapping, effective fingerspelling, stress, affect, and many other elements that make for an accurate and equivalent interpretation. Specific features of ASL discourse (use of space, coherence, cohesion, fingerspelling, etc) are reviewed as needed, but this workshop is primarily practical application.…
Saturday morning September 29, 2018 Interpreters in educational settings often struggle to represent content in areas where there are not content-specific standardized ASL signs. This workshop will review classifier types and use and will discuss methods for using classifiers to make semantically appropriate signs. This workshop will include a discussion on the ethical issues of…
Friday, September 28 6:00 – 9:00 PM The RID Code of Professional Conduct guides the practice of interpreting. This workshop addresses tenets (2) and (3) regarding interpreter skills, knowledge and conduct by presenting two current models for ethical decision-making and having interpreters work through some of their own experiences in light of ethical practices. Demand…
Saturday afternoon September 29, 2018 A new Generation of Slang: WARNING: This workshop has bad language. This workshop is also English based and focuses on English slang. Have you ever been interpreting and heard the phrase “Wow, you be channeling the chucks!!!” or “I can’t believe he threatened to steal on her!!” We all experience…
Saturday morning September 29, 2018 Mentoring 101: This workshop is for seasoned interpreters who are ready to take the plunge and start mentoring other interpreters who want to improve their product. The workshop teaches participants to analyze interpreters products, based on their skill levels, and how to identify areas which need improvement. Whether the interpreter…
Please take a moment to renew your annual membership with neRID OR (extra bonus) you can JOIN neRID! In addition to paying your dues this year, we are asking for you to consider making a couple of donations. The first is a $5 donation to NeAD, the Nebraska Association of the Deaf. The board is…
Hope this day in honor of your profession and your work is awesome!
Save the dates: September 28 – 30, 2018 Part of the conference will include participating in the Deaf Day at the Zoo.
The task force assembled by NCDHH to address the future of the QAST has been meeting to discuss issues relating to the Board’s decision to discontinue administering the test. Many interpreters in Nebraska have questions and concerns about the impact of this decision, as well as other, future actions by the Commission. These questions and…
Topic: Tips on how to run my freelance interpreting business more efficiently! When: Saturday, December 2nd 10 am – 11 am (Please arrive at 9:45 am) Where: Gretna Public Library 736 South Street Gretna, NE (402) 332-4480 CEUs: 0.1 General Studies None/Little Knowledge Level COST: FREE! RSVP: Space is limited to 30 seats… please RSVP…
Adams Dental Center and Dr. Kent Dodson. DDS, generously provided a travel size toothpaste, floss and regular size toothbrush in the goodie bags handed out at the 2017 neRID Fall Workshop. Also included was a card for $25 off a future visit. If you are looking for a dentist in the Lincoln NE area, you…
CHI Health provided bars of soap that were included in the attendee’s goodie bags at the 2017 neRID Workshop!
Sorenson provided stress balls and a table at the 2017 neRID Fall Workshop!