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Event Day Success: Your Complete Guide to Working with Interpreters

Picture this: It's 8 a.m. at your venue. Five speakers want to review presentations, one's stuck in traffic, another's battling visa issues at the border – and your interpretation team is also stuck in traffic. Your event starts in 30 minutes. I've seen this scenario unfold more times than I care to count, and it's entirely preventable. After 21 years managing multilingual events, I've learned that successful interpretation isn't just about hiring the right people – it's about setting them up… All categories, How to..., Teaching skills, Event day planning, Multilingual event management, Interpreter logistics, Event planning best practices

You Can't Handle the Truth: Why Choosing the Right Interpreting Vendor is Crucial for MICE Success

Remember Jack Nicholson's explosive courtroom moment in A Few Good Men? That iconic "You can't handle the truth!" line didn't just earn the film US$243 million worldwide – it vividly illustrates the explosive fallout when suppressed truths and inconvenient facts erupt under intense pressure, much like the costly misunderstandings that can derail a multilingual MICE event.  Now imagine that same tension at your international conference, but instead of a Hollywood script, you're dealing… All categories, How to..., Teaching skills, TESOL Masters, Theme based learning

The Interpreter: When Your Event's Success Hangs on Every Word

Picture this: you're hosting a crucial international conference in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Deals worth millions are on the table. Key stakeholders from across the globe are present. Then your interpreter misses a nuance, and suddenly, what should have been a handshake becomes a walkout.  This scenario might sound like something from a thriller film – and indeed, it echoes the tension in Sydney Pollack's 2005 masterpiece The Interpreter. In the film, Nicole Kidman plays a UN… All categories, How to..., Teaching skills, TESOL Masters, Professional interpreter services, Business Skills