The third important aspect of the conference is social time.
Additionally, the sponsor tables let the sponsors know that their contributions were appreciated and gives them a sales opportunity. Having a group of sponsor tables helps attendees put names with faces, and connects them with resources they may have otherwise not known about. The second aspect of the conference is sponsor tables. Invite the attendees into the conference with a broad scope presentation and then narrow the focus throughout the day. So, the most important part of the conference, especially when you’re working with a limited number of speakers and the presentations take place in one room, is the order of presenters. After the lunch break, we came back to topics that were more directed toward interpreting and more focused in scope. My presentation was second, and it was equally as applicable to both translators and interpreters, despite being mainly focused on addressing translators, and at 11AM, the attendees were well-caffeinated and ready to engage in a lively discussion in addition to being fully awake to get my jokes. This was an ideal placement in the conference because it was welcoming and got everyone in the mindset of talking about industry issues at 9AM in Merrillville, IN at the Radisson Star Plaza – and some had driven for upwards of 4 hours to attend. It didn’t single out either translators or interpreters, and everyone found it interesting and informative. It was a great topic that appealed to all attendees. We had Cris Silva first up as our main presenter who spoke on educating the next generation of translators and interpreters. So let’s look at what made MATI12 successful.įirst and foremost, it was the lineup. The feedback was great, and we had a great number of attendees stay afterward for the food and social hour. For a chapter conference, that took place in Indiana, it was a good sized conference with a good number of attendees. We had three other presenters who spoke on other T&I issues. The next year (last year, for those of you playing along), I was newly installed as VP and presenting on translator scammers. The first year I was a member of MATI, I was unable to attend the MATI Conference in Madison because I was presenting on MemoQ at Kent State for NOTA – AND THE MATI PRESIDENT HAS NEVER LET ME LIVE IT DOWN SINCE. So let’s get to talking about the topic of the day: The Conference.
There are a few chapters that, if they put the time and effort in, they could turn around their nearly dying chapters and make them into a living, vibrant organizations again. I truly believe that we can resolve the membership issue in ATA at the Chapter level and that we should.
ATA CHAPTER 28 SERIES
So, this is the last piece of this series and I’ve loved addressing these issues over the past nine weeks. Now that that has calmed down, I’ve finally found the time to finish up this last blog post in this ATA Chapters series. My apologies for the tardiness of this post, I had an unexpected family emergency two weeks ago that prevented me from writing for a while.
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