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
Interpreter Workshop: Am I Seeing It Right but Saying It Wrong?
“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…
2018 neRID Fall Conference – Level Up! – How to Analyze Your Work: Strategies for Self Evaluation
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.…
2018 neRID Fall Conference – Level Up! – Classifiers and the Ethics of Just Making Up a Sign
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…
2018 neRID Conference – Level Up! – Reflective Practice: Practical Application of Models of Ethical Decision Making
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…
2018 neRID Conference – Level Up! – A New Generation of Slang Workshop
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…
2018 neRID Conference – Level Up! – Mentoring Workshop
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…
Thanks to Hurts Donut!
Hurts Donut in Lincoln NE has agreed to help sponsor part of our upcoming fall workshop, “Overcoming the Hurts and Disappointments in Interpreting.” Obviously, we are playing up the “Hurts” theme and are very grateful for their kind support. If you were expecting Panera bagels for Saturday morning breakfast, sorry! It is my last workshop…
2016 OAD Festival
The Omaha Association of the Deaf invites you to attend its fund raising festival this Saturday, August 20 at the OAD Hall. There will be games, food and prizes. The event begins at 10 AM and concludes at 7 PM. Tickets for the games will be $1 each or 6 for $5. Food will be…
2016 Region IV Conference – Call for Support Staff
Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf and Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Region IV are “teaming up” once again to host the most relevant and comprehensive signed language interpreting conference of 2016. “Team Work Makes the Dream Work” will be held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Houston, TX, July 21-24, 2016. The conference committee is…
