Episode 71: Smart Habits for Attending In-Person Conferences

Smart Habits for Translators

Episode 71: Smart Habits for Attending In-Person Conferences

We’re recording this episode a week after our quarterly virtual business retreat, and we wanted to thank all of our colleagues who participated. We’ve been holding these quarterly business retreats for over a year now, and this was our best one yet—we had great conversations and a guest speaker who we all enjoyed. It’s never easy to find uninterrupted time to sit down and review how various areas of your business are going and what you would like to focus on. Our virtual business retreats are an opportunity to identify areas of improvement and commit to specific actions you will take to achieve your goals—not to mention the perk of brainstorming with colleagues.

We’re really excited about our next retreat, which will be on December 14. We will have a guest speaker again to kick things off, and then we’ll focus on discussing our business goals for the first quarter of 2023.

And now back to the topic of this episode: smart habits for attending a conference after what’s been two years of having very few in-person events to attend.

We have already recorded three episodes about smart conference habits in the past, and they are among some of our most popular episodes. If you haven’t listened to them yet, we recommend that you check them out:

• Episode 3: Conference Habits

• Episode 26: Smart Habits for Attending Online Conferences

• Episode 51: Tips and Tricks for Attending Hybrid Conferences, a Surprise Joint Episode with Speaking of Translation

We recorded the last two episodes to respond to the changes in the conference landscape due to the pandemic. Since the situation is different now and more people are attending in-person conferences again, we figured it was time to discuss what you might want to take into account when attending your next in-person conference.

Of course, we still think that much of the advice we shared in Episode 3 and Episode 26 is still relevant. We’ll also share what we think has changed and some new factors to consider when attending conferences these days.

So, tune in to hear our conversation; we hope this helps you plan for an upcoming translation and interpreting event!

Resources we mentioned in this episode:

• Our next virtual business retreat on December 14, 2022

• Episode 3: Conference Habits

• Episode 26: Smart Habits for Attending Online Conferences

• Episode 51: Tips and Tricks for Attending Hybrid Conferences, a Surprise Joint Episode with Speaking of Translation

• The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

• An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

• Eve Bodeux’s Global Reads Book Club

See the full list of links and resources for this episode: https://smarthabitsfortranslators.com/podcast-episodes/71